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Zenda Ventures

VC
Accra, GhanaWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $250K

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on data-driven startups solving emerging market gaps, particularly in African regions.

Meet the Team

SF

Sol Franco

Operations Manager

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Evan Cummack

Partner

AI startups
product teams

Evan is the Chief Product Officer for Aerospike. Previously, he was advising for AI startups and was formerly the CEO of Fin.com. Evan started at Twilio as the first solutions engineer and spent nine years there, leading product teams. He partnered with Chetan Chaudhary to build Twilio's wireless business unit from scratch.

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Jeffrey Dong

Investor

early-stage companies
thesis development

Jeff previously worked with the investment team at Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based early-stage venture firm investing into emerging markets in Asia. Prior to Golden Gate, he was a business analyst at BASF in the U.S. and Hong Kong. He's an INSEAD and Bucknell University graduate.

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Raphael Santolin

Investor

early-stage companies in Latin America

Rapha previously worked on the investment team of Valor Capital Group, an American venture capital firm investing in Latin America. Before Valor, he worked on the investment team of Cedro Capital, an early-stage VC firm investing in Brazil. He's a University of Brasília graduate.

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Chetan Chaudhary

Partner

developer-led GTM strategies

Chetan is an entrepreneurial executive with a proven track record in business development. He's the CRO for Coralogix. He was previously a partner at NewView Capital, held the role of CRO at Scale AI and has a strong focus on developer-led GTM strategies. During his 9-year tenure at Twilio, he led product distribution strategies and partnered with Evan Cummack to establish Twilio's wireless business unit from the ground up.

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Esteban Reyes

General Partner

vertical AI
software
tech for traditional sectors

Esteban Reyes is a former founder with 4 exits totaling $1.1 billion, coming from a family of coalminers turned entrepreneurs, which shaped his ability to spot opportunities in traditional industries. Now, through Zenda Capital, he invests in founders transforming how money and goods flow across the economy, focusing on tech for traditional sectors like vertical AI and software. Originally from Cartagena and based in Miami for 27 years, Esteban enjoys diving, fishing, kitesurfing, and is passionate about music—earning a spot in the Recording Academy.

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Developer Tools
AI / ML
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Media
E-commerce

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

SU

SurveyBase Africa

Market Research/SaaS
DA

DataNiche

AI/Data Analytics
CA

Cargado

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

TE

Tendrel

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

SO

Solvento

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

GA

Gaia Dynamics

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

ZA

Zatlas

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CY

Cypress.io

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

NO

Nova Credit

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

SM

SmartHop

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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