# Wassim Matar

> Wassim Matar is a seed investor at Verve Ventures backing FinTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wassim-matar-62a00546/

Wassim Matar is a Managing Partner at Verve Ventures VC.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Wassim Matar: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/wassim-matar?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 33% |
| Insurance | 1 | 33% |
| Automotive | 1 | 33% |
| Transportation | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waffle Labs | Waffle Labs operates an insurance platform that offers customizable insurance plans for all products. Renters insurance, pet insurance, personal cyber insurance, and term life insurance are currently available. | $5M | Seed | Apr 05, 2021 | https://trywaffle.com |
| Volt Lines | Launched in April of 2018, Volt Lines is a subscription-based transportation network currently serving corporate customers in Istanbul, Turkey. A Volt Lines account gives its user access to unlimited rides on the ever-growing Volt Lines network of micro-transit. | $1.3M | Seed | Nov 14, 2018 | https://www.voltlines.com |

2 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BetterLabs Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betterlabs-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dubai Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dubai-angel-investor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hedef Filo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hedef-filo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mevp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Verve Ventures

VC Fund · Zug, Switzerland

Verve Ventures is a European startup investment platform for qualified and institutional investors. Their fully digital platform enables private investors to build a diversified portfolio with investments starting at CHF/EUR 10'000. Since its launch in 2010, Verve Ventures has invested more than EUR 130 million in over 100 startups. Theircommunity consists of 5’000 registered qualified private investors, family offices, and pension funds. Several institutional investors such as a large Swiss pension fund and numerous corporates also rely on their expertise to invest in promising startups. Verve Ventures is backed by Switzerland's third-largest bank, Zürcher Kantonalbank. They have a dedicated investment team based in Zurich, Lausanne, Berlin, Paris, and Cambridge, that screens thousands of startups each year and selects the top 1% after a rigorous due diligence process. They are reshaping the European venture capital landscape and granting investors superior access to this traditionally intransparent asset class. They source the best deals, and structure rounds, and enable their investors to participate in competitive startup deals.

5 contacts available at Verve Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Seel | Institutional clients | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-seel |
| Chris Gay-Crosier | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-gay-crosier-3b38 |
| Chris Gay-Crosier | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-gay-crosier |
| Lukas Weber | Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lukas-weber |
| Michael Blank | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-blank-d1ca |

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## FAQ

### What does Wassim Matar invest in?

Wassim Matar invests primarily in FinTech, InsurTech and Insurance startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Wassim Matar's check size?

Wassim Matar typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Wassim Matar participates in.

### How do I contact Wassim Matar?

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### When did Wassim Matar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Wassim Matar closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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