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Top 50 Angel Investors in Kenya (June 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Kenya startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Kenya startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Justin Mateen
Angel
5 United States, Mexico, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Health Care $400k–$26M
Cem Garih
Angel
5 United States, India, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $460k–$38M
Ken Njoroge
Angel
4 Kenya, United States Pre-Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Billing, Web Development $1.2M–$20M
Peter Sandberg
Angel
3 Denmark, Kenya, Estonia Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market Internet, SaaS, FinTech $150k–$212k
Kevin Ambrosini
Angel
2 United States, Egypt, Kenya Seed, Series B, Series A E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion $2.5M–$60M
Anthony Rock
Angel
2 Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
2 Nigeria, Kenya, United States Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $625k–$7.5M
Patricia Ithau
Angel
2 Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Beauty, Retail, Fashion
Federico Pirzio-Biroli
Angel
2 United Kingdom, Kenya, Sweden Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Non Profit, Venture Capital $200k–$4.5M
Rus Newton
Angel
2 Kenya, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed IaaS, SaaS, Mining $285k–$1.5M
Darshan Chandaria
Angel
2 Kenya, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, B2B, SMS $58k–$285k
Manuela Raith
Angel
2 Kenya Seed Communities, Point of Sale, Social Impact
Ian McCaig
Angel
2 Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Aaron Fu
Angel
2 Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, Apps $100k–$4M
Selma Ribica
Angel
1 Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed Payments, Apps, Retail $120k–$780k
Steven Tamm
Angel
1 United States, Kenya Seed Software, Analytics, Information Technology $1M–$5.8M
Edward Lando
Angel
1 United States, France, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Information Technology $125k–$6.6M
Takuma Terakubo
Angel
1 Kenya, Nigeria, Togo Seed, Pre-Seed Big Data, Software, Mobile Apps $100k–$2M
Patrick Pichette
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Germany, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning $750k–$95M
Richard Owen
Angel
1 Kenya Series A SaaS, Mobile, Cloud Computing
Yuri Milner
Angel
1 United States, China, United Kingdom Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Financial Services, FinTech $650k–$65M
Miki Kuusi
Angel
1 Finland, Kenya, Lithuania Seed, Angel, Series A E-Commerce, Gaming, Privacy
Jackson Kibigo
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Billing, Software, Business Development
Luciano Freitas
Angel
1 Kenya Seed E-Commerce
Vaibhav Kapoor
Angel
1 India, Kenya Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Vidit Aatrey
Angel
1 India, Kenya, Sweden Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Internet, Education, E-Commerce
Melvyn Lubega
Angel
1 Kenya Seed E-Learning, Information Technology
Abdo Achkar
Angel
1 United States, Lebanon, Japan Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Marketplace, Software
Rajesh Sawhney
Angel
1 India, Singapore, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Hiroaki Ohta
Angel
1 Japan, Kenya Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Information Technology, Quantum Computing, Big Data
Peter Bruce-Clark
Angel
1 Kenya Seed InsurTech, Financial Services
Biz Stone
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Jim Villanueva
Angel
1 Kenya, Uganda, Zambia Series A, Series B, Seed Agriculture, Energy, Travel
Guillaume Glaunès
Angel
1 United Kingdom, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Peter Kenevan
Angel
1 Kenya Seed Automotive, Marketplace
Kwehnui Tawah
Angel
1 Kenya Seed Beauty, Retail, Consumer
Wes Schwalje
Angel
1 India, United States, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
Tomasz Gasienica-Szostak
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Logistics, Last Mile Transportation
Yago Arbeloa
Angel
1 Spain, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Convertible Note E-Commerce, Apps, Internet
Cheryl Heller
Angel
1 Kenya Seed Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software
Peter Njonjo
Angel
1 Kenya, United States Pre-Seed Fashion, Software, E-Commerce
Jeremy Cai
Angel
1 United States, India, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Dr Ritesh Malik
Angel
1 India, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Tom Blomfield
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
Caribou Honig
Angel
1 Kenya, Colombia, Hong Kong Seed, Series A InsurTech, Insurance, EdTech
Markus Ament
Angel
1 Germany, United Kingdom, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Victor Asemota
Angel
1 Kenya, United States Pre-Seed Credit, Banking, FinTech
Camilla Hagen Sørli
Angel
1 Kenya Seed Beauty, Retail, Consumer
Paul Kimani
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Billing, Software, Business Development
Benjamin Fernandes
Angel
1 Kenya, United Kingdom Pre-Seed Billing, Software, Business Development
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Justin Mateen
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 5 investments in Kenya startups

Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 144
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Pre-Seed $400k–$3.9M; Series A $6.8M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Whop — Create a business or unlock new streams of income.
  • Slash — Tens of thousands of online businesses use Slash to track their profits, earn cash back, and get faster payouts from platforms like GOAT and Amazon. No LLC required, no account fees, no minimum balance, and no credit checks.
  • Somethings — Somethings connects teens with a Certified Peer Specialist Mentor who provide a safe, trustworthy space to feel their best and combat loneliness.
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Cem Garih
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 5 investments in Kenya startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$6M; Pre-Seed $460k–$1M; Series A $5M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TuMeke Ergonomics — Computer vision joint tracking for ergonomic risk assessments. Automate assessments so you can focus on implementing solutions.
  • Troop — Troop is an app for retail investors to vote, organize shareholder resolutions and activist campaigns. Sign up for early access today.
  • Moment — Engineering the future of fixed income with the world's leading financial institutions.
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Ken Njoroge
Angel · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 4 investments in Kenya startups

Ken is a co-founder and the group CEO of Cellulant. A mobile commerce evangelist and career entrepreneur, Ken previously served as co-founder and Solution Design Director of 3Mice Interactive Media. The company grew from a two-man team to a leading web development firm in East Africa. 3Mice was later acquired by Africa Online- the largestPan-African Internet Service Provider.Ken is unwavering in his pursuit of seeing Cellulant achieve its mission of building a world class, values-driven $1B business for Africa, by Africans, in Africa. Ken has led the company from an idea sketched on a serviette in 2003 with his co-founder Bolaji Akinboro, to a reputable payments company in Africa. Cellulant currently has more than 300 employees across 11 markets; servicing 34 countries in Africa. Over the past couple of years, Ken has invested time in training and advising the next generation of entrepreneurs, and contributing to the growth of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Africa. In recognition of this, in 2017, Ken was selected as the first Sub-Saharan and Kenyan Global Endeavor Entrepreneur for his commitment to advancing an ecosystem of entrepreneurship in Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Billing, Web Development
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $1.2M–$3M; Convertible Note $20M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chpter — Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business.
  • Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
  • MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
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Peter Sandberg
Angel · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 3 investments in Kenya startups

Peter Sandberg is a Co-Founder of Nordic Secondary Fund, and a venture partner at Startup Wise Guys. He has extensive experience as a Business Angel, Asset Management and Wealth Management

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, SaaS, FinTech
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market
  • Geography: Denmark, Kenya, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $150k–$212k
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TRAPMINE — TRAPMINE Endpoint Protection Platform provides fool-proof defense against malware, exploit attempts, file-less malware, ransomware and other forms of targeted attacks.Unlike traditional detection-based approaches like legacy antivirus, TRAPMINE combines proven and innovative technologies such as deep learning, behavior monitoring, endpointdeception and anti-exploit techniques to block cyber threats dead in their tracks. TRAPMINE's easy-deploy and lightweight solution comes with a comfortable built-in security console, at a price/performance ratio unmatchable even by the biggest names in Palo Alto.Why TRAPMINE?Cyber criminals target companies of all sizes from every industry, seeking anything that might be of value. Antivirus and other traditional security solutions are no longer efficient to protect organizations from attacks by today’s modern cyber threat actors. That’s why we founded TRAPMINE. TRAPMINE is created to solve the malware problem for all organizations at a reasonable price.
  • Colibo A/S — Use Colibo's intranet software as your enterprise collaboration platform to increase productivity, drive employee engagement and better internal communications.
  • November First — November First - Betalingsplatform til alle virksomheder
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Kevin Ambrosini
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Kevin Ambrosini is Chief Strategy Officer at Payoneer, a publicly-traded fintech with $80bn volume (+21% year-over-year), $1bn revenue and 28% adj EBITDA margins [2024]. Previously, Kevin was the Head of Global Strategy & GM, North America at Alibaba.com, where he helped take the business from revenue of $800m and 4% annual growth to $3bn and30% annual growth over 4 years. Kevin join Alibaba through its acquisition of OpenSky, where he was Co-founder and CFO. Kevin graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Egypt, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$7.5M; Series B $39M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
  • buywith — buywith is a video commerce platform enabling retailers and brands to transform their e-commerce into engaging shoppable videos and dynamic video-led experiences, including an AI-powered digital studio for creating video ads for retail media at scale.
  • Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
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Anthony Rock
Angel · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Anthony Rock is the Founder and President of Enlightenment Wines. He previously worked at Investors'​ Circle-Social Venture Network as a Member. Anthony Rock attended Columbia Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Purple Elephant Ventures — We are Africa's first venture studio focusing on the travel & tourism sector. Our aim is to build businesses that will lead Africa's tourism industry to a greener future
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • tushop — Tushop is a community group buying platform where members can sell groceries to those in their social networks and communities.
  • Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
  • Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
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Patricia Ithau
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Patricia Ithau

