Top 45 Finance VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Kenya in May 2026

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• Mojito — Mojito is an NFT studio and tech platform company that designs, powers, and operates NFT marketplaces for industry leading brands and IP holders.
• AZA Finance — Supporting Businesses In 115 Countries, Aza Finance Makes It Easier To Do Business In Africa. Contact AZA Finance Now.
• Token — Tokenize develops Token, a biometric-based wearable ring that can make payments, power up a computer, and part doors. The ring is integrated with MasterCard, Microsoft, Visa, HID, FitPay and the FIDO Alliance.Token uses a combination of fingerprinting (there’s a fingerprint sensor at the base of the ring) and an optical proximity sensor toensure that a user’s credentials can’t be accessed by a third party. Using an app (available for iOS and Android), Tokenites can pair the ring and their biometric information with anything from their credit cards to their car keys.

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• Zabo — Zabo is an API for connecting to any crypto exchange, wallet, protocol or account. Sign up for access to free API keys at Zabo.com
• Ballet — Ballet Crypto is a companion mobile app, which enables sending of cryptocurrency, checking market value and activating additional currencies. The use of the mobile app is completely optional, as you do not need it to receive and store your cryptocurrency safely.
• FLock.io — FLock.io aims to build a decentralised privacy-preserving solution for Artificial Intelligence.

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• Gondi — Gondi is a non-custodial decentralized NFT lending protocol designed to build the most effective NFT credit market. The protocol allows for ongoing underwriting and full and partial refinancing of all outstanding loans, resulting in a more dynamic and liquid market.
• Ripio — Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America. It offers a range of financial services for the emerging markets using blockchain technology to make a more accessible financial system. The company helps merchants process international transactions withcredit cards or bitcoins for a fraction of the cost as well as consumers buy bitcoins instantly with cash. It deals with clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador.
• Perion — Win Crypto Questing in AAA Games.

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• Pacaso — Pacaso offers luxury vacation homes for co-ownership. It's the modern way to buy and own a vacation home.
• Bamboo — Bamboo is a digital investment platform that provides real-time access to buy, hold, or sell stocks. The investment platform is accessible on both computers and mobile phones.
• Elevate — Elevate is a modern platform that makes benefits better for employees and easier for employers.

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• EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
• CompScience — Kinetic Eye's ground-breaking technology allows for detection of risk within hours rather than days. Protecting your bottom-line and more importantly, your employees.
• FutureMoney — Introducing FutureMoney: the only investing app designed for parents. FutureMoney helps you give your kids more by growing your money, effortlessly. Start investing in your kids today with unlimited accounts, contributions and deposits, tax optimization, and fully-managed custom portfolios.

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• Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
• Tripesa — Tripesa offers payment solutions for Africa's travel and tourism industry.
• Plural — Smarter, Faster, Future-Ready Policy Strategy. Plural transforms how enterprises and organizations anticipate and act on legislation. Our AI-powered platform delivers accurate bill analysis, policy insights, and stakeholder intelligence so you can stay ahead of risk, seize opportunity, and shape outcomes. See How It Works Book A Demo Trusted By Deepen Your State & Federal Legislative

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• Avalo — Avalo is a biotech company generating crop resilience through gene discovery and control for a healthier and fuller world. The company uses interpretable machine learning to identify genes in plants at a much faster pace to help develop better crops.
• EDEN — EDEN develops operation management software to automate and streamline home service business, customer acquisition, and sales. Its features include lead identification, automatic pricing and system recommendations, online estimate generation, and customer engagement tools that allow residential contractors to improve efficiency.The company'sdata-driven technology, Instant Quote, transforms the traditionally frustrating and lengthy home visit process into a transparent online experience by instantly automating complex job estimation, allowing homeowners to discover the right solutions for their homes and pre-sell themselves.
• Oasys Health — AI-native EHR and practice management system with real-time patient monitoring for private practices and therapy networks. Increase your efficiency via automated documentation, scheduling, billing, and teletherapy— all while leveraging advanced data from patients to personalize care.

