Index-based crop and livestock insurance
Founded 2014 · Raised — · Stage —
Digital-asset exchange and on/off-ramp
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Health data intelligence
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
A
Customer-experience analytics
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
A
Tokenization of real estate in Africa
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Nightlife and live-events app: song requests, dedications, VIP bookings, ticketing and live streams for venues and patrons
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Satellite environmental data and AI
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
A
Truck booking platform
Founded 2018 · Raised $4.0M · Stage Seed
AR
E-motorcycles with battery-swap network
Founded — · Raised $33M · Stage Series A (equity+debt)
Basepoint Cloud
SaaS & B2B
Business software for African SMEs: POS, inventory, accounting, HR and customer tools
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
B
BasiGo
Climate / E-mobility
Electric buses and charging infrastructure for Nairobi public transport
Founded — · Raised $24M · Stage Series A
Fintech start-up in Kenya
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
B
Bitcoin tools and education for merchants
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Buy bitcoin via M-Pesa
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Bitcoin company in Kenya
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Community bitcoin savings cooperative
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
BS
Tokenised cooperative savings and loans
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
B
Nairobi design-build studio developing climate-smart affordable housing (Zima Homes)
Founded — · Raised $953K · Stage Debt (project)
Efficient clean cookstoves and carbon credits
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Venture
C
Pan-African payments gateway
Founded 2004 · Raised $55M · Stage Series C
C
Financial services
Founded — · Raised $8.0M · Stage Seed
C
AI chat commerce tools for WhatsApp and Instagram
acquired Founded 2022 · Raised $1.3M · Stage Seed
C
Multi-currency neobank on stablecoin rails
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Strategic
Cross-border B2B payments on stablecoin rails
Founded — · Raised $36M · Stage Series A
Higher-education admissions guidance
Founded 2021 · Raised $3.0M · Stage Pre-seed
C
Financial data reconciliation for banks
Founded 2020 · Raised $2.5M · Stage Seed
Solar home systems and appliances sold on credit
Founded — · Raised $300M · Stage Receivables financing
Electric bicycles for commuters and last-mile delivery fleets, sold, rented or run as a delivery service
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Stablecoin payouts over USSD and M-Pesa
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Immersive XR platform with CBE-aligned STEM content, 3D models, AR, virtual labs for JSS
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
FT
Buys whole harvests and sells imperfect produce to institutions
Founded — · Raised $171K · Stage Early stage
Digital banking app for young Africans, built with Ecobank Kenya
Founded 2021 · Raised — · Stage Seed
F
AI financial intelligence to unlock working capital for climate SMEs
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Pre-seed
Jobs and career learning platform
Founded 2013 · Raised $7.0M · Stage Funding round
Community currencies (Sarafu)
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
G
Renewable-powered bitcoin mining funding rural mini-grids
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
H
Access-to-justice platform for lawyers
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
HA
Micro-loans for small businesses and drivers
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Debt
Affordable medical oxygen supply
Founded — · Raised $11M · Stage Debt
Stock-investing app
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Cross-border payments and money-movement APIs
Founded — · Raised $4.9M · Stage Seed
Diagnostics devices for small clinics
Founded — · Raised $1.0M · Stage Debt
I
Agri-input supply chain
in administration Founded 2013 · Raised $15M · Stage Grant
JN
Financing and support for low-cost private schools
Founded — · Raised $5.0M · Stage Early stage
J
Earned-wage access for formal workers
Founded — · Raised $800K · Stage Early stage
Women's health and personal-care e-commerce
Founded 2016 · Raised $28M · Stage Venture
Merchant payments and cash advances
Founded 2011 · Raised $5.6M · Stage Series B
Crypto fintech / payment rails
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Recycled-plastic building materials
Founded 2021 · Raised $5.2M · Stage Seed
K
Children's literacy app and characters (Super Sema)
Founded — · Raised $6.0M · Stage Series A
L
Insurance APIs and embedded insurance
Founded 2018 · Raised $5.6M · Stage Seed
LP
Payments
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Seed
