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Fasanara Capital — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$5.0M Checks)

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London, EnglandProfile updated October 2026Website

Fasanara Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in London, England investing in Fintech, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$5.0M
Portfolio
19 companies on record
Partners
11 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Fintech, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
London, England

Last verified: 2026-10-27

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

19+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investment Thesis

Fasanara manages strategies across private credit and tokenized credit rails, with onchain exposure tied to trade receivables, invoices, and SME loans. Its public RWA footprint shows a strategy explicitly backed by invoices and SME lending, making it a strong match for invoice-financing infrastructure on Solana.

How Fasanara Capital invests

Fasanara Capital is a vc firm based in London, England. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Fasanara Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Fasanara Capital has backed 19 companies in our records, including Fasanara Digital, Teylor, Ministry of Investment for Saudi Arabia.

Partners & Team

SP

Svetlana Podobed

Chief Commercial Officer

JM

John McKenzie

Director of Client Solutions

PV

Paolo Viale

Head of Business Development

CD

Chris Drew

Head of Trading

IB

Ilaria Borino

VP Leveraged Loans Investment

NF

Nikita Fadeev

Managing Partner

MK

Matt Kus

Head of Origination

KC

Kush Chowdhary

Compliance Manager

HF

Hemal Fraser-Rawal

Managing Director

CA

Cameron Arrington

Head of Capital Formation

FC

Fasanara Capital Team

GP

private credit
RWA
SME finance

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Funds

Fund II

$150M2021
investing

Fund I

$100M2019
investing

Recent Activity

Raised Fund II ($150M)

2021 · fund records

Raised Fund I ($100M)

2019 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (19)

Other

FA

Fasanara Digital

TE

Teylor

MI

Ministry of Investment for Saudi Arabia

AL

Allianz Trade

AD

Addi

Latin American consumer finance / BNPL and credit platform

FI

Finspot

Technology-driven SME financing platform providing digital factoring and alternative financing

TI

Tide

Business financial platform for SMEs and small businesses

ZV

Zvilo

EY

Eyes on the Future

CA

Cardo AI

How to pitch Fasanara Capital
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Svetlana Podobed, Chief Commercial Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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