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• CurbWaste — A software by haulers, for haulers
• Reserv — We are a premier claims platform, born from state-of-the-art data intelligence and talent management technology.
• CipherOwl Inc — CipherOwl delivers AI-powered digital asset intelligence and automation tools for institutions, helping banks, exchanges, and crypto teams manage risk, ensure compliance, and operate with confidence.

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• MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
• StackAI — Stack AI supercharges businesses. Deploy AI-powered applications in minutes, automate processes, and skyrocket productivity by connecting LLMs to data sources using Stack AI's no-code platform. Export your work with user-centric interfaces (chatbots and forms) and developer-friendly APIs.
• Kapital — Kapital empowers SMBs with a tech-banking platform giving visibility and control of their treasury, and their employees

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• Posh — Event marketing made easy.
• Zepto — India's fastest grocery delivery service.
• Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.

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• Credpal — Buy now, pay later. Split in 6.
• Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
• 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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• Levr Bet — LEVR provides users with a decentralized sports betting platform that combines leveraged DeFi with traditional sports betting.
• TRM Labs — Next Generation Blockchain Intelligence | Monitor, Investigate, and Mitigate Crypto Fraud and Financial Crime
• Rio Network — Rio Network is an operator of a public proof-of-stake blockchain platform intended for the issuance, investment, and life-cycle management of digital securities and crypto assets.

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• Occupi — Streamline your property management with digital rent payments and comprehensive tenant screening. 20+ payment methods, seamless integrations.
• Wavvest — Wavvest is an AI-native platform purpose-built for independent financial advisors, offering an all-in-one solution that unifies planning, investments, estate, insurance, and tax workflows. Its signature AI financial planning tool empowers advisors to create interactive, visual-first financial plans that model real-life scenarios and enhance clientengagement. The platform streamlines everything from AI-generated meeting notes to integrated tax and estate planning—all within a co-branded, modern interface.Built on top of custodians like Apex, Wavvest simplifies operations by replacing fragmented tools with a unified advisor experience. The platform helps reduce time spent on manual tasks, improves data accuracy, and enhances client service—from onboarding through portfolio monitoring. Backed by Fenway Summer, Wavvest is reimagining the tech stack for the next generation of wealth management.
• Summer — Summer partners with employers help their populations navigate and reduce student loan debt. Summer is a certified B-Corp.

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• Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
• Gigmile — Gigmile provides financial services. They provide gig workers with core services and an affordable lease on productive assets that is tailored to their earnings to enable them to succeed in the mobility industry as entrepreneurs.
• REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.

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• Bitwage — Payroll, invoicing & benefits for digital assets. Bitwage offers services for companies and direct to workers. Workers can sign up and get direct deposit accounts to get paid from any company or client. Workers locally receive unique digital asset benefits. Workers internationally get paid faster & cheaper than traditional wires.
• FV Bank — FV Bank is a US licensed bank and a digital asset custodian that provides banking, payments, digital asset custody, and Visa cards to the U.S. and international customers.
• Hexa Wallet — Own HexaWallet.io today. Secure checkout and guided transfer support. No hidden fees.

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• GoCab — GoCab is fintech solution providing Drive-to-own option for vehicle purchase in Emerging markets, helping to bridge the gap between mobility entrepreneurs and financial services.
• Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.

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• Igloo — As a top insurtech company, Igloo makes insurance easy across Southeast Asia by working with reputable insurers and distribution partners.
• Netwey — Netwey is a telecommunications company that offers services including mobile internet, internet home, and telephony.
• TPL Insurance — TPL Insurance is a Pakistan's first direct insurance company that take care of all insurance related matters.

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• Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
• 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.
• Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.

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• AI Seer — AIs for Authenticating Information. AI Seer is on a mission: To Check Untruths before they become Powerful through an Antivirus for Mal-information, Dis-information and Misinformation.
• Scout AI — Scout AI is building the robotic foundation model for defense.
• Aurelius Systems — Aurelius Systems is a defense technology company pioneering the future of defense with the development of edge-deployed, AI-powered laser systems designed to counter unmanned aerial systems (UAS) threats.

