The Raba Partnership
The Raba Partnership is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Fintech, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 51 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 51 companies on record
- Partners
- 12 listed
- AUM
- $60M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools
- HQ
- New York, NY
Last verified: 2026-05-11
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $3.0M
$60M
51+ companies
12 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage fintech-focused investment firm backing payments and financial infrastructure.
How The Raba Partnership invests
The Raba Partnership is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools.
The Raba Partnership typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $60M in assets under management.
The Raba Partnership has backed 51 companies in our records, including Chipper Cash, Melio, Ramp.
Partners & Team
Jide Ipaye
General Partner
Katlego Maphai
Scout | South Africa
Founder @ Yoco
Omar Hagrass
Scout | Egypt
Founder @ Trella
Iyin Aboyeji
Scout | Nigeria
Founder @ Flutterwave, Future Africa, & Andela
Nina Chen
Investor
Prior @ Bain & Co, Africa Leadership Group
Cordel Robbin-Coker
Partner
Founder @ Carry1st
Grant Brooke
Scout | Kenya
Founder @ Shara & Twiga
Seif Amr
Scout | MENA
Founder @ THNDR
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (51)
Other
Chipper Cash
Melio
Ramp
Alloy
Carry1st
Axis Pay
Bless.app
COVA
Custos
Cleva Banking
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Scout.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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