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Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures

Founders Willem Willemstein

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Total investments 32
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$17M
Portfolio companies 17
Rounds per year 1.78
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.47
Exits 3
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • FinTech
  • Financial Services
  • Payments
  • Software
  • Finance

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Yoco

FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
Point of Sale
Small and Medium Businesses
$70M15 Dec 2022 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

The Social Handshake

Financial Services
Payments
$1M19 May 2022 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Gotrade

Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Trading Platform
$15M20 Jan 2022 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Wibond

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Payments
$6M14 Jan 2022 Cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina

Yoco

FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
Point of Sale
Small and Medium Businesses
$83M27 Jul 2021 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

BUX

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Stock Exchanges
Trading Platform
$79M22 Apr 2021 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Twisto

FinTech
Mobile Apps
Mobile Payments
$21M14 Jan 2021 Prague, Prague, Czechia

Migo

Cloud Data Services
Credit
Education
Financial Services
FinTech
Media and Entertainment
Mobile
Payments
Video
$20M03 Dec 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Migo

Embedded Software
Financial Services
Lending
$20M01 Dec 2019 San Francisco, California, United States
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South African payments startup Yoco raises $83M Series C backed by Dragoneer

– Yoco, a South African fintech, raised $83m in Series C funding.
– The round was joined by investors Dragoneer Investment Group, Breyer Capital, HOF Capital, The Raba Partnership, 4DX Ventures and TO Ventures; and existing investors Partech, Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, Orange Ventures and Quona Capital. Current and former executives from global tech companies such as Coinbase, Revolut, Spotify and Gojek took part as well.
– The company plans to scale offline and online offerings and expand to new markets.

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Total investments 32
Average round size 17M
Rounds per year 1.78
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.47
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.81

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Yoco

FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
Point of Sale
Small and Medium Businesses
$70M15 Dec 2022 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

The Social Handshake

Financial Services
Payments
$1M19 May 2022 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Gotrade

Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Trading Platform
$15M20 Jan 2022 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Wibond

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Payments
$6M14 Jan 2022 Cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina

Yoco

FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
Point of Sale
Small and Medium Businesses
$83M27 Jul 2021 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

BUX

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Stock Exchanges
Trading Platform
$79M22 Apr 2021 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Twisto

FinTech
Mobile Apps
Mobile Payments
$21M14 Jan 2021 Prague, Prague, Czechia

Migo

Cloud Data Services
Credit
Education
Financial Services
FinTech
Media and Entertainment
Mobile
Payments
Video
$20M03 Dec 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Migo

Embedded Software
Financial Services
Lending
$20M01 Dec 2019 San Francisco, California, United States
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