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• Emata — Emata brings digital and affordable financial products to farmers in East Africa.
• Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
• Power — Putting individuals on the path towards financial health

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• RailYatri — Indian Railways Train Enquiry, Insights & IRCTC eTicket booking - RailYatri
• Agenda Edu — Agenda Edu offers a SaaS communication management and engagement in educational environments assisting educators, caregivers and students.
• SafeTraces — Delivering veriDART, the first field diagnostic platform leveraging aerosol tracers that safely simulate airborne pathogen mobility and exposure levels.

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• CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
• Sun King — Greenlight sells, installs and finances solar home systems for the 1.8 billion off-grid and under-electrified consumers in Africa and Asia.
• The Sun Exchange — We finance, install, and maintain the solar system. You simply pay for the power it generates and save from day one.

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• Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
• Enda Sportswear — Kenyan running shoes that reward a natural midfoot landing and match the way runners train. Proudly made in Kenya and certified Climate Neutral. The most socially conscious running shoes in the world.
• MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is your plug for Modern Sofas, Quality Mattresses, Beds & affordable home furniture in Kenya. Order furniture online and we deliver

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• 23andMe — 23andMe is a saliva-based DNA service. We provide genetic reports on your ancestry, family history and help you connect with your DNA relatives.
• AZA Finance — AZA Finance is a digital foreign exchange and payment platform that leverages blockchain settlement to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business payments to and from frontier markets. AZA Group is a market-maker in every major African currency and opens corridors for business payments and trade between frontier markets andthe rest of the world. AZA Group was the first blockchain company to be licensed by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and follows stringent KYC practices. AZA Group services frontier market businesses and multinationals paying suppliers as far as China and UAE, as well as cryptocurrency traders. Our API also enables international remittance companies to send white-label payments to dozens of bank networks and mobile money operators across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, and the DRC.
• Bitnet Technologies — Bitnet provides a digital commerce platform enabling enterprise-scale merchants to accept bitcoin payments. Bitnet’s engineering, product, and business development team help in building and managing the world’s largest payment gateway, CyberSource (NASDAQ: CYBS), which was sold to the world’s largest payment network, Visa (NYSE: V), for $2billion in 2010.

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• ATEC — We provide sustainable, affordable and accessible clean cooking products for all Base of Pyramid households. Through sales of our two flagship on-grid and off-grid products, ATEC* Biodigester and eCook induction stoves, ATEC delivers data-driven scalable impact.
• STELLARIA — Stellaria is reimagining sustainable rapid neutron nuclear energy.
• Energetic Capital — Let us cover the payment default risk on your next Solar Project. Energetic Insurance makes efficient financing possible for financiers, investors and energy service providers with the EneRate Credit Cover solar insurance policy.

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• Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
• Savannah Brands — Savannah Brands is a food & beverage company.
• UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.

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• Ema — Ema is developing next-generation AI technologies to help every employee in the workplace be their most creative and productive. Ema is a seamless, accurate, and secure Enterprise Generative AI system that simplifies complex tasks using enterprise tools.
• Neuron Factory — Neuron Factory is an AI technology company specializing in the development of advanced AI coworker platforms designed for complex enterprise environments, with an initial focus on the construction industry. The company’s platform leverages a proprietary enterprise task graph, enabling AI agents to intelligently coordinate, delegate tasks, andfacilitate real-time decision-making across large organizations.
• Bread Financial — Bread Financial offers personalized payment, lending, and savings solutions. They provide customers and partners with a wide range of digitally enabled options that are easy, empowered, and flexible financially. Their service includes credit card facility, loan options, and flexible payment options.

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• Qori — Accept a wide variety of cryptocurrencies on your POS terminal or iOS or Android device without handling crypto yourself.
• Railsr — Railsbank. REDEFINING THE POSSIBILITIES - We go beyond financial transactions, to deliver digital experiences your customers love.
• Clarisights — Clarisights is the leading marketing analytics platform for Enterprises on G2. Connect, visualize and explore all your marketing data in one place. From questions to insights in minutes.

