First Circle Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$250K Checks)
First Circle Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Fintech, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $100K–$250K checks and has 39 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 39 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other, Developer Tools, Consumer
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-01
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $250K
39+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Specialist early-stage fund seeding African fintech startups that build infrastructure and applications to improve financial inclusion and digital financial services across the continent.
How First Circle Capital invests
First Circle Capital is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, Developer Tools, Consumer.
First Circle Capital typically writes checks of $100K–$250K per investment.
First Circle Capital has backed 39 companies in our records, including Estafsar, Credpal, Thunders.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (39)
Other
Estafsar
Credpal
Thunders
Penee
VeendHQ
Flow48
Lenco
Yemaachi Bio
Octamile
Gamp
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $250K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Selma Ribica, Co-Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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