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Top 40 Financial Services Angel Investors in Kenya (October 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Kenya Financial Services startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Kenya Financial Services startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Ken Njoroge
Angel
3 Kenya, United States Pre-Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Billing, FinTech $1.2M–$20M
Aristarichus Weru
Angel
3 Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Billing
Lachy Groom
Angel
2 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $2.2M–$80M
Federico Pirzio-Biroli
Angel
2 United Kingdom, Kenya, Sweden Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Non Profit, Venture Capital $200k–$4.5M
Hesham Zreik
Angel
2 United States, India, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $10k–$5M
Ian McCaig
Angel
2 Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Anthony Rock
Angel
2 Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Shariff Abdulwalli
Angel
2 Kenya Seed Blockchain, FinTech, Finance $100k–$200k
Ana Andrianova
Angel
2 Kenya, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Analytics, Blockchain $1.2M–$23M
Vasiliy Shapovalov
Angel
2 Kenya, United States, Cayman Islands Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), B2B $50k–$4.9M
James Waugh
Angel
2 Kenya Seed B2B, FinTech, Payments $50k–$4.9M
Amit Bhatia
Angel
2 India, Kenya, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Bakery, Medical, Hospital
Ali Shaaban
Angel
2 Egypt, Kenya, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
Hamad Alhomaizi
Angel
2 Kenya Seed Financial Services
Peter Sandberg
Angel
2 Denmark, Kenya, Estonia Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market Internet, SaaS, FinTech $150k–$1.1M
Ham Serunjogi
Angel
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile Apps $25k–$5.3M
Jean Case
Angel
1 United States, Kenya Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed TV, FinTech, Finance $5M–$21M
Jesper Drescher
Angel
1 Denmark, Kenya Seed, Angel SaaS, Gaming, Content $800k–$1.2M
Jay Weintraub
Angel
1 United States, Kenya, Canada Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, InsurTech $250k–$14M
Shola Akinlade
Angel
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Education, Insurance $192k–$4M
Michael Chow
Angel
1 United States, Kenya Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed Financial Services, AgTech, FinTech
Jim Villanueva
Angel
1 Kenya, Uganda, Zambia Series A, Series B, Seed Agriculture, Energy, Travel $2.1M–$10M
Christian Jantzen
Angel
1 Denmark, Sweden, Finland Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence $246k–$3.5M
Isaak Hayes
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Agentic AI, Cyber Security, Fraud Detection
Sajid Rahman
Angel
1 India, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $150k–$6M
Larry RosenBerger
Angel
1 United States, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Analytics, SaaS $256k–$6.9M
Peter Bruce-Clark
Angel
1 Kenya Seed InsurTech, Financial Services
Chris Adelsbach
Angel
1 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software $120k–$19M
M- Kopa
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Tom Blomfield
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech $500k–$47M
Maijid Moujaled
Angel
1 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Gaming $3M–$5.3M
Rich Hoops
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Caribou Honig
Angel
1 Kenya, Colombia, Hong Kong Seed, Series A InsurTech, Insurance, EdTech $2M–$15M
Helena Riese Harstad
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
James McGann
Angel
1 United States Angel, Pre-Seed FinTech, Mobile Apps, Micro Lending
Ram Ganesan
Angel
1 Kenya Angel Insurance, Auto Insurance
Anthony Nicalo
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Banking, FinTech, Embedded Software
Vaibhav Kapoor
Angel
1 India, Kenya Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $300k–$15M
Wes Schwalje
Angel
1 India, United States, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology $150k–$7.5M
Matilde Giglio
Angel
1 India, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, Software, FinTech $125k–$22M
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Ken Njoroge
Angel · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 3 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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, FinTech
  • 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 is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform.
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Aristarichus Weru
Angel · 3 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Founder & CEO @ The Kueq Limited

