Top 40 Marketplace Angel Investors in Kenya (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Cem Garih
Angel
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3 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $460k–$38M |
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Justin Mateen
Angel
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3 | United States, Mexico, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $400k–$26M |
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Kevin Ambrosini
Angel
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2 | United States, Egypt, Kenya | Seed, Series B, Series A | E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion | $2.5M–$60M |
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Peter Sandberg
Angel
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2 | Denmark, Kenya, Estonia | Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market | Internet, SaaS, FinTech | $150k–$212k |
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Patricia Ithau
Angel
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2 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Beauty, Retail, Fashion | |
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Rus Newton
Angel
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2 | Kenya, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | IaaS, SaaS, Mining | $285k–$1.5M |
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Manuela Raith
Angel
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2 | Kenya | Seed | Communities, Point of Sale, Social Impact | |
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Andrea Iannelli
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Christian Jantzen
Angel
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1 | Denmark, Sweden, Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $233k–$3.5M |
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Kiprono Elvis Terigin
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $20k–$5M |
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Daniel Goldfarb
Angel
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia | Debt Financing, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Consumer Lending, Financial Services | |
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Sumit Bhasin
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services | |
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Kendall Tang
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services | |
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Ben Munoz
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services | |
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Tom Blomfield
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $500k–$47M |
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $625k–$7.5M |
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Vidit Aatrey
Angel
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1 | India, Kenya, Sweden | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Internet, Education, E-Commerce | $495k–$17M |
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Trond Riiber Knudsen
Angel
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1 | Norway, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $300k–$3.5M |
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Babatunde Soyoye
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Kenya | Seed, Grant, Series A | Apps, Sales, Fitness | |
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Gregory Rockson
Angel
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1 | Kenya, Germany, Nigeria | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | |
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States, Kenya | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Internet, Finance, Content | $320k–$28M |
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Biz Stone
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $375k–$20M |
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Samson Larsson
Angel
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1 | Kenya, United States | Angel, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Grocery, Delivery | |
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Sanjeev Barnwal
Angel
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1 | India, Kenya, Vietnam | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Internet, Apps, E-Commerce | $1.5M–$28M |
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Jeremy Cai
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Software, FinTech | $592k–$8.2M |
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Peter anker
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Justin Caldbeck
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Mobile, iOS | $300k–$18M |
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Miki Kuusi
Angel
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1 | Finland, Lithuania, Kenya | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $1.8M–$29M |
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Matt Sutton
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Consumer Goods | |
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Peter Njonjo
Angel
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1 | Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed | Fashion, Software, E-Commerce | $1M–$3M |
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Jesper Drescher
Angel
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1 | Kenya, Denmark | Seed, Angel | SaaS, Gaming, Content | $800k–$1.2M |
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Bhavik Bajaj
Angel
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1 | United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Software, FinTech | $15k–$5M |
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Camilla Hagen Sørli
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Hiroaki Ohta
Angel
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1 | Japan, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Quantum Computing, Information Technology, Energy | $4.5M–$5M |
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Matt Kalish
Angel
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1 | United States, Kenya | Seed, Angel, Series A | Gaming, Online Games, Digital Media | $1.5M–$5M |
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Peter Kenevan
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Automotive, Marketplace | |
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Kwehnui Tawah
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Pierre Martensson
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Abdo Achkar
Angel
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1 | United States, Lebanon, Japan | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, B2B, SaaS | $150k–$3M |
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $460k–$1M; Series A $5M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TuMeke Ergonomics — Computer vision joint tracking for ergonomic risk assessments. Automate assessments so you can focus on implementing solutions.
- Troop — Troop is an app for retail investors to vote, organize shareholder resolutions and activist campaigns. Sign up for early access today.
- Moment — Engineering the future of fixed income with the world's leading financial institutions.
Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $400k–$3.9M; Series A $6.8M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mason America, Inc. — Mason is the device innovation platform for product leaders who dare to deliver the next innovation in their field.
