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About

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AYANA Capital is a US-based fund focused on early-stage companies in North America and Europe. We invest in Pre-seed through Series A rounds and aim to create strong ties and meaningful synergies between the two regions.

Focus Areas

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Fintech

Strategic relationships across banking, insurance & real estate

Healthcare Tech

Platform investments across HealthTech, BioTech& MedTech

Deeptech

Affinity for AI-enabled business models across industries

Opportunistic

Proven capacity in identifying attractive outlier opportunities

Expertise

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Business Development

Capital Raising

Due Diligence

Management

Market Entry

Mergers & Acquisitions

Negotiations

Partnerships

Process Optimization

Sales & Marketing

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Investment Strategy

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Investment Focus

We prioritize US and European companies as part of our selection process and aim to generate synergies between the two markets.

Investment Criteria

We seek to support high-potential Fintech, HeathcareTech, Deeptech and other start-ups with strong management teams.

Investment Format

We typically invest between $1m and $3m in equity or quasi-equity. While we have a preference for capital increases, we also have the capacity to engage in secondary sales.

Added Value

We often support our portfolio companies with the execution of key strategic processes (e.g., capital raising, M&A, JVs, key hires, commercial partnerships, etc.).

Exit Strategy

We help maximize the exit valuations of our portfolio companies through leveraging our strong track record in operating and investing across a wide array of industries.

Deal Process

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Company Screening
Information Gathering & Analysis
Initial Due Diligence
Investment Decision
Deal Structuring & Closing
Business Development & Scaling up
Exit

Transactions

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  • All All
  • Data Analytics Data Analytics
  • Deeptech Deeptech
  • Fintech Fintech
  • Healthtech Healthtech
  • ICT ICT
  • Industrials Industrials
  • Insurtech Insurtech
  • Renewables Renewables
  • Services Services
2023 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B round
2023 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Pre-Series A round
2023 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Pre-Series A round
2023 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Seed round
2023 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Seed round
2023 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Seed round
2022 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series C round
2022 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Series C round
2022 FUI Invested in the company’s
Seed round
2022 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Series B round
2022 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B round
2022 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Series C round
2022 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B round
2022 FUI Invested in the company’s
Growth Equity round
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series E round
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B round
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series A round
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Growth Equity round
2021 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Series B2 round
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series A round
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series C round
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B-4 round
EXIT 2021
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series E-2 round
2021 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Series B1 round
2021 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series A round
2020 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Series A round
2020 AYANA Invested in the company’s
Series A round
2020 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B-3 round
EXIT 2021
2020 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B-1 round
2020 FUI Invested in the company’s
Growth Equity round
2020 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B-1 round
EXIT 2021
2020 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series F round
2019 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B round
EXIT 2021
2019 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B round
2019 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series C round
2019 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series A-1 round
EXIT 2021
2019 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series B round
EXIT 2022
2017 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series A round
EXIT 2022
2016 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series A round
2016 FUI Invested in the company’s
Series E round
2016 FUI Invested in the company’s
Seed round
EXIT 2022

Team

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Angel Kelchev
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Partner

Zarek Meherally
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