Eric Mutua

Associate at Meridian Venture Partners | ex-McKinsey & Company

Meridian Venture Partners

Kigali, Rwanda · CAT (UTC+2)

5+ years experience

Strathmore University

English, Kinyarwanda, French

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I invest in fintech at Meridian Venture Partners, usually at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 38 investments, 6 of them now at Series B or later. Home cook with strong opinions about biryani.

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InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $1M cheques into seed fintech in the UK

Cheque size: $1M
Stages: Series A
Sectors: Employment law
Geographies: LatAm
Lead or follow: Lead
Decision time: Within a month
How I help: Fundraising strategy for the next round

Typically lead or co-lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

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Experience

Associate
Jul 2024 - Present
Meridian Venture Partners · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
- Negotiated 306 commercial agreements a year.
- Secured 3 payments licences.
Engineering Manager
Dec 2022 - Jul 2024
McKinsey & Company · 1 yr 7 mo · Contract · Kigali, Rwanda
- Shipped 17 launches on the growth team without a rollback.
Engineering Manager
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Ecobank · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
- Mentored 12 engineers through their first promotion.
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 35 minutes to under 5.

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Education

Strathmore University
BCom, Engineering
2017 - 2021

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