- Estate Media —
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Kevin Ambrosini is Chief Strategy Officer at Payoneer, a publicly-traded fintech with $80bn volume (+21% year-over-year), $1bn revenue and 28% adj EBITDA margins [2024]. Previously, Kevin was the Head of Global Strategy & GM, North America at Alibaba.com, where he helped take the business from revenue of $800m and 4% annual growth to $3bn and30% annual growth over 4 years. Kevin join Alibaba through its acquisition of OpenSky, where he was Co-founder and CFO. Kevin graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$7.5M; Series B $39M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
- buywith — buywith is a video commerce platform enabling retailers and brands to transform their e-commerce into engaging shoppable videos and dynamic video-led experiences, including an AI-powered digital studio for creating video ads for retail media at scale.
- Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
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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- Industry: Internet, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market
- Geography: Denmark, Kenya, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Pre-Seed $150k–$212k
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TRAPMINE — TRAPMINE Endpoint Protection Platform provides fool-proof defense against malware, exploit attempts, file-less malware, ransomware and other forms of targeted attacks.Unlike traditional detection-based approaches like legacy antivirus, TRAPMINE combines proven and innovative technologies such as deep learning, behavior monitoring, endpointdeception and anti-exploit techniques to block cyber threats dead in their tracks. TRAPMINE's easy-deploy and lightweight solution comes with a comfortable built-in security console, at a price/performance ratio unmatchable even by the biggest names in Palo Alto.Why TRAPMINE?Cyber criminals target companies of all sizes from every industry, seeking anything that might be of value. Antivirus and other traditional security solutions are no longer efficient to protect organizations from attacks by today’s modern cyber threat actors. That’s why we founded TRAPMINE. TRAPMINE is created to solve the malware problem for all organizations at a reasonable price.
- Colibo A/S — Use Colibo's intranet software as your enterprise collaboration platform to increase productivity, drive employee engagement and better internal communications.
- November First — November First - Betalingsplatform til alle virksomheder
Patricia Ithau
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Co-Founder of Global Advisors & CoinShares. Previously JP Morgan, Salomon Brothers & Shell International
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- Industry: IaaS, SaaS, Mining
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $285k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mintgreen — MintGreen specializes in heat recovery from Bitcoin mining. Our proprietary Digital Boilers heat communities sustainably.
- Arcube — We make sure all travellers, frequent and infrequent, make the most of travel loyalty programs, using our data-driven approach, airlines can understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention.Arcube uses a data-driven approach to make the most of airline loyalty programs for both frequent andinfrequent flyers. Our software allows airlines to understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention at no extra cost to the airline.
- UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
Manuela Raith
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- Industry: Communities, Point of Sale, Social Impact
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Andrea Iannelli
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Danish angel investor, based in London.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Denmark, Sweden, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $233k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Medusa — The most flexible commerce platform for developers and agents
- Heyhack — Automated web application security testing, protection, and reporting for software-as-a-service businesses.
- Fullview — Fullview let's you instantly monitor, control and analyze user sessions for faster real time customer support. No downloads. Easy to integrate.
Kiprono Elvis Terigin
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 755
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FellowMe — FellowMe is a social media platform that allows users to meet new people with a search experience, segmented by interests and location.
- Exnus Protocol — Exnus Protocol is a next-generation decentralized ecosystem built on the Solana blockchain.
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
Daniel Goldfarb is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Lendable. Daniel previously worked at Greenstart as a partner. Daniel Goldfarb attended the Washington University in St. Louis.
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- Industry: FinTech, Consumer Lending, Financial Services
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
- KoinWorks — 8+ Produk Finansial. Satu Platform. Wujudkan Bisnis & Finansial Impianmu! KoinWorks hadir untuk mendorong kesuksesan UMKM dengan solusi pendanaan berkelanjutan 2.5 Juta+ PENGGUNA Rp 2 Triliun+ DANA YANG DIKELOLA Rp 24 Triliun+ TOTAL PINJAMAN SEJAK BERDIRI TAHUN 2016 Rp 8,9 Triliun+ TOTAL PINJAMAN TAHUN 2023 Rp 340.527.437 DANA
- Carbon — Carbon Bank offers Nigerians better financial services through free transfers, high-yield savings, buy now pay later @ 0% interest.
