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Since 2022, Arash Ferdowsi has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds totaling $11M, most heavily in Nigeria and Fintech.
Arash Ferdowsi is an American entrepreneur and technology investor, best known as the co founder of Dropbox. Public profiles identify him as a co founder and former executive at Dropbox, a Sequoia backed cloud storage company. He is also active as an angel investor. In Africa, Arash Ferdowsi has participated in at least three seed stage funding rounds between May 2022 and December 2023. Based on disclosed deals, he has backed early stage startups in Nigeria and Egypt, with a focus on financial technology and logistics. His Africa portfolio includes Nigerian fintech company Bujeti, Egyptian fintech company Elevate Pay, and Nigerian logistics startup Topship. Across these investments, Ferdowsi has a track record of co investing alongside global and regional investors, including Y Combinator and several international venture firms and angel investors. His activity reflects an interest in seed stage technology companies that provide financial services, payments infrastructure, and shipping solutions in key African markets.
Data updated · May 15, 2026
Arash Ferdowsi has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $11M since 2022.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 3 tracked rounds are at that stage.
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (2), Logistics & Supply Chain (1).
Arash Ferdowsi most often shares rounds with Y Combinator (3 shared deals), Entrée Capital (1 shared deal), Heirloom Investment Management (1 shared deal).
Arash Ferdowsi is an entrepreneur and angel investor who is best known as the co founder of Dropbox. In addition to his operating background in technology, he invests in early stage startups, including companies in Africa.
Arash Ferdowsi has backed Bujeti, a Nigerian platform for corporate spend management and payments, Elevate Pay, an Egyptian fintech that enables users to open US based USD accounts and receive ACH payments, and Topship, a Nigerian shipping and logistics platform.