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Billing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UbaPesa — UbaPesa is the best peer to peer lending app in Kenya which allows you to lend and borrow money in real-time.
  • The Kueq Limited — The kueq is a Virtual Bank mobile based user initiated Automated & manual lending & borrowing app providing a platform for Individual funders to loan to individual borrowers on 10 days & 20 days, World major currencies FX trading (USD/KES, EUR/KES, GBP/KES) Have a physical and or virtual prepaid card, credit card& or debit card, Make RTGS & international TT using SWIFT Pesa linked – local payment gateway Pay water, electricity, cable bills. Buy government treasury bond and treasury bills, Buy insurance covers both life & general insurance covers et al. Crowd funding of it’s own shares, (Buy shares of The kueq limited on it’s own app. The next level crowd funding) based on real time company performance information e.g toplines, PAT, EBITDA, D/E, EPS, DPS, statutory ratios; cash ratios, core capital, Business accounts, Bid bond & invoice discounting
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Lachy Groom
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Lachy Groom is the Co-Founder of Physical Intelligence. He previously worked at Stripe as the Head of Stripe Issuing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 229
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Series A $8.5M–$35M; Series B $20M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Airbound — Welcome to Airbound, where we're reaching the unreachable with our zero infrastructure deliveries. Discover our innovative solutions for efficient and sustainable delivery systems.
  • FSH Technologies (formerly Contenda) — Contenda helps repurpose old content into a new engagement. It contextually identifies content's key topics and spins it into the proper format for an audience to discover.
  • alteon energy — Alteon develops long-endurance aircraft and unmanned aerial systems for extended-duration flight. Its designs combine solar power and dynamic soaring to support continuous operation.
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Federico Pirzio-Biroli
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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.
  • Believe.in — Believe.in provides a white label technology that improves online fundraising, donation processing, and event performance of non-profit organizations.Available in multiple markets, languages, and currencies, Believe.in supports 2.8 million non-profit organizations globally and is easily customized and integrated into any non-profitorganization’s website and existing back-office toolkit.Believe.in was founded in May 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
  • 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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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1171
  • Round size: Seed $20k–$2M; Pre-Seed $10k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Groccery store — Groccery store is a local Groccery store based in Hlotse, Leribe, Lesotho, designed to address a key challenge in the community
  • Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Mercy Community School — Mercy Community School is a community-driven education initiative based in Linda Compound, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Ian McCaig
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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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Anthony Rock
Angel · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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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Shariff Abdulwalli
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$200k
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Thebhub — We Organize Software Engineering Teams For Startups & Develop Web and Mobile apps on Credit.
  • BlockchainCybertech Limited — A Technology Company that specializes in internet-related services and products, which include blockchain solutions, cyber security and A.I
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Ana Andrianova
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Ana Andrianova

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Analytics, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mara — Mara is a company operating in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Mara offers a suite of crypto products including a cryptocurrency exchange, token collateralized lending, and an NFT marketplace.
  • Nansen — The Nansen analytics platform analyzes millions of data points on Ethereum wallets, transactions, and smart contracts.
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Vasiliy Shapovalov
Angel · Peyia, Paphos, Cyprus · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Vasiliy Shapovalov

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, Cayman Islands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Drop — Breathing new life into the Interchain through liquid staking. Proud member of the @LidoFinance Alliance. https://t.co/P4rK2hzcTd
  • HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
  • OneBalance — Connecting institutions to next generation financial markets
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James Waugh
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

James Waugh - Head of Business Development @ CanYa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
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Amit Bhatia
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Amit Bhatia

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Bakery, Medical, Hospital
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: India, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mara — Mara is a company operating in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Mara offers a suite of crypto products including a cryptocurrency exchange, token collateralized lending, and an NFT marketplace.
  • Annapurna Swadisht — Annapurna Swadisht offers ready-to-eat packaged snacks.
  • Medici — From triage to treatment, Medici provides a HIPAA-compliant, virtual patient engagement platform, and is built on SOC 2 compliance standards with seamless EHR integrations and multi-patient management so you can grow your practice without ever having to switch telemedicine providers.
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Ali Shaaban
Angel · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Ali Shaaban has been a pioneer in the digital advertising and communications industry for more than 18 years, founding the award-winning full-fledged creative digital agency Icon Creations back in 2003 when the industry was at its infancy stage. Since then, Ali Shaaban has built strong long-term relationships and a strategic network with most ofthe leading automotive brands in Egypt and the Middle East, where he established a solid track record of delivering top-notch digital products & services that stood the test of time. Driven by passion for excellence and an always-on personalized approach to satisfying his partners, Ali Shaaban is the quintessential digital partner to have on your side in the automotive industry today.His automotive portfolio includes Alfa Romeo, Bentley, BMW, Castrol, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, JAC, Jaguar, Jeep, KIA, Land Rover, Maserati, Mazda, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Pirelli, Renault, Seat, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and more. Aside from being a digital pioneer, Ali Shaaban is also an angel investor and serial supporter of emerging innovative startups and fresh business ideas, venturing into several sectors to contribute in making a sustainable impact on the local and regional economies. His latest investments have tapped into the Fintech sector with rising companies such as Paynas (https://Paynas.com), Oxygen (https://oxygen.us/), Dfin Holding (https://www.dfinholding.com/) , and Kiwe wallet (https://kiweapp.com/) as well as the Media and AI sector with Speakol (https://speakol.com/) , NU Digital Awards (https://nudigitalawards.com/) and Nanotronics (https://nanotronics.co/ ).Ali Shaaban believes in always taking the next step forward in his extensive career, and using his core values and commanding personality as motivation, he has paved an impressive path over the years that will certainly lead towards an even more diverse and fruitful future.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
  • QuadriBot — QuadriBot is an engineering company specializing in the design and development of electronics and automation technology, real-time systems and the development of IT and electronic solutions around smart transportation issues. We focus on robotics and autonomous vehicles as well as any mobile platfo.
  • MarketForce — MarketForce is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform.
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Hamad Alhomaizi
Angel · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Investor, Entrepreneur

