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Overview

Who I amFintech Investor 🌏 | JPMorgan | 2x Fintech founder 📈 | Quant fund to $1B+ | New York City 📍
Value addKatha VC - Focused on Emerging Markets Pre-seed and Seed fintech. 2x Fintech startup founder. Experience across quant and venture funds, secondary marketplaces, and banking.

I’ve helped scale funds to $1B+ AuM, built sales enablement and investment teams from scratch, and led operations at 3 funds.
Firm typeSolo angel
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New York, New York

Thesis

Funding requirementsI invest in Pre-Seed and Seed Emerging Markets Fintech

I also consider non-fintech companies where embedded finance has the potential to be 25%+ of the revenue.

Evidence of early-traction and SAM are important in my analysis. SAM = # of viable customers x annual customer value.
Funding stages1. Idea or Patent2. Prototype3. Early Revenue
Check size$5k to $50k
Target countries Ghana Kenya Nigeria Rwanda South Africa Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Mexico Panama Peru USA Uruguay Bangladesh India Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Egypt Qatar Saudi Arabia Turkey UAE

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I invest in Pre-Seed and Seed Emerging Markets Fintech I also consider non-fintech companies where embedded finance has the potential to be 25%+ of the revenue. Evidence of early-traction and SAM are important in my analysis. SAM = # of viable customers x annual customer value.

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