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Retail, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
  • Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
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Federico Pirzio-Biroli
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Fede started out as an angel investor in 2010. His portfolio quickly grew, so he built a team around him and thus Playfair Capital was born. We have since gone on to become one of Europe’s most active and well-known early-stage VC funds. Before becoming a technology investor Fede worked for several NGOs in Africa, with a particular focus on aidtransparency. He recently renewed his focus on Africa by relocating to Kenya and becoming an angel investor in East Africa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem. He maintains an active role at Playfair and continues to lead our investment team.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Non Profit, Venture Capital
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Kenya, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bibblio — Conversion optimization, powered by AI. Increase user engagement, grow revenues and drive new audiences, for stronger site metrics and ROI.
  • Brewbot — Brewbot is a multidisciplinary team of designers and developers based in Belfast, N. Ireland. They come from different backgrounds and experiences — music, design, code, and fine art — but they all share a common passion for brewing.
  • CRE Venture Capital — Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Rus Newton
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Co-Founder of Global Advisors & CoinShares. Previously JP Morgan, Salomon Brothers & Shell International

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Investment focus

  • Industry: IaaS, SaaS, Mining
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $285k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mintgreen — MintGreen specializes in heat recovery from Bitcoin mining. Our proprietary Digital Boilers heat communities sustainably.
  • Arcube — We make sure all travellers, frequent and infrequent, make the most of travel loyalty programs, using our data-driven approach, airlines can understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention.Arcube uses a data-driven approach to make the most of airline loyalty programs for both frequent andinfrequent flyers. Our software allows airlines to understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention at no extra cost to the airline.
  • UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
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Darshan Chandaria
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Darshan Chandaria is the Group CEO and Director of Chandaria Industries. He previously worked at Pentland Brands Plc as a Graduate Trainee. Darshan Chandaria attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, B2B, SMS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $58k–$285k
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
  • Bamba — Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far.
  • Cloud9 - Africa's Lifestyle Network — Cloud9xp.com is a online marketplace and booking service for leisure experiences.We believe that everyone deserves to have fun, feel good and be happy. We believe happiness starts with a drop, becomes a ripple and creates a wave. We believe happiness is amplified when shared.Put simply, Cloud9 is in the business of happiness and are passionateabout giving people more #HighOnLIfe moments.All of our products; across apparel, consumer electronics and lifestyle items are authentic, and we only work with the most upstanding, and energetic brands in the world to bring you the best possible products.
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Manuela Raith
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Manuela Raith

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Communities, Point of Sale, Social Impact
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mwingi — Everywhere for Everyone
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Ian McCaig
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Ian McCaig is the CEO of lastminute.com.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Purple Elephant Ventures — We are Africa's first venture studio focusing on the travel & tourism sector. Our aim is to build businesses that will lead Africa's tourism industry to a greener future
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Aaron Fu
Angel · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 2 investments in Kenya startups

Aaron has 10+ years of global experience building, scaling and investing in technology products in corporate and startup environments. He has co-founded both B2B & B2C businesses, in Africa - he has led seed stage equity investments in 20+ startups (totaling $2m+), driven the exit of 3 startups in Africa, he also sits on the board of ofstartups ranging from AgriTech to Transport and has worked with 100s through partners like Visa, MTN, Airbus, Société Générale and the World Bank.Prior to the Catalyst Fund, he was the Managing Director of MEST, Africa’s Largest Pre-Seed Incubator, and Managing Partner for Africa at Nest.vc, a Hong Kong based fund, which he joined after a career in financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$280k
  • Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OkHi — Smart addressing for emerging markets. Enabling businesses to collect an accurate address, navigate to it without getting lost and verity it remotely.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
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Selma Ribica
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Selma Ribica is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of First Circle Capital. She previously worked at Abler Nordic as a Board Member. Selma Ribica attended the University of New York in Prague.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Payments, Apps, Retail
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$735k; Pre-Seed $550k–$780k
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Klump — Use Klump to buy now and pay later in instalments for up to 12 months! Businesses accept payments, increase conversion rates, and boost revenue. The Easy Life! Try it now.
  • Scale — Scale accelerates market entry and revenue for fintechs with a people-first approach.
  • Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
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Steven Tamm
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

