Top 25 B2B Startup Investors in Kenya
A list of 25 angel investors and VC funds that invest in B2b startups based in Kenya. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in B2b companies from Kenya. We update this investor list every month.Top 25 B2B Startup Investors in Kenya
Investor | B2B Kenya investments |
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FirstCheck Africa | 2 |
DOB Equity | 2 |
Enza Capital | 2 |
FirstCheck Africa | 2 |
Logos Ventures | 2 |
Musha Ventures | 2 |
Chandaria Capital | 2 |
Speedinvest | 1 |
Village Global | 1 |
Future Africa | 1 |
Darshan Chandaria | 1 |
MPGI | 1 |
LocalGlobe | 1 |
Raba Partnership | 1 |
Winshall Walt | 1 |
Foundamental | 1 |
Presight Capital | 1 |
DOEN Participaties | 1 |
Renew Capital | 1 |
Mato Perić | 1 |
GMC coLABS | 1 |
Satgana | 1 |
Enviu | 1 |
Jigsaw VC | 1 |
CFAO GROUP | 1 |
FirstCheck Africa is an early believer for a generation of African women in tech. We invest early, with high conviction, in high-growth female-led startups with category-leadership potential.
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Investment focus
- Consumer, Financial Services, Payments
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Jumba — Jumba is a construction technology platform that streamlines B2B construction material purchase and financing.
- Uncover — Experience nourishing and rejuvenating Uncover Skincare products in Kenya. Made just for you, using the finest ingredients to offer innovative & effective solutions.
- Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD, even as a non-US resident.
DOB Equity is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital and buy-and-build strategies in small and medium companies.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Farming, Health Care
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Seed
- Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
- Kwara — Kwara turns analog credit unions into modern digital banks.
- Power — Putting individuals on the path towards financial health
- Eden Care Medical — Eden Care Medical is a mobile application that provides medical and health insurance as well as financial services.
Venture investor in high-growth Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa
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Investment focus
- Logistics, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
- Jumba — Jumba is a construction technology platform that streamlines B2B construction material purchase and financing.
- Yebo Fresh — Powering South Africa's Township Economy.
FirstCheck Africa is an early believer for a generation of African women in tech. We invest early, with high conviction, in high-growth female-led startups with category-leadership potential.
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Investment focus
- Consumer, Financial Services, Payments
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Jumba — Jumba is a construction technology platform that streamlines B2B construction material purchase and financing.
- Uncover — Experience nourishing and rejuvenating Uncover Skincare products in Kenya. Made just for you, using the finest ingredients to offer innovative & effective solutions.
- Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD, even as a non-US resident.
Logos Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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Investment focus
- B2B, FinTech, Logistics
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, United States
Portfolio highlights
- ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
- 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.
- Jumba — Jumba is a construction technology platform that streamlines B2B construction material purchase and financing.
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Terraa — Terraa is a B2B distribution platform in Moroccan.
- Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
- Revivo — Revivo is an online marketplace for electronics spare parts, tools & accessories.
Chandaria Capital operates as a venture capital Fund. We believe that innovative ideas will transform Africa. We invest, mentor, and work together with incredible entrepreneurs to create impactful companies that can change the continent.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, United States, Nigeria
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.
- Jumba — Jumba is a construction technology platform that streamlines B2B construction material purchase and financing.
- UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers
- Inkitt — Publish stories online, join our author subscription program, and read books online for free. Join the Inkitt community for writers and readers today.
- Necture — Ubiq enables mobility sharing operators to become profitable. Through demand prediction, demand fullfillment, predictive charging, dynamic pricing and policy compliance we provide tools for operational excellence.
Early stage venture capital backed by some of the world's best entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, India
Portfolio highlights
- Excarta — Excarta is a cutting-edge AI research project that aims to make businesses more adaptable to unpredictable weather.
- LightBeam.ai — LightBeam.ai - zero trust data protection pioneer, converges & simplifies data security, privacy, & AI governance, so businesses can accelerate their growth in new markets with speed & confidence. Leveraging generative AI as a foundational technology, We tie together sensitive data cataloging, control, & compliance across structured, unstructured, & semi-structured data applications providing 360-visibility, risk remediation, & compliance with PCI, GLBA, GDPR, HIPAA among other regulations.
- Elemind Technologies — At Elemind, our goal is to use novel neuromodulation techniques to augment sleep, attention, and ultimately, the human experience.
Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership globally. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analyticsof mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
- Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
- Itana — Talent City’s mission is to build a network of charter cities that focuses on creating technology-enabled jobs within a free trade zone with its own regulation and bylaws.
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
- Software, B2B, Marketplace
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, United States
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.
MPGI is a private holding that invests in disruptive technology companies globally. Its portfolio companies have collectively raised over US$ 2.5 billion in capital, employ over 8,000 people and have operations in 30 countries across six continents.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Bamba — Bamba is a small software development house building Android applications
- Lilo — Lilo is the first invest-and-experience platform offering the most sought-after properties around the world.
- 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.
Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Qogita — A leading global wholesale supplier that offers a wide variety of products, brands, and categories across geographies.
- Catalog — Catalog is the first plug-and-play tool exclusively designed to digitise small-to-medium B2B merchants ordering process. With Catalog, B2B SMBs are equipped with the tool they need to reclaim their time, engage with buyers in meaningful ways and boost growth.
- Victory League — The virtual home for football fandom.
The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Africa, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Cloudline — Cloudline leverages lighter-than-air technology and the latest developments in unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver essential goods and services to the 1 billion people without direct access to roads and runways.