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• TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
• Pade HCM — Hire, manage and pay your global team Hire anyone in Africa and automate onboarding, team management, payroll, compliance and much more.
• Affinity — Join over 125,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage their banking needs, from savings to payments, as well as instant loans

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• OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
• Wave Mobile Money — Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, andaccepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network.
• Arnergy — Arnergy is a trusted solar energy company that provides clean, reliable, and affordable solar power solutions for homes and businesses, helping you save money while enjoying uninterrupted energy.

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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.
• Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values ​​and wish to invest in their development.
• 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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• Side — Side is an e-commerce distribution channel that leverages the power of “community” or “group buying” to provide goods to end customers more cheaply.
• BRYT Knowledge —
• Powerstove Energy — Powerstove Energy, which uses advanced technology to deliver a superior smokeless, IoT-enabled cookstove that generates electricity.

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• Amartha — Amartha Mikro Fintech - P2P Lending Indonesia. Alternatif investasi dengan modal terjangkau mulai 100Rb. Tedaftar OJK, Imbal hasil 15%* & Berdampak Sosial.
• Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
• Bike Bazaar — Bike Bazaar is a two-wheeler life cycle company where you can buy, sell, exchange any two-wheeler or avail finance for your vehicle. The company provides a range of affordable solutions and hassle-free experience along the two wheeler lifecycle, which include financing to purchase new and pre owned two wheelers, access to green bikes, insurance,and a transparent marketplace for buying and selling of preowned two wheelers.Bike Bazaar was founded in 2017 and is located in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

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• Oze — OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
• Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
• 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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• Helo Im Ai — I have an uncanny ability to become completely obsessed with a goal. When I set my sights on something, it’s all I think, eat, and breathe until it’s fulfilled. That’s why I know this venture will be a billion-dollar success—I’ve always accomplished my goals. The only thing that held me back in the past was aiming too low due to low self-esteem.Now, I’m aiming high and putting everything I have into making this dream a reality.With my wife’s support, I’ve been able to dedicate myself fully to this journey. She handles our household bills, allowing me to stay focused on building and creating. I’ve invested in the tools and resources I need, like a Mac Mini with the M4 Pro chip, 24GB unified RAM, and 12-core processors, paired with a 4TB SanDisk external drive. I also got an 8TB external drive, a monitor, and a magic trackpad—perfect for design work in Adobe Premiere, Illustrator, and After Effects. My background in cinematography adds a creative edge, and while I’m still in school, I’ve developed a unique combination of skills that allow me to merge art and technology in ways that feel limitless.Ultimately, I’m not just building for myself—I’m building for the future. My dream is to open a laboratory where people can come together to create, innovate, and share resources, especially for those who can’t afford them. This isn’t just a project for me—it’s a mission to make life easier, to inspire others, and to prove that anything is possible when you aim high and give it everything you’ve got.Helo-im.AI is a groundbreaking platform that bridges technology and humanity by integrating AI into everyday life with empathy, innovation, and spiritual alignment. empower individuals and businesses to embrace AI as a supportive sibling, fostering growth, connection, and solutions that make life easier and more joyful. With a foundation of love and a vision for the future, we’re redefining how AI serves society—one smile at a time. We Implement Ai And tech into everything.
• ChainAware.ai — AI and Big Data Analytics based SaaS solutions for DeFi and CeFi companies: - AI based Crypto Fraud Detection / AI-based Transaction Monitoring - AI-based Crypto User Segmentation / 1:1 Marketing - AI-based Crypto Credit Scoring - and more AI solutions
• Onboarding.online — Let us take care of your onboarding!

