Finca VC
Finca VC is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Washington, DC investing in Fintech, Food / AgTech, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $50K–$150K checks and has 30 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed
$50K – $150K
30+ companies
19 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in early-stage fintech and marketplace solutions aimed at addressing financial inclusion in emerging markets.
How Finca VC invests
Finca VC is a vc firm based in Washington, DC. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Food / AgTech, Marketplace, Healthcare, EdTech. It does not invest in Consumer Tech.
Finca VC typically writes checks of $50K–$150K per investment.
Investing since at least 2017, Finca VC has backed 30 companies in our records, including Affinity, Fluid Finance, Releaf. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2024.
Meet the Team
Meghan Curran
Investment Manager
Carl Jensen
Entrepreneur
Liisa Smits
Entrepreneur
Winnie Mwangi
Managing Director
Melissa Tickle
Investment Director
Jacqueline Kigima
Investment Associate
Andi Kleissner
Entrepreneur
Kurt Kuhlmann
Entrepreneur
Galen Welsch
Entrepreneur
Simon Ward
Entrepreneur
Sunday Silungwe
Entrepreneur
Elia Timotheo
Entrepreneur
Cynthia Wandia
Entrepreneur
Fahad Awadh
Entrepreneur
Genevieve Barnard Oni
Entrepreneur
Joe McCord
Entrepreneur
Simon Ulvund
Entrepreneur
Carolyn Yarina
Entrepreneur
Gillian Henker
Entrepreneur
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (30)
2024
Affinity
Affinity is a full-fledged digitally-driven financial institution that provides banking products to the underserved and unbanked in Ghana.
Fluid Finance
Fluid Finance helps financial institutions invest in smallholder farmers in Ghana.
Releaf
Releaf is a supply chain technology company that utilizes proprietary hardware and software to source from smallholder farmers.
2023
CassVita
CassVita uses proprietary technology to extend the shelf life of cassava from 2-3 days to 18 months.
Rising Academies
Rising Academies operates their own network of low-cost private schools in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bankingly
Bankingly provides digital banking channels for small and medium size financial institutions in emerging markets globally.
Elucid
Elucid assesses and mitigates risks to human health and livelihoods in global supply chains.
2022
Kentaste
Kentaste sources coconuts from thousands of smallholder farmers along the coast of Kenya.
Chanzi
Chanzi offtakes food waste from smallholder farmers, commercial farms, urban markets and businesses, converts the food waste into protein using Black Soldier Fly larvae, and sells the feed additive to poultry and fish farmers, agrodealers, and feed mills across Tanzania and Kenya.
Cinch
Cinch brings the economics of industrial farming to smallholder farmers by aggregating groups of smallholder farmers into larger 'mosaic' farms.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Food / AgTech, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $150K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Meghan Curran, Investment Manager.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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