CTO, salesforce.com, directing technical product strategy across all clouds and divisions. Previously CTO for CRM Appilcations and Technical Architect for Force.com Checkout at salesforce. Prior to salesforce, he worked at Open Text, SAP Markets, and Calico Commerce.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Analytics, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • mSURVEY — Start your first business web-page in minutes. Easily power online transactions, Buy Ads with your Airtime on Facebook, Instagram, and Google. Get ratings and reviews to build your business credibility, and enlarge your customer base.
  • Qbox — So Long, Farewell This service permanently shut down on August 5, 2022 after 10 years in business. Thanks to all who supported us over the years! If you still need help restoring your clusters, please download the Disaster Recovery Guide. Our team is dispersing as of tonight. Please follow our
  • Perfect Price — Get expert GTM strategy advice & achieve results for your business. We support & advise technical founders in many areas from marketing to pricing strategy.
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Edward Lando
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 314
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$6.6M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.3M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Swaive — Swaive operates a financial firm that invests in risk-free instruments. The organization allows you to park your money without risk.
  • AstroForge — We mine asteroids to extract valuable minerals in space at a lower cost and smaller carbon footprint than the current terrestrial mining methods.
  • Autoplay — Autoplay is an AI-powered platform that improves digital adoption by offering real-time, context-aware guidance. It learns from user interactions and software interfaces, adapting to help enterprises optimize usage, streamline workflows, and boost engagement across teams.
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Takuma Terakubo
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Takuma Terakubo is the CEO & General Partner at UNCOVERED FUND INC.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Software, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Togo

