# First Circle Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> First Circle Capital is a vc firm based in Morocco. 3 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Feb 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-circle-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# First Circle Capital

Last cheque observed Feb 2026; 3 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund $11M, Aug 2025

Pre-seed Seed Fintech

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Deploying now

**50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **253** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.0M** Rounds led **2 of 3**

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## First Circle Capital highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 2 rounds

## What they do

> SEEDING THE NEXT FINTECH GENERATION IN AFRICA. We invest in FinTech founders on a mission to shape the future of Africa. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed
- **Sectors:** Fintech
- **Based in:** Casablanca, Morocco
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Feb** **[WafR](https://millionrounds.com/company/wafr)** Seed · MA · Disrupt Africa **$4.0M** With 8 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Aug** **[TurnStay](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnstay)** Seed · ZA · Disrupt Africa **$2.0M** *Led*
- **2024** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Scale](https://millionrounds.com/company/scale)** Pre-seed · ZA · Disrupt Africa **$700K** *Led*

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

AA **Agnes Aistleitner Kisuule** Managing Member i Filing they signed

SR **Selma Ribica** Managing Member i Filing they signed

We also hold **6** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**16** of 31 we have independently watched raise

[Balad](https://millionrounds.com/company/balad)[Credify](https://millionrounds.com/company/credify)[Credrails](https://millionrounds.com/company/credrails)[Dayra](https://millionrounds.com/company/dayra)[Flow48](https://millionrounds.com/company/flow48)[Getscale](https://millionrounds.com/company/getscale)[Lenco](https://millionrounds.com/company/lenco)[Octamile](https://millionrounds.com/company/octamile)[Orca-fraud](https://millionrounds.com/company/orca-fraud)[Pennee](https://millionrounds.com/company/pennee)[Talk360](https://millionrounds.com/company/talk360)[Terminal](https://millionrounds.com/company/terminal)[Tractionapps](https://millionrounds.com/company/traction-apps)[Turnstay](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnstay)[Wafr](https://millionrounds.com/company/wafr)[Wiassur](https://millionrounds.com/company/wiassur) Credpal E-doconline Getgamp Infiushealth Kashier Mnzl Mystash Oola Opareta Pumpkn Thunders Useklump Veendhq Yemaachi Yourpower

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$11M**

raised in Aug 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed

Median round joined **$2.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 2 of 3 rounds **67%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *2*
- Pre-seed said *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Circle](https://millionrounds.com/fund/circle) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as First Circle Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Circle** Hedge fund **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/circle)

## Recently backed

The latest companies First Circle Capital put money into.

[**WafR** $4.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/wafr)[**TurnStay** $2.0M · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/turnstay)

## Quick answers about First Circle Capital

### What does First Circle Capital invest in?

First Circle Capital invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintech.

### How active is First Circle Capital?

3 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Feb 2026.

### What has First Circle Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: WafR (Seed, Feb 2026), TurnStay (Seed, Aug 2025) and Scale (Pre-seed, Oct 2024).

### How big are First Circle Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.0M.

### Is First Circle Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does First Circle Capital invest alongside?

Most often Circle (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is First Circle Capital?

First Circle Capital is a VC firm based in Casablanca, Morocco.

### Has First Circle Capital raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Aug 2025, reporting $11M raised.

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