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Since 2018, Damien Guermonprez has backed 3 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds totaling $3.4M, most heavily in Côte d'Ivoire and Fintech.
Damien Guermonprez is an angel investor and fintech entrepreneur based in Brussels, Belgium, with deep expertise in financial services and payment systems. He is the Executive Chairman of Lemonway, a pan-European payment institution, and has spent his career creating and managing financial institutions. Earlier in his career, he led Oney Bank, the banking division of the Auchan Group, for ten years and created or managed 15 credit institutions, leasing companies, and insurance companies across Europe, Russia, and China. Guermonprez has invested in fintech companies across Africa, with a particular focus on payment solutions and financial infrastructure in Francophone markets. Between 2018 and 2021, he invested $3.4 million across four seed-stage funding rounds in fintech startups, concentrating his activity in Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon. His portfolio includes CinetPay, a payment processing platform serving Francophone Africa; Julaya, a business payments and collections platform; and PaySika, a digital payment card service. He holds an MBA from Harvard and is a graduate of ESSEC business school.
Data updated · Mar 27, 2026
Damien Guermonprez has backed 3 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $3.4M since 2018.
Mostly Seed: 4 of its 4 tracked rounds are at that stage.
Companies Damien Guermonprez has backed operate in Côte d'Ivoire (4), Benin (3), Senegal (3), and 7 more markets. Each figure counts the rounds behind companies serving that market, so a company operating in several markets counts in each of them.
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (4).
Damien Guermonprez most often shares rounds with 4DX Ventures (1 shared deal), Flutterwave (1 shared deal), Didier Valet (1 shared deal).
Guermonprez has invested in CinetPay, a payment processing platform for Francophone Africa; Julaya, a business payments and collections platform in Côte d'Ivoire; and PaySika, a digital payment card service in Cameroon.
Guermonprez has over 15 years of experience in financial services, including leading Oney Bank for ten years and creating or managing 15 financial institutions across Europe, Russia, and China. He holds an MBA from Harvard and graduated from ESSEC business school.
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