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MPost — MPost means Mobile Post office.It enables any mobile phone user to have his or her phone act like a mobile post office. It allows you to make your mobile number be a formal postal address. With it, you get access to Postal Services through your mobile phone.
  • RxAll — RxAll is a drug checking technology that solves drug counterfeiting by providing a proprietary AI platform- nanoscanners and a mobile app to test drugs- prescription & recreational- in real time without destroying the sample
  • Treepz — Treepz Inc. (formerly Plentywaka) is building the largest shared mobility platform in West Africa with over 500,000 satisfied customers.
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Patrick Pichette
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Patrick Pichette is based out of London, England, and is the Partner of Inovia Capital and also Board Member of Cohere. Patrick Pichette previously worked at Twitter as a Board of Directors. Patrick Pichette attended the University of Oxford.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$10M; Series A $10M–$95M; Series B $15M–$95M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaedim — AI-powered 3D asset creation service delivering fast, production-ready 3D assets. Scale 3D pipelines without hiring, accelerate 3D game art production, and reduce 3D asset costs by up to 90%.
  • Apheris — Superior drug discovery models through federated data networks
  • made of air — Made of Air is a carbon-negative materials company. They take low-value wood waste and transform it into high-value, carbon-negative thermoplastics. These thermoplastics can be formed with all traditional heat-forming methods and used for a wide variety of applications, turning manufactured goods into engineered carbon sinks.
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Richard Owen
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Richard Owen is the Founder at OCX Cognition. He Previously worked at Satmetrix as CEO. He Attended MIT Sloan School of Management in 1990.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Cloud Computing
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • mSURVEY — Start your first business web-page in minutes. Easily power online transactions, Buy Ads with your Airtime on Facebook, Instagram, and Google. Get ratings and reviews to build your business credibility, and enlarge your customer base.
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Yuri Milner
Angel · Los Altos Hills, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Yuri Milner started investing in Internet in 1999 and in 2009 founded DST Global, one of the leading Internet investment firms globally with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, and London. Yuri has a degree in theoretical physics and attended the Wharton MBA program. Foundations that he established are celebrating outstanding achievements inscience and supporting fundamental research in physics, mathematics and life sciences.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, China, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$30M; Series B $10M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Perk (formerly TravelPerk) — TravelPerk offers the freedom travelers want, and the control companies need. Enjoy an industry-leading travel inventory, 24/7 support and easy booking.
  • HiNOTE — HiNOTE: modern messaging for any occasion. Customize & send your best text, card, invite, social post with individuality, high-touch humor & style.
  • XiaoBangGuiHua — XiaoBangGuiHua is an intelligent investment advisory service platform. Through intelligent robot algorithm and advanced asset allocation model, it provides investors with scientific and systematic financial management solutions, including small help investment app, Bin Xu said investment series, love said finance and economics
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Miki Kuusi
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Miki Kuusi is the Co-Founder and CEO at Wolt. He previously worked as the Founder, Creative Director and Board Member of the Helsinki-based tech conference, Slush. In 2011-2014, he led the event’s growth as its CEO from a local, 150-person event to become one of the leading startup events in the world, reaching 14,000 attendees from 80 countries in2014. Kuusi has been a driving force in the Nordic startup ecosystem. Prior to Slush, he served as the Founder & CEO of Startup Sauna, which was awarded as the leading young accelerator program in the world by UBI Index in spring 2013. Aside from Slush, Kuusi currently focuses on his new company Wolt, which raised half a million in seed funding in fall 2014.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Gaming, Privacy
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Finland, Kenya, Lithuania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Droppe — Order work equipment directly from manufacturers. Support small businesses and source more responsibly from local and European manufacturers. Order from several suppliers at the same time with one shopping cart. Test samples for free and order products for your workplaces without extra hassle. Find nitrile gloves, protective clothing, work gloves, work accessories, disposable gloves, disinfectants, sanitizers and other supplies in one place.
  • Taito.ai — Meet the AI-native performance management software. Turn heavy reviews into continuous feedback, goals, and coaching directly in Slack with Taito.ai.
  • Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
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Jackson Kibigo
Angel · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Jackson Kibigo is the COO and CFO at WorkPay. Jackson attended Y Combinator.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Billing, Software, Business Development
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Chpter — Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business.
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Luciano Freitas
Angel · São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Head Trainer, entrepreneur and consumer-reaction driven professional with 10+ years of experience creating business opportunities all around the world. Strong teamwork background and #madly in love with people and technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
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Vaibhav Kapoor
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Vaibhav Kapoor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Falca — Falca is a rural AgTech supply chain startup offering one-stop solution for all farming needs. Falca aims to enhance the farmer lifecycle through farmer centric phygital (Physical + Digital) platform by providing Input Solutions, Advisory Solutions and Market Linkages.
  • Kikibix — Relish what tastes like your childhood, loaded with an array of healthy ingredients for scrumptiously flavorful and healthy snacks. Born from the vision of a doctor to make a brilliant amalgamation of tasty and healthy. Made with love, baked to perfection, a home for healthy cookies that taste amazing!
  • MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
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Vidit Aatrey
Angel · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Vidit Aatrey is Founder and CEO at Meesho. He previously worked at InMobi as a Strategy. Vidit Aatrey attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Education, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Kenya, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Snabbit — Snabbit is a platform that connects people who want to help with housework. Snabbit provides an application for finding information on professionals in household duties, allowing users to acquire rapid and dependable domestic assistance in just a few minutes.