L
Debt capital provider to emerging-market fintechs
Founded — · Raised $10M · Stage Debt
Logistics and fleet software
Founded — · Raised $5.0M · Stage Seed
LL
Buy now, pay later
in administration Founded 2015 · Raised $18M · Stage Grant
Ride-hailing and corporate mobility app, with digital credit and insurance for drivers
Founded 2017 · Raised — · Stage —
LS
Digital freight platform for cargo
Founded — · Raised $2.0M · Stage Venture
L
AI startup
Founded — · Raised $6.0M · Stage Seed
Asset financing for phones and solar on pay-as-you-go
Founded 2011 · Raised $593M · Stage Debt
M
Solar-powered rural broadband
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Expansion
African music streaming (listed in Copenhagen)
Founded 2012 · Raised $7.1M · Stage Equity crowdfunding
Crypto payment rails from Africa
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Peer-to-peer bitcoin swaps
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Tech training school
Founded 2014 · Raised — · Stage Seed
Online pharmacy
Founded 2015 · Raised $29M · Stage Venture
Campus for energy, AI and bitcoin builders
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
N
Real-estate tokenisation, rent-to-own
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Liquidity-matching cross-border payment infrastructure (Kenya, Nigeria)
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Global payments from Africa
Founded 2023 · Raised — · Stage —
PH
Chain of primary care clinics using AI support
Founded 2012 · Raised — · Stage Debt
P
Online and card payments for merchants
Founded 2009 · Raised — · Stage —
SME lending infrastructure
Founded 2016 · Raised $12M · Stage Grant
Affordable home and small-business internet
Founded — · Raised $4.0M · Stage Debt
Mini-grids and distributed renewables
Founded 2011 · Raised $9.5M · Stage Debt
Stablecoin payment infrastructure for everyday payments
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Agricultural insurance for smallholders
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Digital and AI for health and public sector
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Kenyan-built electric motorcycles and buses
Founded — · Raised $14M · Stage Early stage venture
Farm waste into organic fertiliser
Founded — · Raised $50K · Stage Grant
Sanergy
Water & Sanitation
Sanitation and organic waste into insect protein and fertiliser
Founded — · Raised $50K · Stage Grant
Runs AI on satellites in orbit
Founded — · Raised $8.0M · Stage Seed
Writers publish stories as interactive slides and earn from their audience
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Off-grid solar products with pay-as-you-go financing
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Venture
Solar irrigation for smallholder farmers
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Securitisation
Crypto/Web3 startup bridging crypto and Kenyan users
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
IoT solar dryers and farm sensors
Founded 2014 · Raised $2.0M · Stage Grant
T
Mobile micro-lending
Founded 2011 · Raised $499M · Stage Debt facility
Pay with bitcoin Lightning anywhere M-Pesa works
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
T
African defence technology
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Operating system for African travel agencies and tour operators, with payments and embedded finance
Founded 2021 · Raised — · Stage —
Digital media company
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Affordable health and life microinsurance
Founded — · Raised $10M · Stage Series A
U
Soil sensing and farm analytics
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
UG
Urban Gurus
Game & VR studio
Kenyan game and VR studio founded 2021, Mchupa VR game for UkwenzaVR, I Hear You (Kenyan Sign Language VR)
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Space-infrastructure company planning the Omega equatorial commercial spaceport in Kenya
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Tilapia aquaculture at scale
Founded 2015 · Raised $63M · Stage Debt
WasaaChat
Media & Creative
Social app combining chat, creator feeds, livestreams, shopping and a wallet
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Asset finance for motorbikes and phones
Founded — · Raised — · Stage Undisclosed
W
Web3 and AI builder hub
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
HR, payroll and payments software
Founded — · Raised $5.0M · Stage Series A
X
Escrow inside messaging apps
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
Y
Crypto exchange and infrastructure, including the Bitcoin ATM network at Two Rivers Mall
Founded 2021 · Raised — · Stage —
Z
Electric motorcycles and energy network
Founded — · Raised $21M · Stage Series A
School management and analytics software
Founded 2014 · Raised $1.8M · Stage Seed
Telemedicine with AI triage
Founded — · Raised — · Stage —
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