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• Kheyti — Kheyti helps small farmers battle income variability by providing low cost technologies bundled with services.
• iProcure — iProcure is a Nairobi-based start-up working to optimize the agriculture input supply chain in rural Kenya. iProcure’s web and mobile technology solution improves agriculture retailers’ operations. It lets them manage ordering based on inventory, point of sale activities, and client profiles along with geo-located purchasing patterns, real-timeagent performance and transaction analysis, and built-in mobile payments. As a result, retailers can better predict demand with business intelligence data, improve inventory management, and streamline distribution efficiency.
• Farmerline — The Farmerline vision is to see an Africa where Agriculture NGO’s are not a functioning force in the market. Farmerline provides paid services that allow farmers to have the information and access they need to employ an entrepreneurial method of farming. Input dealers and traders pay for more efficient communication channels to farmers andfarmers pay for information packages and services. In this vision, more food is produce, more food gets to market, and GDP from cash crop export soars.

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• Northern Arc — Northern Arc Capital is a non-banking finance company that provides access to debt for under-served investors and businesses. Northern Arc Capita connects originators so that they may deepen their presence and provide access to financial services to millions of under-served households. Northern Arc Capital formerly Known as IFMR Capital.
• Accial Capital — Accial Capital is an impact-focused, tech-enabled investor in small business and consumer loan portfolios in Latin America and South East Asia. Accial Capital combines data, technology, capital and credit expertise to contribute to a world of widespread credit access and financial health.
• Sunwealth Power — Sunwealth is a clean energy investment firm who curates high-performance commercial solar projects that deliver clean energy and boast exceptional return potential for our investors.

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• Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.

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• SeA Bank — SeA Bank is a banking institution that provides services like preferential loans, tax service, online transaction solutions and more.
• Ace International — ACE International manufactures and distributes dairy powders, milk proteins, and other food grade components.
• QNB Finansleasing — QNB Finansleasing company provides domestic and international financial leasing.

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• Geogrid — Geogrid is a building water purification plant startup. Geogrid digitizes solutions for tap water, including purification systems, pipe cleaning, water quality control, carbon emissions calculation, building water control, and environmental change monitoring.
• RECO — Integrated waste and resource management platform copmany
• Caredoc — CareDoc is an elderly care professional platform that provides information on proven elderly care facilities. Consumers looking for elderly care services were not able to find the information they wanted online or getting inaccurate information through word of mouth.On the other hand, providers of care services were having difficulty incollecting elderly customers. Caredoc solves these problems by providing verified care servise provider information on the mobile.

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• Novek — Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains.
• CashBackApp — An App that offers you Cash Discounts on a wide range of household essentials available at local supermarkets in Kenya.
• Jackfruit Finance — Fast, flexible school financing in Kenya. Get working capital, projects, and asset loans designed around school fee cycles and growth needs.

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• iMerit — iMerit's end-to-end data labeling solutions combined with Ango Hub data annotation tool is a best-in-class platform to scale your AI and machine learning data pipelines.
• Neogrowth — Best loan offer for your small business. Apply for Collateral Free Business Loan online & get instant loan disbursal. For more details call us at 18004195565.
• Smile ID — Smile ID provides the best onboarding, identity verification, and user authentication service for fast growing businesses and startups in Africa.

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• LOVO — Your Voice for Metaverse. Capture the most realistic AI voices on the web.
• Toonsutra — TOONSUTRA is home to award-winning comics & graphic novels across action, romance, fantasy, comedy & more. Read online or download the app.
• Inworld AI — AI for Metaverse

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• Plus — India’s first true savings app
• Kandle — Kandle offers ways to make money in Crypto & Stocks through fantasy trading games. Trusted globally by 180,000+ users and growing.
• Fund That Flip — Fund That Flip offers customized lending for real estate investors. Partner with America's fastest-growing direct lender. Better than your hard money lender.

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• FinAccess — FinAccess is a banking software for microfinance organisations.
• Somos — Somos Smart Wellness provides comprehensive health insights through testing, and offers personalized solutions to simplify consumer health.
• Fingo Africa — We fixed banking so here you go! Fingo is a Neobank for Africa's youth, allowing you in 240 seconds to have a current account, cheaper transactions, savings, investments, payments and more!