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Arunjay Katakam
Advisor; Financial Inclusion Expert; Author, The Power of Micromoney Transfers
All funds
crypto
crypto
hybrid
Analyst signals
Portfolio activity and matriculation
Metrics use all recorded activity through 21 Jul 2026 across seed, unknown. Later-round outcomes are capped at the period end.
0%companies with a later round · 0/3
Not availablemedian round-size step-up · n=0
Not availablemedian valuation step-up · n=0
0%recorded-solo rate · 0 solo / 3 syndicated
Payments · 2 companies
These are activity signals, not fund-return metrics. Round capital is the full disclosed financing amount, not this fund's check size. “Recorded solo” means only one investor is present in the source data and is a lead signal, not verified lead status; syndicated rounds are a co-investor or follower signal. IRR, TVPI, DPI, ownership, exits, and market beta cannot be calculated from the available records.
People
Team
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Billy Owino
Advisor; Former CEO, TransUnion Kenya
B
Buhle Golsar
Advisor; Former CEO, Jumo
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Dr. Swati Mehta Dhawan
Advisor; Expert, Financial Inclusion
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Irma Grundling
Advisor; Statistician; Head of Survey Design for 40+ nationally representative surveys
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Jake Kendall
General Partner
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Joseph Benson-Aruna
Partner, Head of Entrepreneur Support
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Leila Haroon
Senior Research Analyst
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Nasir Ingawa
Advisor; Public Policy Specialist; Former Financial Inclusion Lead, Kaduna State Government
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Nazu Muinde
Advisor; Director, Strategy for Open Banking Europe, Mastercard
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Osarumen Osamuyi
Advisor; Technology & Media Analyst; Former African Messaging Platforms Lead, Meta
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Rafael Mazer
Advisor; Former Director, Consumer Protection, Innovations for Poverty Action
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Sandisiwe Ncube
Advisor; Development Economist
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Saude Amina Atoyebi
Advisor; Public Sector Expert; Board of Directors, EFInA; Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Kaduna State
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Sephora Tshiyombo
Advisor; Expert, Digital Financial Services
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Sharon Kinyanjui
Advisor; Payments Specialist; Former Head of EMEA, WorldRemit
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Stephen Deng
General Partner
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Veethi Vyas
Research Lead
Portfolio
Investments
Full financing histories for portfolio companies. Highlighted rounds are those where DFS Lab is recorded as an investor.
Checker
Payments
Checker is an API infrastructure company that gives financial institutions a single integration to access stablecoin and fiat liquidity, cross-border payments, treasury, and credit across multiple providers.
Origin Lab
Stealth
Stable Sea
Payments
Stable Sea is a financial technology company providing global cash management for growing companies. Its platform supports stablecoin and fiat settlement, global on/off ramps, treasury management, and access to tokenized money market funds.