Rwanda · Investor

Sunrise

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Oct 2025, closing $21M. Last cheque observed Jan 2025.

Hedge fundQuietNew fund $21M, Oct 2025Website unconfirmed

SeedVenture Capital & Private Equity

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 1 on record
Since the last cheque660days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$76MRounds led0 of 1
Pitch Sunrise

Sunrise highlights

  1. 01

    1 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Type
Hedge fund (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Based in
Kigali, Rwanda
Cold pitches
Accepted

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. Tell us the right one.

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Jan
    BioptimusSeed · FR · Silicon Canals$76MWith 9 others

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 registration19 named

ACAngelo CasartelliExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CMCary MarrDirector of General PartneriFiling they signed
CSChristopher StantonCIOiFiling they signed
DGDr. Gary B. DavisExecutive Officer, DirectoriFiling they signed
EVElissa V. DavisDirectoriFiling they signed
HOHussam OtaibiDirector of General PartneriFiling they signed
JWJarod WintersCCO/COOiFiling they signed
JGJason GerlachCEOiFiling they signed
JHJohn HughesExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
JVJohn V. ForrestDirectoriFiling they signed
JYJonathan YostExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MMMarie M. LaufikExecutive Officer, DirectoriFiling they signed
MMMartin M. EhrlichExecutive Officer, DirectoriFiling they signed
MPMartin P. KlitznerExecutive Officer, DirectoriFiling they signed
MDMichael DworkisExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MPMiles PerrymanDirector of General PartneriFiling they signed
NCNic CorsettiDirector of General PartneriFiling they signed
RCRichard C. SlaughterDirectoriFiling they signed
TDTait DuryeaExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed

We also hold 17 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)

0 of 19 we have independently watched raise

Black UmbrellasClose the GapDigemyExchange vzwGround CultureIntelactsoftKamielekeKing Baudouin FoundationMobile Film FestivalOndernemersvoorondernemersOrakelPelckmansSilulouluthoSouthsudanpassStichting EmbraceTony Elumelu FoundationTycoon TribeUNICHIRvzw AKETI

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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Sunrise put money into.

Quick answers about Sunrise

What does Sunrise invest in?

Sunrise invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.

How active is Sunrise?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2025.

What has Sunrise invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Bioptimus (Seed, Jan 2025).

How big are Sunrise's cheques?

The median round it joins is $76M.

Is Sunrise investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2025.

What kind of investor is Sunrise?

Sunrise is a hedge fund based in Kigali, Rwanda.

Has Sunrise raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Oct 2025, reporting $21M raised.

Does Sunrise take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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