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Since 2024, Tom Preston-Werner has backed 1 African startup across 2 disclosed funding rounds totaling $9.7M, most heavily in Egypt and Fintech.
Tom Preston-Werner is the cofounder and former CEO of GitHub, a platform that revolutionized code collaboration and was acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion. He is also the cofounder and General Partner at Preston-Werner Ventures (PWV), an early-stage investment firm focused on software- and AI-driven companies. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Preston-Werner has a history of angel investing in over 175 startups, including early investments in Stripe, Cursor, Netlify, and Supabase. Through PWV, Preston-Werner has participated in three seed-stage funding rounds totaling $9.7 million from October 2023 to January 2025, exclusively in Egyptian fintech companies. All investments supported MoneyHash, a platform that orchestrates payments across providers, markets, and channels. Co-investors in these rounds included RZM Investment, COTU Ventures, Flourish Ventures, AB Xelerate, Emurgo Kepple Ventures, Vision Ventures Capital, Dubai Future District Fund, Sukna Ventures, and VentureFriends.
Data updated · Jul 29, 2026
Tom Preston-Werner has backed 1 African startup across 2 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $9.7M since 2024.
Mostly Seed: 2 of its 2 tracked rounds are at that stage.
Tom Preston-Werner's tracked rounds are concentrated in Egypt (2).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (2).
Tom Preston-Werner most often shares rounds with RZM Investment (2 shared deals), COTU Ventures (2 shared deals), Flourish Ventures (1 shared deal).
Tom Preston-Werner has backed MoneyHash, an Egyptian fintech company that orchestrates payments across providers, markets, and channels. He participated in three seed rounds for MoneyHash totaling $9.7 million.
