Top 20 Beauty Startup Investors in Kenya (October 2026)

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• ReelFruit — On a mission to inspire delightfulness by offering the tastiest snacks in town.
• Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
• Solar Taxi Ghana — Solar Taxi Ghana app provides various electronic vehicles that are powered by solar energy.

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• Maeva — Fill the nutrition gaps cause by rapid weight loss when you're on GLP-1
• Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
• Makemake — Makemake is a cutting-edge beauty tech startup that harnesses advanced chemical technology to develop innovative, high-performance skincare and cosmetic solutions—bridging the gap between science and beauty to create products that are both effective and sustainable.

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• Obud — Obud is a wellness reservation systems that is designed for holistic health and lifestyle management purposes. The company's systems offer a comprehensive suite of tools for booking wellness activities, managing schedules, and accessing curated wellness programs, enabling wellness centers to streamline their operations, enhance userengagement, and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
• myluigi.ai — Luigi is an AI-Powered Full-Stack Game Growth-as-a-Service platform designed to help mobile game studios scale user acquisition, engagement and lifetime value without adding headcount. Its dual-engine architecture automates and operates everything from ad campaign creation and real-time creative optimization to personalized in-game offers and LTVforecasting—delivered through a single, easy-to-integrate and unified dashboard. With a flexible per-title pricing model and powerful machine-learning insights, Luigi empowers mid-sized and indie developers to reduce CPI, boost retention and chart a clear path toward sustainable growth and seven-figure ARR.
• RubiLabs — RubiLabs Inc provides a platform for unifying, monitoring, and analyzing organizational data. RubiLabs software enables analysts and operators across risk, compliance, and security teams to collaborate and interpret large volumes of information in real time. The company’s platform is designed to help institutions make sense of complex, fragmenteddata by transforming it into a coherent operational picture for risk detection, continuous monitoring, and investigative workflows.

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• 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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• STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
• Juicyway — The new shape of money? Fluid. Access global currencies with Juicyway. Buy, sell, hold, and pay globally using our fast APIs, web, or mobile apps. Download now.
• Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.

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• Jumba — Jumba is the trusted digital partner for hardware stores. Through tech, we support hardware stores to grow. Run your hardware business with Jumba OS. Build your financial record. Access the credit you need to grow.
• Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
• Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD.

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• tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
• Vidrovr — Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video. It processes videos with specific domain constraints, such as in sports, government, and media verticals. Its technology enables its users to search an indexed video corpus and retrieve content inside videos and link it to other media likephotos and text.The company Integrates social media to enable direct interactions between multimedia content. Vidrovr was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
• TasksMind — Customer Reliability Platform

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• MazaoHub — AI-first SaaS connecting soil, farmers, inputs, agronomy care, field operations, traceability and markets through real last-mile intelligence.
• FarmWorks — FarmWorks is an agricultural technology company that gives farmers access to farm inputs as well as a market for the produce .FarmWork is to unlock agricultural potential by building clusters of mid-sized farms while working with thousands of small-holder farmers and establishing direct linkage to local and global markets.
• Irrisol Engineering — Irrisol Engineering is an impact-driven social enterprise dedicated to providing affordable, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable water supply and irrigation systems for underserved rural communities.

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• Kentaste — Virgin coconut oil, Coconut Cream, and Coconut Milk
• Tanda — As a Tanda Agent, you can sell Kenya's favorite digital products, and grow your duka while you're at it
• KOKO Networks — KOKO Networks is an international venture-backed technology company with offices in East Africa and India. KOKO provides a platform for smart commerce in urban Africa. Our unique suite of technologies connects suppliers, retailers, and customers, enabling delivery of a range of consumer and business solutions that improve life in Africa’s cities.

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• Kaon — Discover prompts and AI apps built by a global community, or publish your own. FlowGPT is an open platform for building and sharing with AI.
• Pure — Pure Poker is a privately held fintech and software company that develops a legal, compliant, rake-free real-money online poker platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company replaces the traditional casino "house" model with a trusted, identity-verified social gaming network.
• Wrtn Technologies — Bring AGI Close to People

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• Coraly — Coraly connects marketplace benchmarking with practical real-estate AI for property portals, MLSs and real-estate organizations.
• Flowcart — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
• Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.

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• Cladfy — Cladfy is a data analytics company that creates tools to assist lenders, merchants, and individuals in making informed loan, savings, and expenditure decisions.
• Karpolax — Offering innovative fruit preservation products! For the grower, the packer, and the retailer.
• Affinity — Join over 145,000 who trust the Affinity to manage their personal and business banking needs, from payments to savings, as well as loans

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• 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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• 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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• SeraPay — We are revolutionizing social commerce in Africa with SeraPay, ensuring the seamless buying and selling of goods on social media platforms. Our innovative service empowers businesses to access markets beyond their geographical borders, making social retail easier and more efficient.
• Savabyte — A pan-African women-led platform that connects career advancement opportunities to quality tech talent & women in technology. #ConnectingTechTalent
• Jungopharm — Jungopharm is a developer of a pharma and healthcare platform that aims to make health care understandable, accessible & affordable for all.

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• Alterfin — Belgian co-op investing in microfinance and sustainable agriculture in the South since 1994. Tweets in English, French and Dutch.
• Shamba Pride — Revolutionizing Rural Agriculture Trade Ecosystem for Africa Farmers Traditional farming methods across Africa often depend on synthetic inputs, degrading so...
• East Africa Fruits — EA Fruits Farm is a business that engages in the large production and distribution of fruits and vegetables. As fruits are an essential part of a human's diet for maintenance of good health and wellbeing, the business will take part in providing the opportunity for Tanzanian citizens and other people overseas to get such fruits and motivatemore people to increase their intake of fruits whereby the company will strive to increase the supply to match the increased demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. The business envisions to be among the leading producers, distributors, and exporters of the fruits within the Country and overseas. The company is a highly profitable and viable business that expects to rise to about 5,000 USD from its current small-scaled operations, while more than 450,000 USD will be raised as a result of further expansion within a period of 2-4 years.

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• PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
• Socium — Socium these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values ​​and wish to invest in their development.
• Tuteria — Get Home Tutoring Matched to Your Child's Needs. Prepare for IELTS, Common Entrance, IGCSE, GRE & JAMB. Book Lessons in 150+ Subjects Including Music, Coding & Languages.

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• PrePex — Non Surgical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention and social enterprise, offering innovative, affordable and scalable public healthcare solutions
• Orb Energy — Orb Energy is a vertically integrated solar company that manufactures solar panels, design, install, and services complete system, and finance C&I customers.
• Gramalaya Urban And Rural Development Initiatives And Network — Gramalaya Urban And Rural Development Initiatives And Network (GUARDIAN) is addressing the complex water and sanitation problems faced by low-income communities in India through its innovative water credit solution. GUARDIAN provides microloans to low-income families seeking to install water and sanitation facilities in their households.

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• Soolv — AI that turns messy application documents into structured data - so you can instantly score candidates and reveal early patterns of success.
• SportAI — SportAI is a B2B sports technology firm that is spearheading the revolution in sports technique coaching, commentary, and analysis using advanced AI and machine learning. The company aims to boost sports performance and make high-quality sports data more accessible. SportAI's SaaS platform, powered by Computer Vision and Machine Learning,delivers unbiased sports technique analysis and AI-generated sports data to different sectors in the sports industry. This technology can seamlessly integrate into broadcasting, training apps, simulators, sporting equipment brands, and product recommendation websites, offering significant benefits to the global sports industry.
• Starflow — Starflow goal is to create a scalable energy system that helps people achieve energy independence.

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• Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.