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Mara — Mara is a company operating in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Mara offers a suite of crypto products including a cryptocurrency exchange, token collateralized lending, and an NFT marketplace.
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Peter Sandberg
Angel · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 2 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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: 18
  • Round size: Angel $260k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $150k–$226k
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Simporter — From consumer insight to validated, opportunity-sized concept in six weeks. AI-powered research for CPG and FMCG brands.
  • Cavea — CAVEA.IO is providing AI based sponsorship and advertising measurement for esports and brands. We help companies make better and more informed decisions based on insights by analyzing the impact of marketing in streaming and social media. We offer authentic and lightning-fast customer support smoother than you ever expected. Working with giantslike FNATIC, ASTRALIS, and DREAMHACK - we continuously strive to become better and deliver more than anyone expects.
  • Hive.id — Proactively prevent fraud, build secure experiences for your customers and drive your revenue growth.
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Ham Serunjogi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Ham Kakembo Serunjogi is based out of San Francisco, California and is the a Co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash. Ham previously worked at Facebook as a Global Accountant. Ham Kakembo Serunjogi attended the Grinnell College. Ham Kakembo Serunjogi has been names as one of the honorees on the Forbes 30 Under 30.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $240k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
  • CreditChek — Africa's #1 credit intelligence platform. Access credit bureau API, bank statement analysis, BVN/KYC verification & direct debit for lenders in Nigeria, Kenya & Uganda. Trusted by 100+ businesses.
  • Hisa Inc — Seamless trading, and Borderless investment for Africa.
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Jean Case
Angel · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Jean Case is an actively engaged philanthropist, investor and a pioneer in the world of interactive technologies. Her career in the private sector spanned nearly two decades before she and her husband, Steve Case, created the Case Foundation in 1997. A passionate believer in all things digital and the amazing potential of technology to change theworld for the better, Jean and her team focus the efforts of the Foundation around many of the same entrepreneurial approaches she and Steve cultivated throughout their business careers. The Case Foundation is recognized for its innovative efforts to address significant social challenges, harnessing the best impulses of entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and collaboration to drive exponential impact.Prior to co-founding the Case Foundation, Jean spent her career as a technology executive in the private sector. As a senior executive at America Online, Inc. (AOL), Jean directed the marketing and branding effort that launched the AOL service, directed the communications strategy for taking the company public, and helped establish AOL as a household utility. Before joining AOL, she held strategic marketing positions at GE’s Information Services Division and at The Source, the nation’s first online service.In addition to her role as CEO of the Case Foundation, Jean has served in two appointed roles leading strategic public-private efforts, including the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, to which she was appointed as Chair by President George W. Bush, and as Co-chair of the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership.In addition to her role as Chairman of the National Geographic Society Board of Trustees, Jean serves on the boards of Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2), the White House Historical Association and BrainScope Company, Inc. She also serves on the advisory boards of the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative, the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation, the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund and the U.S. National Advisory Board to the Social Impact Investing Task Force (SIITF) established by the G8.Jean and Steve joined The Giving Pledge, started by Melinda and Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010, and publicly reaffirmed their commitment to give away the majority of their wealth to fund worthy charitable causes. In recognition of their innovative work in philanthropy, Jean and Steve have received a number of accolades, including Barron’s “25 Best Givers”, the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) Citizens of the Year, and Washingtonians of the Year. Jean was also named Corporate Philanthropist of the Year by the Washington Business Journal, which also named her as a finalist for “Most Admired Nonprofit CEO” award, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Harvard Business School Alumni Association of Washington DC. She has also received honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from Indiana University and from George Mason University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: TV, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series B $5M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $8M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • M-KOPA — M-KOPA provides connected asset financing solutions for underbanked customers. Its platform combines digital micropayments and IoT connectivity to offer access to products including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones, financial services, and more.
  • Hello Alice — Hello Alice (helloalice.com) helps businesses launch and grow. A free multi-channel platform, Hello Alice guides business owners by providing funding, networks, and services.The company's partners include enterprise business services, government agencies, and institutions looking to serve small and medium business owners to ensure increasedrevenues.Founded by Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore in 2017, Hello Alice is headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States.
  • SnagFilms — OKTOGEL - Situs Slot Gacor | Bandar Togel | Judi Toto Macau.
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Jesper Drescher
Angel · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Jesper Drescher