  • Medbikri — Medbikri provides a free pharmacy app for managing inventory and repeat orders. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
  • Mesa School of Business — Mesa School of Business is a business school for entrepreneurs and startup executives. Mesa School of Business prepares young professionals for leadership roles in companies while also altering them.
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Melvyn Lubega
Angel · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Melvyn Lubega is the head of strategic partnership at Go1.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Learning, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Zeraki — Zeraki is to use technology to address some of the obstacles learners encounter in accessing quality education. We use technology to enhance the quality of education students get at each level of education and use technology to help students transition from one level of education to the next, and ultimately from education into employment.
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Abdo Achkar
Angel · Stanford, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Abdo Achkar is the Founder & CEO at Sowlutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Lebanon, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GoBEBA — GoBEBA is an on-demand e-commerce logistics platform operating in emerging Africa markets. We bring together local merchants, consumers and logistics service providers to enable efficient discovery and ordering of frequently purchased products and services in one platform. This combination delivers an asset-light convenient, multi-categoryon-demand ordering service for everyday essentials. We do this by aggregating demand for merchants through a curated digital marketplace which connects merchants directly to consumers and logistics service providers in an on-demand basis . GoBeba is an ‘everything’ app’ for a wide range of services including grocery shopping, food delivery, cargo, and many other on-demand services.
  • uPaint — Discover uPaint, premium paint by numbers kits for all ages. We craft all components in-house, ensuring top quality. Customize any image to create your own masterpiece. It's the perfect, thoughtful gift idea that's stress-free and easy for everyone. Experience a relaxing and joyful activity with stunning results.
  • Ur My Type — Ur My Type is an app that uses personality types to make dating and finding friends online more meaningful.
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Rajesh Sawhney
Angel · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Rajesh is the co-founder and CEO of InnerChef and Super Angels. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, and a master's degree in management from Mumbai University. He has also done a fellowship in 'Globalisation and Leadership' from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.
  • Fairdeal Market — Seamlessly Sell Your Products Direct to Offline Retailers. Get Access To The Right Retailers Now.
  • hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.
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Hiroaki Ohta
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Hiroaki Ohta is the Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder and Board Member of Blue Laser Fusion. He previously worked at ACSL Ltd. as a Representative Director, President, CEO, Chiarman, Board Member. Hiroaki Ohta attended Kyoto University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Quantum Computing, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Japan, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Quanmatic — Quanmatic is an information and technology company that provides algorithms development and solutions to bridge quantum technologies.
  • Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
  • Power Diamond Systems — Power Diamond Systems is a research and development firm that focuses on diamond semiconductor devices.
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Peter Bruce-Clark
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Peter is Founder, Managing Partner, and General Partner of Kalytix Ventures, as global, impact-focused venture capital firm focused on adaptation, resiliency, and survival.Prior to Kalytx, was Partner at Social Impact Capital, a global impact-focused VC firm based in New York City. A top-decile fund producing competitive venture returns, SICinvests in the “Best Ideas in Impact” by deploying an “Impact Arbitrage” strategy across geographies, sectors, and challenge domains. SIC is backed by legacy VCs including Marc Andreessen & Chris Dixon, Peter Thiel, Phil Black, David Sacks, Rob Hayes, Matt Ocko & Zachary Bogue, along with family offices, RIAs, and fund-of-funds.Prior to joining the firm Peter was Head of Business Development at Real Capital Innovation (acquired by Addepar), an investment technology platform backed by 8VC and Soros Fund Management. Peter started his career in Silicon Valley by creating an early-stage venture capital firm focused on high-impact areas of AI application, and institutional investor strategy consultancy, Kalytix Partners (acquired).In his spare time Peter is an advisor to global funds focused on the environment, health, and sustainability, such as Extantia in Berlin, Andon Okapi in Africa, and Brace VC in Greece. Peter is also an active angel investor in +30 global impact startups. A leading theorist on private market impact investments, Peter has led research over the last decade on impact finance, collaborating with Oxford University, Stanford University, Planet Heritage, and White Sand Investor Group (Donnelley family). His publications include Impact investments: a call for (re)orientation (2021), widely endorsed by organizations such as the SEC and G7, and Sovereign Development Funds: The Governance and Management of Strategic Investment Institutions (2018), which was published in The Oxford Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds.In addition to his work, Peter is a volunteering Ambassador to the Rockefeller family’s BankFWD initiative, which is focused on climate justice in global banking, and a Counsel Member of the Saïd family’s (Saïd Business School) Toucan Project, which cultivates future leaders from across the world. He is also a member of Rebalance VC, Impact Capital Managers, TTI and GBx.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: InsurTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lami — Lami is an end-to-end digital insurance platform and API that enables companies across sectors to offer insurance products. Its API allows underwriters to connect with consumer-facing companies that can provide embedded insurance as a value add for existing customers, many of whom are uninsured.
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Biz Stone
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Biz Stone is the Co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries, Inc. He previously worked at The Obvious Corporation as a Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. Biz Stone attended Northeastern University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Yupp — Every AI for everyone
  • Karat Financial — Karat is the best card for creators, helping you save money, earn rewards, and grow your channel faster - because content IS a business.
  • Vantage Discovery — Vantage Discovery is a generative AI-powered SaaS platform that enables intelligent search, discovery, and personalized recommendations so apps can deliver breathtaking customer experiences.
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Jim Villanueva
Angel · Santa Barbara, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Jim Villanueva - Investment Director, Managing Director, Global Partnerships Social Venture Fund @ Global Partnerships

