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title: "Streamlined Ventures"
description: "Streamlined Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm partners with visionary founders building the next generation of transformational technology companies. It is led by founder and General Partner Ullas Naik, who brings over 25 years of investment experience. Streamlined Ventures participated in three funding rounds in Kenya between December 2020 and April 2022, investing a total of $17.0M. These investments focused exclusively on fintech, with two seed rounds and one Series A in Umba, a digital banking platform for saving, borrowing, and business payments. The firm co-invested alongside partners including Act Venture Capital, Banana Capital, and Lachy Groom."
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# Streamlined Ventures

Streamlined Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm partners with visionary founders building the next generation of transformational technology companies. It is led by founder and General Partner Ullas Naik, who brings over 25 years of investment experience. Streamlined Ventures participated in three funding rounds in Kenya between December 2020 and April 2022, investing a total of $17.0M. These investments focused exclusively on fintech, with two seed rounds and one Series A in Umba, a digital banking platform for saving, borrowing, and business payments. The firm co-invested alongside partners including Act Venture Capital, Banana Capital, and Lachy Groom.

## Breadcrumbs

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## Summary

Streamlined Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm partners with visionary founders building the next generation of transformational technology companies. It is led by founder and General Partner Ullas Naik, who brings over 25 years of investment experience. Streamlined Ventures participated in three funding rounds in Kenya between December 2020 and April 2022, investing a total of $17.0M. These investments focused exclusively on fintech, with two seed rounds and one Series A in Umba, a digital banking platform for saving, borrowing, and business payments. The firm co-invested alongside partners including Act Venture Capital, Banana Capital, and Lachy Groom.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Umba | /umba | Series A | 15000000 | 2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Umba | /umba | Seed |  | 2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Umba | /umba | Seed | 2000000 | 2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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- [Funding rounds](/funding)

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