# Yi Luo

> Yi Luo is a pre-seed investor at FreeUp backing Financial Services and Banking. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FreeUp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freeup)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Yi Luo is a pre-seed investor at FreeUp focused on Financial Services and Banking.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $652k–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 100% |
| Banking | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Debit Cards | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MONET | Financial technology for the $250Bn media & entertainment agency economy.MONET is building the finance platform for agencies (creative, talent management, PR, social media, affiliate, and other digital publishing). We currently provide tech-driven financing, end-to-end campaign management, and tools to manage and pay vendors (talent likeinfluencers, freelancers, creatives) globally, enabling MONET to be the operational backbone of agencies and positioning us to access granular and enriched underwriting data so we can provide just-in-time financing at scale. Our goal is to build a full-suite of finance and back-office essentials for agencies, in a vertical fintech platform, covering financing, banking, payments and operations tools.In addition to solving major pain-points in agency operations, our technology can ultimately deliver financial inclusion to over 200m freelancers and other independent creative suppliers globally through the unique EarlyPay technology we have created, which enables vendors to cash out earnings made via agencies immediately, which is also a revenue generating tool for agencies. | $652.4K | Pre-Seed | Sep 02, 2021 |  |
| Bondaval | BondAval is a digital platform for B2B credit security to replace bank guarantees and traditional collateral-based instruments. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jan 27, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TrueSight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/truesight-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Insurtech Gateway](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insurtech-gateway) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Portfolio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portfolio-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About FreeUp

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Real control over how you are paid is a right, not a benefit. Rigid monthly payroll is out of date. It's time for something simpler, fairer and more useful - for everyone. Freeup gives us all increased choice and control over how we get paid for the work we do,. We partner with your employer to give you access to your earned wages inreal-time, whenever you need it. Forget about expensive credit cards, payday lenders and overdraft fees. This is your money. Your Pay, Your Way.

3 contacts available at FreeUp.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Townsend | CTO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-townsend-a645 |
| Reuben Saxon | Co - Founder, CEO FreeUp | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reuben-saxon |
| Yi Luo | Chief Strategy Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yi-luo-603c |

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## FAQ

### What does Yi Luo invest in?

Yi Luo invests primarily in Financial Services, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Isle of Man. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yi Luo's check size?

Yi Luo typically joins rounds of $652k–$1.6M 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 Yi Luo participates in.

### When did Yi Luo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yi Luo closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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