Foray Fund — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($50K–$200K Checks)
Foray Fund is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa investing in Fintech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $50K–$200K checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$200K
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- Cape Town, South Africa
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed
$50K – $200K
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Invests primarily in fintech and payment solutions tailored for cash-heavy economies.
How Foray Fund invests
Foray Fund is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Agritech, Biotech.
Foray Fund typically writes checks of $50K–$200K per investment.
Foray Fund has backed 2 companies in our records, including Anthropic PBC, Figure AI.
Partners & Team
Nelson Venter
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Anthropic PBC
Develops AI systems and foundation models
Figure AI
Builds humanoid robots and robotics AI systems
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $200K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Nelson Venter, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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