- Stitch — One API integration for all online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto. Orchestrate + reconcile digital payments across methods and send payouts
- Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD, even as a non-US resident.
Winshall Walt
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Investment focus
- Mobile, B2B, Cyber Security
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Voatz — Voatz is a mobile election voting platform, secured via smart biometrics, real time ID verification, and the blockchain for irrefutability. Voatz enables citizens to vote in all kinds of elections or voting events via a smartphone. Past attempts at internet based voting have failed or not gone mainstream due to fundamental concerns around security,auditability, and voter anonymity. With Voatz, using biometrics for security and the Blockchain for irrefutability, it is able to tackle all challenges and significantly streamline the process of voting and identity verification.Voatz was a part of the Techstars Boston 2017 and Masschallenge Boston 2017 cohorts.The company was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- StoryFit — Earlier audiences' insights empower your content and improve its performance. StoryFit's AI technology platform helps you understand the true value of your
- Percent Pledge — Promote corporate philanthropy in your workplace with Percent Pledge. Learn about our Workplace Giving Platform, Employee Volunteer Programs, and impact reports.
The global investor in construction, mining and renovation technology.
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Investment focus
- Construction, Software, Real Estate
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- VARM — Varm provides efficient insulation for energy saving and comfort.
- Marrfa — Marrfa means choosing a partner who values your dreams and goals as their own. It's about stepping into a world of possibilities with a team that stands by you towards making those possibilities a reality.
- Monumental — Pioneering the automation of on-site construction with cutting-edge robotics and software. Committed to transforming the industry, our mission is to enable software-defined construction, creating bespoke, beautiful buildings rapidly with minimal labor.
Presight is a global venture capital firm investing at the intersection of Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood. Based in Los Angeles, CA, we manage over $600M in assets across two early-stage funds. We were founded in 2019 in partnership with Apeiron Investment Group, the multi-billion dollar private investment firm of Christian Angermayer, a serial entrepreneur in technology, fintech, blockchain/crypto, and life sciences.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Duetti — Duetti acquires music catalogs from independent artists a-la-carte with transparent, data-driven deals. Fund your career and breathe new life into tracks with uniquely intelligent marketing. Partner with us one track at a time, or even just a percentage of one.
- Transmutex SA — Producing clean energy from nuclear waste is the challenge Transmutex is taking on. Based on experimentaly validated science from CERN in Geneva.
- Parker — Parker is a developer of a digital financial platform designed to help users to pay expenses and manage their e-commerce finances.
As the impact investment arm of the DOEN Foundation, DOEN Participaties invests in innovative, early stage companies whose mission is to make an environmental and social impact.
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Investment focus
- Solar, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- The Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fairphone — At Fairphone we believe a fairer electronics industry is possible. By making change from the inside, we're giving a voice to people who care.
- Nuventura — Nuventura developed GIS switchgear that replaces SF6 with air, while at the same time, building on all the advantages of SF6 switchgear.
- Oscar Circulair — Circulair aims to transform the commercial waste material industry while preserving priceless raw materials.
Renew Capital is an Africa-focused investment firm that addresses critical gaps for Africa’s growing businesses and connects them to a global network of impact investors.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Seed
- Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia
Portfolio highlights
- Roam — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
- Bosso Africa — Your plug for contruction material
- Level Africa — Digital Investment Marketplace for Africa
Mato invests in technology companies globally. His portfolio companies have raised over US$ 5 billion in capital, employ >15,000 people and have operations in 35 countries across six continents.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Bamba — Bamba is a small software development house building Android applications
- Enter — Enter's Revenue Cycle Management & Medical Billing service makes healthcare Providers' and Patients' lives better. Increase revenue and delight patients with 100% transparency.
- 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.
Investment focus
- B2B, Mobile, Consumer
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
- Taimba Limited — Taimba is a B2B mobile-based platform connecting farmers to urban traders with aim of reducing food wastage and to stabilize market prices.
- WomenChoice Industries — WomenChoice Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of low-cost, affordable, reusable sanitary towels.
Satgana is a Climate Tech VC firm on a mission to invest in planet-positive startups building the Future of Earth.
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Investment focus
- Electronics, B2B, Biotechnology
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Kenya, France, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Loewi — Loewi allows you to sell your two-wheeled companion.
- Revivo — Revivo is an online marketplace for electronics spare parts, tools & accessories.
- Arda Biomaterials — Arda Biomaterials transforms waste feedstocks into smarter, circular biomaterials for fashion, home goods, automotive and more.
Enviu is a venture-building studio. We build companies founded on a circular economy that is inclusive of people and the planet.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Mobile, Internet
- Seed
- Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Taimba Limited — Taimba is a B2B mobile-based platform connecting farmers to urban traders with aim of reducing food wastage and to stabilize market prices.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, India, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Kaizan — Kaizan is a Client Intelligence Platform for Client Success teams to retain and grow revenue
- Swallow — The complete pricing platform that separates pricing from the rest of your code. Swallow increases the speed and confidence of pricing changes for greater growth and profitability.
- 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.
CFAO is a multinational company engaged in the sale of manufactured goods
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Investment focus
- B2B, Apps, Delivery
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Kenya, Senegal
Portfolio highlights
- Sendy — Sendy is a tech company that builds fulfillment infrastructure for e-commerce and consumer brands.
- Kai Senegal — Kai Senegal is a digital ride-hailing app that connects customers with drivers and a fleet management solution that allows private owners and institutional investors to buy and maintain high-quality vehicles.
- Touch Group — Touch Group is a financial aggregator which provides payments and digital services through mobile application, web and API.
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