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Buko Ventures

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About Buko Ventures

Investor type

VC firm

First check

$10k to $1M

Lead

Sometimes

Themes

African-American
fintechs
black
gay
wealthtech
female-founded
social
sustainable
insurtech
insuretech
inclusion
underrepresented founders
banking
female founders fintech
social good
female founder
insurtechs
under-represented
Immigrant (1st or 2nd generation)
satellites
woman lead
SDG
US Military Veteran
second generation
immigrants
lending
latino
newspace
bank
woman
femtech
inclusive
paytech
first generation
female led
social impact
fin-tech
female-led
impact
insur tech
space
women
space tech
second-generation
spacetech
overlooked teams
female
lesbian
D&I
rocketship
people of color
women's
women-led
woman-lead
woman-led
African American
finserv
latinx
female entrepreneur
GPS
latina
disabled
sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals
diversity
finance
underserved
geospatial
insurance
regtech
payment
space-tech
first-generation
woman led
BIPOC
tech for good
immigrant founders
historically ignored founder
LGBT
female founded
immigrant
financial services
diverse
underestimated founders
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Funding Stages

3. Early Revenue2. Prototype1. Idea or Patent4. Scaling

Countries of investment

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Who we are

We are an impact focused venture capital firm actively deploying out of Fund I. Our founders have started airlines and insurance carriers, built companies that went on to have valuations over $1B and go public, and we've also run a top 99.6% fund globally (public equities, frontier markets). Seasoned operators and seasoned fund managers we've just entered VC as an asset class, and are excited to deploy capital backing strong founders in rapidly digitizing economies. Each of our investments has to show positive benefit to society and the people they are serving.

Funding Requirements

We invest in financial inclusion (fintech), such as credit, credit worthiness systems, banking, insurance, etc. We think this is a rapidly growing space in our target geographies, and a place where our invested dollars can perform well while having a massive impact in the local economies. Think of it as Web 1.0 investments.

Value add

As seasoned founders, operators, and executives we bring a wealth of experience to our portfolio companies. We've got unique experience in heavily regulated space, working with government regulators at very high levels, and in handling the press. When we invest we really roll up our sleeves and look to go to work for our founders.

Locations

139 Hunters Grove Ln, Lehi UT 84043 HQ

Buko Ventures Team

Wade Eyerly

Wade Eyerly

Partner

"I invest in Emerging/Frontier markets startups at early stages."

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