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Energy, Travel
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Uganda, Zambia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Treasure8 — Through our commercial partnerships and USDA-patented dehydration technologies, Treasure8 transforms food streams and food waste into nutrient-dense elements that can be enhanced, shaped, shipped, and enjoyed almost anywhere and when needed most.
  • Good Nature Agro — Their priority is to generate lasting income with small-scale farmers. They build local community leaders into qualified Private Extension Agents (PEAs) who oversee and train farmers throughout the growing season. They support PEAs to provide frequent trainings and personalized recommendations on how their growers can make their field healthier andmore productive. PEAs promote improved farm practices and deliver a farmer-friendly loan of seeds and additional inputs. At harvest, Good Nature is a guaranteed market for the certified legume seed that their growers produce. Choosing to produce these high-value crops over traditional cash crops - maize and cotton - more than doubles their income.
  • Purple Elephant Ventures — We are Africa's first venture studio focusing on the travel & tourism sector. Our aim is to build businesses that will lead Africa's tourism industry to a greener future
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Guillaume Glaunès
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Angel Investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Voyage — The flexible and delightful SMS marketing and message commerce platform. 30X ROAS, 30%+ CTR, and 2-5X relative list growth. Get a demo today.
  • Homebase — Founded in 2019 in Singapore, Homebase is one of Southeast Asia’s leading Proptech companies. Homebase provides revolutionary products made accessible that empower homeowners to buy, sell, and own homes in ways that work best for themselves. Our vision is to actualize each and every individual's dream of homeownership in Southeast Asia.Homebase is backed by leading investors and partners around the world. Our investors and partners include, but are not limited to, large global financial institutions (Shinhan Bank, Emles, ACE and Company), leading venture capital and private equity funds (Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, VinaCapital, Partech, etc), and successful entrepreneurs and angel investors (founders and executives of disruptive companies like Divvy Homes, PropertyGuru, Zerodown, and Opendoor). Our management team comes from elite multi-national companies and institutions (McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, Grab, Linkedin, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Caltech), and consists of diverse professionals across financial advisory, real estate, management consulting, capital markets, and technology. Homebase’s advisory board consists of founders and executives in some of the most successful and high-growth technology and proptech companies in Southeast Asia, including Alibaba, Lazada, 99.co, PropertyGuru, and Zalora.Homebase's head office is located in Ho Chi Minh City. We operate across most major cities in Vietnam in addition to smaller provincial areas in Vietnam.To learn more about Homebase, please visit our website at: https://homebase.com.vn
  • Rain AI — We build artificial intelligence processors, inspired by the brain. Our mission is to enable brain-scale intelligence.
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Peter Kenevan
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Peter Kenevan, VP, Head of Japan at PayPal.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
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Kwehnui Tawah
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Kwehnui Tawah is the Head of Platform Services + Special Projects at Sokowatch. He attended the University of Chicago.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Uncover — Learn your skin, Love your skin. K-Beauty Crafted for Melanin
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Wes Schwalje
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
  • PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
  • Chhotastock — ChhotaStock :Invest and Grow more.India's first small ticket size investment platform.
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Tomasz Gasienica-Szostak
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Tomasz Gasienica-Szostak

