# Wes Schwalje

> Wes Schwalje is a seed investor backing FinTech, Financial Services and Information Technology. See 46 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 46
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Wes Schwalje is a seed investor focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$2M |
| Pre-Seed | $360k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 8 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 11% |
| Apps | 4 | 9% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 24 | 52% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 15% |
| Series A | 2 | 4% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |
| Series E | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 8 | 17% |
| United States | 6 | 13% |
| Mexico | 3 | 7% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 4% |
| Pakistan | 2 | 4% |

15 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finerio Connect | Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money. |  | Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| PowerCred | PowerCred is a digital lending infrastructure and intelligence suite designed to empower lending institutions. Our platform seamlessly elevates the onboarding, underwriting, and collections processes of lenders enabling the launch of innovative, next-generation financial products |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 20, 2022 |  |
| Chhotastock | Chhotastock is an Investment Platform that aims to democratize stock trading and retail investing. | $360K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| OCN | Car subscription startup for bank-ignored gig workers in LATAM. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 20, 2022 |  |
| VC Lab | VC Lab is a California-based, venture capital accelerator. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| OCN | Car subscription startup for bank-ignored gig workers in LATAM. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Alvin | Alvin is a U.S.-domiciled fintech that specializes in revenue orchestration tools that stitch together fragmented financial and operational infrastructure in emerging markets. | $780K | Pre-Seed | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| Card91 | Card91 offers plug & play payment infrastructure as a service for the businesses who wants to issue, control, view and approve payments |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| BusinessOnBot | BusinessOnBot is an automated sales and user acquisition platform that provides voice and text-based multilingual chat solutions. |  | Seed | Sep 17, 2021 |  |
| OlaClick | OlaClick is a web-based digital menu solution that helps businesses receive simplified online orders through WhatsApp | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 18, 2021 |  |

10 of 46 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tahseen Consulting](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tahseen-consulting) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Unpopular Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unpopular-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Incisive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incisive-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Wes Schwalje invest in?

Wes Schwalje invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 46 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Wes Schwalje's check size?

Wes Schwalje typically joins rounds of $150k–$2M at Seed and $360k–$1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Wes Schwalje participates in.

### When did Wes Schwalje last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Wes Schwalje closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 46 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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