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Singularity Investments

Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Lagos

Description

Singularity is a private investment office started by Sam Darwish. It focuses on investment opportunities in North America and Africa.

Investor Profile

Singularity Investments has backed more than 9 startups, with 0 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 2 rounds, about 22% of its total and boasts 2 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Convertible Note rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria.
  • Strong thematic focus on Financial Services, Credit, FinTech.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (44%)
  • Series A (44%)
  • Convertible Note (11%)

Country Focus

  • United States (56%)
  • United Kingdom (22%)
  • Nigeria (11%)
  • Canada (11%)

Industry Focus

  • Financial Services
  • Credit
  • Fintech
  • Mobile
  • Emerging Markets
  • Payments
  • E-commerce
  • Finance
  • Internet
  • Fashion
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Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Singularity Investments frequently co-invest with?

BR
Blue Rinc Capital
Africa, Ebonyi, Nigeria, Ghana
Co-Investments: 1
Three Fish Capital
Three Fish Capital
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
Western Technology Investment
Western Technology Investment
North America, California, United States, Portola Valley
Co-Investments: 2
Compound
Compound
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Red Swan Ventures
Red Swan Ventures
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
Think + Ventures
Think + Ventures
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 2
Comcast Ventures
Comcast Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Core Innovation Capital
Core Innovation Capital
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Javelin Capital
Javelin Capital
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does Singularity Investments often collaborate with?

Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
North America, Distrito Federal, Mexico, Mexico City
Shared Deals: 1
EC
Eric Chen
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 1
JD
John Dukellis
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
CW
Collin Wallace
North America, California, United States, Stanford
Shared Deals: 1
Dan Bragiel
Dan Bragiel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
AS
Adam Sah
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
ML
Mesh Lakhani
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
AC
Alexandre Carel
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Shared Deals: 1
JF
Jon Freeman
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
AD
Alexis de Belloy
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Singularity Investments?

Mines

San Francisco, California, United States

Mines is a mobile money-as-a-service platform built to address the consumer financial services gap in emerging markets.

CreditFinancial ServicesMobilePayments
Series AAug 10, 2018
Amount Raised: $13,000,000
Asoko Insight

London, England, United Kingdom

Africa’s leading corporate information platform, providing market mapping solutions to investment firms, banks, corporates and governments.

AnalyticsB2BBusiness DevelopmentInformation Services
Series AApr 6, 2018
Amount Raised: $3,600,000
PayJoy

San Francisco, California, United States

PayJoy provides credit to customers in emerging markets.

CreditEmerging MarketsFinancial ServicesFinTechMobile
Convertible NoteSep 19, 2017
Amount Raised: $6,000,000
Paystack

Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Paystack lets businesses accept payments via credit card, debit card, money transfer and mobile money on their websites or mobile apps.

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechInternetPayments
SeedDec 19, 2016
Amount Raised: $1,300,000
Pagecloud

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

PageCloud is a browser-based website creation platform.

SEOSoftwareWeb DesignWeb Development
Series ANov 16, 2016
Amount Raised: $4,000,000
DigitalGenius

London, England, United Kingdom

DigitalGenius is an artificial intelligence platform.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Customer ServiceData ManagementMachine Learning
SeedApr 14, 2016
Amount Raised: $4,100,000
PayJoy

San Francisco, California, United States

PayJoy provides credit to customers in emerging markets.

CreditEmerging MarketsFinancial ServicesFinTechMobile
SeedAug 31, 2015
Amount Raised: $2,000,000
Tapiture

Santa Monica, California, United States

Tapiture is a social discovery marketplace

E-CommerceSocial Media
Series AMay 8, 2015
Amount Raised: $2,750,000
Jewel Toned

Marina Del Rey, California, United States

Jewel Toned designs, manufactures and distributes lingerie via wholesale and ecommerce.

E-CommerceFashionLingerie
SeedMar 27, 2015
Amount Raised: $600,000

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