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Last Mile Transportation
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mloka — Mloka is a dynamic Kenyan start-up revolutionizing the way parcels are handled and delivered. With a strong focus on electronic locker systems, Mloka offers secure, convenient, and efficient solutions for package storage and retrieval. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, Mloka aims to streamline the last-mile delivery process, reducing costs andenhancing customer satisfaction. With a user-friendly mobile app and a growing network of strategically located lockers, Mloka is poised to disrupt the traditional parcel delivery industry in Kenya and beyond.
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Yago Arbeloa
Angel · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Yago Arbeloa - President @ MIOGROUP

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Spain, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Balio — Personal Finance Manager and Investing
  • Rentuos — Rentuos is a Real Estate company specializing in rental sector. Their mission is to revolutionize the rental sector, incorporating the latest technologies and an innovative approach. For this, they have 60 years of experience in the real estate and new technologies sectors, and they have the support of a group of investors with proven success andsolvency.
  • Luda Partners — Luda Partners is a neural network of pharmacies generating new sources of income and reducing shortages.
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Cheryl Heller
Angel · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Cheryl is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at SVA and the founder of the design lab CommonWise. She is a business strategist and communication designer who has founded two companies and taughtcreativity to leaders and organizations around the world, helped grow businesses from small regionalenterprises to multi-billion global market leaders, launched category-redefining divisions and products, reinvigorated moribund cultures, and designed strategies for hundreds of successful entrepreneurs. Cheryl received the prestigious AIGA medal for her contribution to the field of design in 2014.She is a Matrix Award winner for excellence in communication and has been profiled through articles in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, BusinessWeek and many others. Her work in included in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BRCK — BRCK is an integrated hardware and software company based in Nairobi, Kenya that designs and engineers a rugged, self-powered, mobile WiFi device which connects people and things to the internet in areas of the world with poor infrastructure. Our vision is a world connected, where the last-mile of internet connectivity is as seamless for someoneliving in Africa as it is in Europe or the US. Ushahidi is a global organization that empowers people to make serious impact with open source technologies, cross-sector partnerships, and ground-breaking ventures.
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Peter Njonjo
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Peter Njonjo is the current CEO and Co-founder of Twiga Foods. He previously worked at Coca-Cola West Africa as a President. Peter Njonjo attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
  • Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
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Jeremy Cai
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Jeremy Cai is the Founder and CEO at Italic . Jeremy Cai attended Babson College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
  • Ellis — Ellis is the first all-in-one solution made for international students.
  • Pluto — Unlimited corporate cards with spend controls, petty cash management and automated receipt collection built for businesses in MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia & more).
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Dr Ritesh Malik
Angel · Delhi, Delhi, India · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BankSathi — Earn Money online with Banksathi. Become a financial advisor and make a regular monthly income from home by sharing demat, loans & credit card leads.
  • mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.
  • The Yarn Bazaar — The Yarn Bazaar is a Purpose-Led, Modern, Efficient, and Transparent managed Marketplace for yarn that allows yarn buyers and sellers to discover real-time yarn prices, information, and market trends in an instant. Our proprietary processes and flexible unsecured financing options enable yarn sellers to expand their reach and sales whilemaintaining higher margins, and buyers to discover and purchase high-quality yarn at unbeatable prices while reducing raw material and procurement costs, saving time, money, and effort.
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Tom Blomfield
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Tom Blomfield is based out of San Francisco, California and is currently works as a Group Partner for Y Combinator. Tom previously worked at Monzo Bank as a President. Tom Blomfield attended the University of Oxford.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 166
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 1Bstories — Helping publishers and brands increase engagement and conversions using AI. Mobile, vertical, 60 second video formats made in an instant. Tell your story today!
  • Prosper — Prosper's offering includes fee-free investments in public market index funds, including fund fees, as well as SIPP and ISA wrappers.
  • Gradient Labs — Our AI agent resolves complex customer service queries end-to-end. Delivering quality, efficiency and compliance at every step.
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Caribou Honig
Angel · Richmond, Virginia, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Caribou Honig enjoys pursuing harebrained ideas and supporting the creation of new businesses. He is Chairman and co-founder of the InsureTech Connect conference, the largest event of its type bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, and innovation executives. He is also co-founder of the HR Transform conference focused on the impact oftechnology on the workplace, and insurAPI.io, a catalog of insurance-related APIs. He previously cofounded QED Investors, a boutique venture capital firm focused on data-driven companies. Caribou and his wife live in Richmond, Virginia with their two children and two occasionally annoying dogs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: InsurTech, Insurance, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, Colombia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
  • BriteCo — Their cloud-based BriteCo Appraisal Management System is the gateway to making the jeweler’s life easier and more productive—-and customers happier and more secure with immediate insurance coverage of their fine jewelry and watches.
  • Lami — Lami is an end-to-end digital insurance platform and API that enables companies across sectors to offer insurance products. Its API allows underwriters to connect with consumer-facing companies that can provide embedded insurance as a value add for existing customers, many of whom are uninsured.
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Markus Ament
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Serial FinTech entrepreneur, Markus Ament, or Maex as he is known, has led many companies from early-stage startups to global leaders, loved by thousands worldwide. He is currently CEO and co-founder at Centrifuge with the mission to create an operating system for global commerce, in order to fundamentally change how businesses transact andcollaborate. Maex is co-founder and member of the board of Taulia and has transformed the company from an idea in 2009 to the market leading Financial Supply Chain company, connecting businesses to create a more efficient and profitable supply chain. With an enviable list of the of Fortune 500 clients and over 300 employees, Taulia has quickly become the recognized leader in the financial supply chain.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Aletiq — Aletiq is an online PLM software that offers technical data management solutions for industrial companies.
  • Anytype — An operating system for the new Internet
  • Kubik — Kubik makes low-carbon buildings from plastic waste. Bringing environmental dignity to how countries grow.
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Victor Asemota
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Victor Asemota

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Credit, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Tanda — As a Tanda Agent, you can sell Kenya's favorite digital products, and grow your duka while you're at it
  • Remedial Health — We improve business to business access to medicines by providing such medicines from manufactures/registered distributors direct to large and small healthcare retail businesses (large pharmacies and remote chemist/PPMVs (Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors)) using technology to deliver just-in-time stock and provide financing and awide selection of inventory to such retail business.
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Camilla Hagen Sørli
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Camilla Hagen Sørli

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Uncover — Learn your skin, Love your skin. K-Beauty Crafted for Melanin
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Paul Kimani
Angel · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Paul Kimani is the co-founder and CEO of Workpay.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Billing, Software, Business Development
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Chpter — Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business.
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Benjamin Fernandes
Angel · Stanford, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya startups

Benjamin Fernandes is the Founder & Chief Eating Officer of NALA. He previously worked at TING - Tanzania Integrated Network Group as a Technical and operations manager. Benjamin Fernandes attended Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Billing, Software, Business Development
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Chpter — Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business.
  • Kunda Kids — Kunda Kids brings African stories to life! Award-winning books, music & media that make early learning joyful, empowering & proudly cultural.
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Angel investor funding in Kenya at a glance

Stats across 77 deals from 112 investors.

112
investors
in Kenya startups
77
deals
in Kenya startups
$1.7M
median round
in Kenya startups
9%
lead investors
lead at least one round
48%
Seed
most common funding stage

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