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title: "Chris Adelsbach"
description: "Chris Adelsbach is a London-based entrepreneur, angel investor, and mentor. He is the Founding Partner of Outrun Ventures and a Venture Partner at Techstars. He also previously helped build and lead a fintech accelerator in partnership with Techstars and Barclays Bank. His Africa investing record shows a strong focus on early-stage fintech. The provided investment data shows 8 disclosed rounds from April 2015 to February 2023, with 7 Seed rounds and 1 Venture round, concentrated in Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. Backed companies include Kuda, Kwara, Credrails, PayQin, Spark, Dopay, and Curacel, with fintech as the dominant sector and AI and analytics represented by Curacel. Publicly available descriptions of his work also show a long-standing emphasis on early-stage fintech and a broad portfolio of fintech companies across markets. His Africa investments are consistent with that focus, especially in banking, payments, payroll, and financial infrastructure."
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# Chris Adelsbach

Chris Adelsbach is a London-based entrepreneur, angel investor, and mentor. He is the Founding Partner of Outrun Ventures and a Venture Partner at Techstars. He also previously helped build and lead a fintech accelerator in partnership with Techstars and Barclays Bank. His Africa investing record shows a strong focus on early-stage fintech. The provided investment data shows 8 disclosed rounds from April 2015 to February 2023, with 7 Seed rounds and 1 Venture round, concentrated in Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. Backed companies include Kuda, Kwara, Credrails, PayQin, Spark, Dopay, and Curacel, with fintech as the dominant sector and AI and analytics represented by Curacel. Publicly available descriptions of his work also show a long-standing emphasis on early-stage fintech and a broad portfolio of fintech companies across markets. His Africa investments are consistent with that focus, especially in banking, payments, payroll, and financial infrastructure.

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## Summary

Chris Adelsbach is a London-based entrepreneur, angel investor, and mentor. He is the Founding Partner of Outrun Ventures and a Venture Partner at Techstars. He also previously helped build and lead a fintech accelerator in partnership with Techstars and Barclays Bank. His Africa investing record shows a strong focus on early-stage fintech. The provided investment data shows 8 disclosed rounds from April 2015 to February 2023, with 7 Seed rounds and 1 Venture round, concentrated in Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire. Backed companies include Kuda, Kwara, Credrails, PayQin, Spark, Dopay, and Curacel, with fintech as the dominant sector and AI and analytics represented by Curacel. Publicly available descriptions of his work also show a long-standing emphasis on early-stage fintech and a broad portfolio of fintech companies across markets. His Africa investments are consistent with that focus, especially in banking, payments, payroll, and financial infrastructure.

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## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Curacel | /curacel | Seed | 3000000 | 2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Spark | /spark | Venture (Round not Specified) | 200000 | 2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| PayQin | /payqin | Seed | 270000 | 2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Credrails | /credrails | Seed | 2500000 | 2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Kwara | /kwara | Seed | 4000000 | 2021-12-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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