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Gaming, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Denmark, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sky.Garden — With Sky.Garden you can upload products and start selling your products immediately via your own free mobile webshop. No cost upon entry. No hidden fees. Fully automated payment and shipping options are integrated out-of-the-box. 100% Safe and secure.
  • GamerzClass — A new beginning for GamerzClass
  • ReFlow - engineering a circular economy — Calculate, document, and reduce your maritime Scope 3 emissions with ISO-compliant LCA software. Built for shipowners, operators, and OEMs. No expert required.
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Jay Weintraub
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Jay Weintraub is the CEO and Founder of Connectiv Holdings. He previously worked at HR Transform as a Co-Founder. Jay Weintraub attended the University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, InsurTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$4M; Series A $3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IMRSV — IMRSV is a technology company using computer vision for real-world, real-time data analysis. IMRSV's Cara software is a breakthrough in perceptive computing. Cara turns any webcam into an intelligent sensor enabling new methods of interacting with objects and spaces. Using a basic webcam, anyone can anonymously measure audience gender, age,attention time and glances in real world environments. Use cases include adaptive advertising, retail analytics and internet of things applications. Based in New York City with offices in Singapore, the company is privately backed by various investors.
  • Vendelux — AI-Powered Event Intelligence Platform with speaker, sponsor and attendee data covering over 250,000 trade shows and conferences.
  • 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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Shola Akinlade
Angel · Sunnyvale, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Shola Akinlade s based out of Sunnyvale, California and currently works as the CEO for Paystack.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Education, Insurance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$4M; Pre-Seed $192k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
  • Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
  • 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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Michael Chow
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Michael Chow is the Founder and CEO of Dart Technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, AgTech, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Teamble — Teamble dramatically improves how managers coach their people and how employees learn and up-skill. Teamble uniquely combines continuous feedback, performance, employee engagement, and learning & development in one AI-based platform, built to drive higher performance.
  • Boom — Boom is the easiest way to build credit credit with your rent. With Boom, report your rent payments to all three credit bureaus for as little as $2 per month. Enroll in minutes.
  • Tembo Health — Seniors deserve the very best care, no matter where they live. Tembo Health partners with nursing homes to provide residents with high quality telemedicine appointments in specialties like psychiatry, cardiology, and more.
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Jim Villanueva
Angel · Santa Barbara, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$6.3M; Series B $8.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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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Christian Jantzen
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Danish angel investor, based in London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Denmark, Sweden, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $246k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Heyhack — Automated web application security testing, protection, and reporting for software-as-a-service businesses.
  • LiveFlow — The easiest way to bring financial data into your spreadsheet. Automate your finances, consolidate your accounts and collaborate in real-time. Try LiveFlow for free today!
  • Fullview — Fullview let's you instantly monitor, control and analyze user sessions for faster real time customer support. No downloads. Easy to integrate.
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Isaak Hayes
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Founder & Product Leader | Built Hidden Genius Project + Nafasi Connection | 20+ years scaling founder ecosystems and product platforms

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agentic AI, Cyber Security, Fraud Detection
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • deeptrack — Enterprise deep fakes detection company
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Sajid Rahman
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$3M; Pre-Seed $385k–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
  • EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
  • 10 Minute School — 10 Minute School is the largest online educational platform in Bangladesh. Through our website, app, and social media, more than 10 Million+ students are accessing quality education each day to accelerate their learning.
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Larry RosenBerger
Angel · San Quentin, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Larry Rosenberger was named FICO's first Research Fellow in 2007, following more than 33 years of service to the company. In this capacity, he continues to pursue research projects that advance FICO's analytic science. From 1999 to 2007, he led FICO’s Research Unit, focused on early stage innovation in such areas as decisionanalytics/Strategy Science and Consumer Capacity Index. From 1991 to 1999, he served as President and CEO. During that time, FICO experienced consecutive years of record growth, with annual revenues increasing from $31 million to over $276 million. Prior to that position, he managed the Engineering, Research, and Development Division. In that capacity, he was responsible for the technical development, production and marketing of the company's most advanced products. Mr. Rosenberger holds a B.S. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MS in physics and operations research from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also chairman of the board of directors of the Marin Education Fund and board member of the Marin Community Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Analytics, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$6.9M; Pre-Seed $256k–$700k; Series A $4.2M–$6.5M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MeasureOne — Our consumer-permissioned data exchange platform provides verifications, credit decision and more. See how it works. Request a demo today!
  • Nudge Money — See where to grow, where to protect relationships, and what to do next.
  • Fenris — The single source for instant data and insight for every applicant and policyholder across the customer lifecycle.
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Peter Bruce-Clark
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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: 0% lead, 100% follow

