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RaliCap Ventures

Venture capital

San Francisco · Seed · 13 people tracked

Also known as RaliCap

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Investment thesis

Emerging-markets fintech operator network of 24 globally distributed team members offering on-the-ground expertise in Nigeria, Pakistan, Kenya, Mexico, Germany and Indonesia, focused on interoperable financial infrastructure and APIs.

Stage
Seed
Check
$5K – $5M
HQ
San Francisco, CA, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2020
Tracked investments
7

Team · 13 people

from public directories
Hayden Simmons· Founder & General Partnerin𝕏

Founder and General Partner of Rally Cap, which he launched in 2020 to back global fintech founders at inception. He previously spent over a decade in emerging-market and cross-border fintech, with senior strategy roles at Facebook's Novi/Diem and at Juvo and Migo, and served as a Venture Partner at Lateral Capital and advisor to IDEO's Last Mile Money initiative.

Josh Gosliner· Partnerin𝕏

Josh Gosliner is Vice President of Product Strategy at SAP SuccessFactors, where he directs product vision and strategy for a global HCM platform with approximately $2 billion in annual revenue serving over 11,000 organizations across more than 100 countries. His work focuses on translating technology shifts, particularly in AI, into product strategy and investment priorities, and includes direct engagement with enterprise customers on workforce transformation initiatives. Previously, he worked in high-growth startups including Wandera, which was acquired by Jamf for $400 million, and Juvo, where he led product marketing through its $54 million Series B funding round.

Anais Cisneros· Venture Partnerin𝕏

Anais Cisneros is the Founder and CEO of Amela, a networking and learning platform for women entrepreneurs operating across Europe and the Americas. She previously held roles in venture capital and consulting, including positions at Rally Cap VC in San Francisco, EWOR in Berlin, and Samos Investments in London. Cisneros holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Christine Chang· Venture Partnerin𝕏

Christine Chang is a strategic advisor and ecosystem builder working with venture capital funds, startup founders, and business owners. Her experience spans fintech and healthtech, including roles as venture partner at Rally Cap VC, chief revenue officer at Tribal Credit, and advisor at Digital Currency Group, alongside earlier positions in organizational transformation at American Airlines and UBS. She is currently founder and advisor at Santosha while pursuing a doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.

Hiram Valdez· Venture Partnerin𝕏

Hiram Valdez brings over eight years of leadership experience in finance and operations from roles at Amazon, Uber, and Rappi. He has raised and deployed more than $500 million in debt and equity financing and has built finance and operations teams across multiple organizations. Valdez is an active angel investor with investments in more than 15 startups and currently leads the finance function at Nelo.

Jacques Marco· Venture Partnerin𝕏
Lino Gill· Venture Partnerin

Lino Gill is Chief Marketing Officer at the Instituto Livre Mercado, where he leads institutional positioning and strategic communications for a Brazilian public-policy organization. With over 15 years in finance and fintech, he previously held senior roles at Zapay, Creditas, and a55, where he oversaw business development and growth initiatives. Gill also serves as a Venture Partner at Rally Cap VC, investing in fintech and market-infrastructure companies across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Marco Montes· Venture Partnerin𝕏
Samora Kariuki· Venture Partnerin𝕏

Samora Kariuki is founder and CEO of Frontier Fintech, a research and advisory firm serving the African digital financial services sector. The firm provides intelligence through weekly analysis and research editions, strategic advisory for fintechs, banks, and investors, and executive search placement for senior leaders across financial services companies. Kariuki also hosts the F-Squared Podcast, featuring interviews with operators in African financial services infrastructure, and is based in Nairobi.

Hanna Zaidi· Investorin𝕏

Hanna Zaidi serves as Vice President of Payments Strategy and Chief Compliance Officer at Wealthsimple. Her professional background includes experience in payments strategy and regulatory compliance within the financial services sector.

Kar Dhillon· Investorin

Kar Dhillon is co-founder and CEO of Bytespace Labs, which develops computing infrastructure tools for scientific research. The company's first product, bot0, provides an integrated environment for models, notebooks, data, agents, compute, and artifacts designed for researchers and R&D teams. Dhillon's background spans telecom networks, data centers, software, conservation, operations, and business development, with a focus on understanding how infrastructure and tools support scientific discovery and reproducibility.

