About Compass
Compass is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of Moka, Mauritius. As of Jul 2021, Compass has invested in 9 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in India based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Food and Agriculture Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Omnisient A lot of funds co-invest with Compass, with names like Nedbank sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Compass has team of 3 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Compass' List of Top Investments
Compass has a portfolio of 9 companies. Their most notable investments are in Omnisient and Omnisient.Their portfolio spans across India, France, Ivory Coast and 4 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Food and Agriculture Tech, FinTech and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Compass:
1. Omnisient
Developer of platforms facilitating secure collaboration using consumer data sets. This software enables organizations to share insights from private information without exposing raw data to other parties. The technology supports identity resolution, audience targeting, and statistical analysis across different sectors including finance, retail, and insurance. Data remains in controlled environments while participants generate shared analytics and predictive modeling results.
Key facts about Omnisient
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Cape Town (South Africa)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $24.9M
- Employee Count: 60 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: TransUnion, Nedbank and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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2. HUB2
Provider of mobile money payment solutions and related application programming interfaces. The company offers application programming interfaces for pay-in, pay-out, and international remittance processing. It also provides solutions for neobanks and payment service providers. The company focuses on facilitating transactions and interoperability across various platforms.
Key facts about HUB2
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $11.7M
- Employee Count: 35 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Digital Currency Group, FMO and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 03, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Tulaa
Tulaa provides an online marketplace for loans and commerce platform for rural farmers. It enables the farmers to purchase inputs, receive tailored agronomic advice, and market the crops at harvest time. It markets the crops by estimating the expected volume farmers will produce and brokers the sale of the product with buyers.
Key facts about Tulaa
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Nairobi (Kenya)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $652K
- Employee Count: 10 - 49 as on Mar 01, 2026
- Investors: Village Capital, Inclusive Fintech 50 and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 05, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Reuniwatt
Reuniwatt offers Solar Energy Forecasting Solutions, tailored Climatic Information Systems and an Expertise in Energy Mix. Reuniwatt's solar forecasting system, Soleka can be used for three different forms of forecasting; day ahead, intraday and short-casting (half/hourly). Soleka can be used by all the smart-grid key stakeholders: Transmission System Operators, Distribution System Operators, energy suppliers, power system and component manufacturers, electricity service providers, energy traders, grid regulators. Apart from this, they also provide meteorological and climatic data to users as required.
Key facts about Reuniwatt
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Reunion (France)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.06M
- Employee Count: 33 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Europa, Equitable Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 09, 2020, $*****
5. Arifu
Arifu offers an adaptive learning platform for organizations to engage and impart training to people across the value chain including employees, customers, retailers, distributors, suppliers, and beneficiaries. It allows companies to deliver content over the web and SMS. Also provides real-time data analytics and insights about learners. Offers a library of rated content provided under open and royalty-based licenses from other providers as well as self-developed customized learning content.
Key facts about Arifu
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Nairobi (Kenya)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 23 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Zephyr Management, Musha Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jul 19, 2017, $*****
Compass' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Compass has invested in 9 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in HUB2 and most recent follow-on round was in Omnisient.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Compass' Investments by Stage
Compass has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $992K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $2M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 4 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Compass' Investments by Sector
Compass has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Business Services, Energy Tech, Environment Tech and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 7 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Tech companies, 4 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Business Services | 1 |
Energy Tech | 1 |
Environment Tech | 1 |
FinTech | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Compass' Investments by Geography
Compass has made most investments in India (2), followed by France where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
India | 2 |
France | 1 |
Ivory Coast | 1 |
South Africa | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Compass' recent investments
Compass has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Compass:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 06, 2021 | South Africa | Seed | 9805 | [+5] | |
2021 | Ivory Coast | Seed | 1101 | [+1] | |
Mar 04, 2020 | South Africa | Seed | 8301 | [+1] | |
Jan 29, 2019 | India | Series A | 4093 | [+2] | |
Feb 22, 2017 | France | Seed | 2960 | - |
Team profile of Compass
Compass has a team of 3 members located in Mauritius. Compass' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Compass
Over the past 14 years, 31 investors have co-invested in Compass's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Compass: Europa, Zephyr Management and 4 others have invested in rounds before Compass. There is 1 company where Europa has invested before Compass and 1 company where Zephyr Management has invested before Compass.
- Top Co-investors of Compass: 6 investors entered a company along with Compass. These include investors like Nedbank (1 company).
- Invested after Compass: A total of 19 investors have invested in Compass's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include ENL Group (2 companies), Grand Bay Investments (1 company) and Tahseen (1 company).
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