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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Chris Adelsbach
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 265
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$6.1M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.3M; Series A $4.4M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bourn — Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital.
  • Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
  • Emblematic — The first AI-driven Agentic Automation platform, designed to fully automate and enhance the accuracy of Finance Operations, including Bookkeeping, IFRS/GAAP Compliance, Reconciliations, and more.
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M- Kopa
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

M- Kopa

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • 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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Tom Blomfield
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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: 240
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8.4M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $9.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Happl — Happl provides benefits that enable employees to choose what's right for them and tools for managers to support their teams, whilst taking care of the admin.
  • Feather — Feather gives you insurance advice for expats in Germany. Our digital insurance agent will help you get the right insurance policies for your need.
  • Gradient Labs — Gradient Labs builds AI agents for financial services. Automate disputes, KYC, lending, customer support, and the back-office work in between. Book a demo.
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Maijid Moujaled
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Maijid Moujaled is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-Founder and President of Chipper Cash. Maijid previously worked at Yahoo as a iOS Software Engineer. Maijid Moujaled attended the Grinnell College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$5.3M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
  • Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.
  • Hisa Inc — Seamless trading, and Borderless investment for Africa.
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Rich Hoops
Angel · Boulder, Colorado, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Rich Hoops

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • 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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Caribou Honig
Angel · Richmond, Virginia, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$3.7M; Series A $9M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

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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Helena Riese Harstad
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Helena Riese Harstad is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Optimizer Foundation. She previously worked at SBAB Bank as a Project Specialist. Helena Riese attended Stockholm University.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • 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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James McGann
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Chief of Staff @ Unmind

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Mobile Apps, Micro Lending
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Umba — With an Umba account, you have everything you need from your bank. Spend, pay bills, get loans, and cashback all from your phone.
  • MARC — MARC is an AI startup dedicated to real estate asset management.
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Ram Ganesan
Angel · Cary, North Carolina, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Ram Ganesan is the Co-Founder of Archis Foundation Ltd & an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Insurance, Auto Insurance
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • AiCare — Data-Driven Solutions for Safe Driving in Africa
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Anthony Nicalo
Angel · Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Anthony Nicalo

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Banking, FinTech, Embedded Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Alvin — Alvin is a powerful mobile app that automatically creates and adjusts your budget to help you meet your goals.
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Vaibhav Kapoor
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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: 24
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$5M; Series A $2.7M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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 is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform.
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Wes Schwalje
Angel · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services 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, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $360k–$1M; Series A $5M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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 — SAUDARATOTO adalah daftar situs toto slot dan bandar togel resmi 4D & 5D terpercaya yang menawarkan layanan aman, transaksi cepat, serta peluang menang besar setiap hari. Nikmati permainan lengkap dengan sistem stabil dan akses mudah kapan saja.
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Matilde Giglio
Angel · Bangalore, Karnataka, India · 1 investments in Kenya Financial Services startups

Matilde Giglio is the Co-Founder of Even and an angel investor in over 30 companies globally https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/10/even-healthcare-lands-additional-capital-to-advance-primary-care-adoption-in-india/

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $125k–$125k; Series A $6.5M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Turno — Turno Finance makes owning EV very affordable. Turno Club is a community around commercial EVs. Turno Battery Future is our solution to keeping batteries on the road for longer.
  • KatKin — We design a personalised, fresh and perfectly portioned meal plan for every cat, using their age, weight, activity level and current body shape. We ensure every cat gets the right amount of nutrients and daily calories, just for them.
  • Circular — We are making subscriptions the best way to experience tech. Circular aims to accelerate the circular economy and maximise the useful lives of each tech device to its fullest potential.
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Financial Services Angel investor funding in Kenya at a glance

Stats across 26 deals from 26 investors.

26
investors
in Kenya Financial Services startups
26
deals
in Kenya Financial Services startups
$3M
median round
in Kenya Financial Services startups
15%
lead investors
lead at least one round
38%
Seed
most common funding stage

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Shizune has a database of 48,091 investors. Our investor database is fresh and updated daily.

The Shizune investor database has information on investor investment focus, investor contact data, and full investor portfolio since 2020.

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