Nat Wittayatanaseth· Investorin𝕏
Ryan Conway· Investorin𝕏

Ryan Conway is VP, Head of Financial Institution Business Development and Networks at PingPong Payments, where he leads international expansion across North America, Europe, and Asia. His career spans roles across the global payments ecosystem, including founding executive positions at Oxygen (YC S18), where he helped scale the company to over one million customer accounts, as well as positions at Mastercard and Worldpay during periods of significant industry transformation. His experience covers cross-border infrastructure, payment networks, issuing, merchant acquiring, and settlement technologies.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through RaliCap Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 6 of 7 portfolio companies

Climate Tech ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Developer Tools ×2Energy ×2Fintech ×2SaaS ×2Cleantech ×1

HQs:Kenya×1Nigeria×1United States×1

Investments · 7 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2023 · 22022 · 12017 · 14 dated

Aminiamini.aiin𝕏May 2023

Amini provides a data and AI infrastructure platform that helps countries build and operate their own national-scale data systems, covering data digitization, compute, connectivity, and deployment.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureGovTechImpact & Social GoodNairobi, KE

Kate Kallot(Founder)inKate Kallot-Bucken(Founder)inKate(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsFemale FoundersSalesforce VenturesSatganaSeraphim SpacePale Blue DotSuperorganism

Elieli.buildin

Eli simplifies access to home energy programs through software that streamlines complex workflows in clean energy and electrification.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyFintechSaaS

Jeff Coleman(Founder)inAdrian Del Balso(Founder)inEduardo Del Balso(Founder)in

Co-investorsCity LightLeap Forward VenturesLooking Glass CapitalLowercarbon CapitalR/GA VenturesSpero Ventures+3 more

Reviorevio.co.zaJan 2017

E-commerceLouisville, US

Christopher Bailey(Executive Officer, Director)Nicole Dunn(Founder)Ruaan Botha(Founder)

Co-investorsTechstarsPartech VenturesQED InvestorsSpeedinvestTwo Culture Capital

Solfiumsolfium.comin

Solfium provides solar energy, energy storage, and electric mobility solutions for residential, business, industrial, and corporate customers.

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Co-investorsAccionKamay VenturesSavia VenturesAlive VenturesBDC Capital CorporationRedwood Ventures

Termiitermii.comin𝕏Jun 2023 · $3.6M

Termii provides infrastructure that uses AI to ensure critical transactions—including authentication, payments, checkouts, and fraud notifications—complete successfully, serving banks, fintech companies, e-commerce platforms, and other digital services globally.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLagos, NG

Emmanuel Gbolade(Founder)inAyomide Awe(Founder)inGbolade Emmanuel(Founder)Idowu Atinuke(Founder)

Co-investorsFlying Doctors Healthcare Investment CompanyFund I, a series of Africa FinTech Collective, LPFuture AfricaGobi PartnersHoaQKairos Angels+21 more

Thepeerthepeer.coin𝕏Jun 2022 · $2.1M

Thepeer builds payment infrastructure that enables businesses to offer faster, more reliable payment experiences to their customers, allowing transfers, account funding, and payments through a unified platform.

Developer ToolsFintechSaaS

Michael Okoh(Founder)in

Co-investorsTimon CapitalByld VenturesChipper CashMusha VenturesStitch

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has RaliCap Ventures made?
RaliCap Ventures has 7 tracked investments.
What stage does RaliCap Ventures invest at?
RaliCap Ventures invests at the Seed stage.
What is RaliCap Ventures's typical check size?
RaliCap Ventures typically writes checks of $5K – $5M.
What sectors does RaliCap Ventures focus on?
RaliCap Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3, Sector Agnostic.
Where is RaliCap Ventures located?
RaliCap Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Does RaliCap Ventures lead rounds?
RaliCap Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

Co-investors · 8

Kamay Ventures

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Both backed · 1
$600K
Everywhere Ventures

Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that writes pre-seed checks and is backed by a community of founder and operator LPs.

$250K
Oak HC/FT

Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity firm that partners with founders in healthcare and fintech across a company's lifecycle.

Octopus Ventures

Octopus Ventures is a founder-focused European venture capital firm that backs mission-driven startups across seven core sectors, investing from idea stage through growth with a focus on pre-seed to Series A.

$130K – $1.3M
Deciens

Deciens is a venture capital firm backing early-stage founders building the next generation of financial services.

$500K – $5M
The Fintech Fund

The Fintech Fund is an investment firm focused on the fintech sector.

$150K – $200K
Explorer

Explorer Equity Group is an investment firm that has made investments globally since 2016, operating through SPVs and closed funds.

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