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Sebastien Mafuna
Investment Manager at Outward Investor
London, England
Overview
Sebastien Mafuna is currently an Investor at Outward VC in London, with a background in portfolio management, venture capital, and leveraged finance. He has held various roles at Outward VC, including Investment Manager, Senior Associate, and Associate, and has previous experience in finance and banking at Investec, where he worked in leverage finance, private capital, and high net worth private banking.
Sebastien Mafuna's career highlights include his experience in managing portfolios and investments at Outward VC, as well as his diverse background in finance and banking at Investec, where he gained expertise in leverage finance, private capital, and high net worth private banking.
Work Experience
Investment Manager
2024 - Current
Outward VC is a London-headquartered early-stage venture capital fund on a mission to help Founders breakthrough. Since launching in 2019, Outward has backed over 20 companies solving the most important problems at the intersection of financial services and society, including Curve, Bud, Vauban (exited to Carta Inc) and Peppy. Outward partners with Founders at the most challenging stage in the scale-up journey by leading the first institutional funding round. Post investment, Outward works as a collective to support founders, with a significant portion of the fund allocated for follow-on investments
Senior Associate
2023 - 2024
Associate
2021 - 2023
Board Observer
2022
Leverage Finance
2020 - 2020
Private Capital (M&A)
2020 - 2020
Principal Investments
2019 - 2019
HNW Private Banking
2019 - 2019
Prudential Reporting
2018 - 2018
Internal Auditing
2018 - 2018
Photographer
2013 - 2014