Sumit Bhasin is the Senior Vice President, Innovation, Product Development, Corp R&D at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
Kendall Tang is the CEO of RT Knits. He attended HEI - Advanced Engineering Studies.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
I am an e-commerce entrepreneur, social entrepreneur, and patient advocate.NADINE WEST CLOTHING SUBSCRIPTION Nadine West is Stitch Fix for the Everyday Woman. Nadine West sends every customer an individually curated, affordable, surprise outfit every month. Customers keep what they love and return what they don't. Nadine West is now the #1rated fashion box for women: http://boxes.mysubscriptionaddiction.com/box/nadine-westBENSFRIENDS PATIENT COMMUNITIES (501c3) In 2007, after I survived a near-fatal brain hemorrhage, my friend Scott Orn and I started BensFriends.org, a healthcare non-profit that provides patient-to-patient support communities for people with by rare diseases. Our first month (Dec 2007), Ben's Friend Patient Communities helped 100 patients. 10 years later, our communities help 100,000+ patients per month in need of support. Read about us on Forbes via the article "Community is the Best Medicine" below or at http://onforb.es/1fAnCzeBEFORE NADINE WEST Before Nadine West, I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. I also have an MBA from Kellogg and worked as a software engineer for 6 years.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 229
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $11M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 1Bstories — Helping publishers and brands increase engagement and conversions using AI. Mobile, vertical, 60 second video formats made in an instant. Tell your story today!
- Gradient Labs — Our AI agent resolves complex customer service queries end-to-end. Delivering quality, efficiency and compliance at every step.
Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- tushop — Tushop is a community group buying platform where members can sell groceries to those in their social networks and communities.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
Vidit Aatrey is Founder and CEO at Meesho. He previously worked at InMobi as a Strategy. Vidit Aatrey attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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- Industry: Internet, Education, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Kenya, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7M; Pre-Seed $495k–$650k; Series A $5.2M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oolka — Oolka is a credit-building website that connects lenders and borrowers and shows credit scores.
- Snabbit — Snabbit is a platform that connects people who want to help with housework. Snabbit provides an application for finding information on professionals in household duties, allowing users to acquire rapid and dependable domestic assistance in just a few minutes.
- infinyte.club — The ultimate wealth product for intelligent investors: track your net worth, manage public and private market investments & grow wealth across traditional & new-age assets.
Trond Riiber Knudsen is a Founder of TRK GROUP.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Norway, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $320k–$3.5M; Angel $300k–$933k; Pre-Seed $672k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Soolv —
- 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.
Mr. Soyoye holds a Master of Business Administration degree and Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. He is a co-founder of Helios Investment Partners and a Board member of Africatel Holdings B.V.
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- Industry: Apps, Sales, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wasoko — Increasing purchasing power across Africa. Making every retailer thrive, every shopper happy and every community shine! We are Wasoko.
- Definely — Definely creates legal tech solutions to free lawyers from frustration, saving them time when understanding, drafting and reviewing legal documents.
- The Medic App — Medic was formed to provide the go-to integrated solution for patients, clinicians and carers globally. In doing so we want to improve medication management, enhance healthcare services and ultimately improve patient prognosis.
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Browse database — It's Free!Gregory Rockson is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder & CEO of mPharma. Gregory previously worked at Six Days of Peace as a Founder. Gregory Rockson attended the University of Ghana.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Germany, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Float — Float helps you manage cashflow and gives you the credit your business needs to cover operational costs like payroll, inventory, or even marketing expenses.
- COMESO GmbH — COMESO exists to make healthcare access in Africa fair, transparent, and reliable. We build digital payment infrastructure that allows families both abroad and within their home countries to directly pay for medical services for their loved ones. Our mission is to ensure that every payment sent for health, whether from across the world or acrosstown, reaches hospitals and clinics in full, improving lives and strengthening local health systems.We combine financial technology with community-based healthcare delivery, COMESO enables the domestication of payments from afar, turning everyday financial support into a trusted channel for health access. Our goal is to reduce out-of-pocket spending, empower underserved families, and create a scalable model for inclusive health financing across emerging markets.
- Caantin — Kibanda Topup digitizes the supply for micro, small and medium-sized restaurants. Kibanda Topup allows restaurant owners to order inventory such as grains, poultry, beverages, and beef by app through a simple SMS and get the orders the next day.
During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.
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- Industry: Internet, Finance, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $2M–$28M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $510k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
- Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
- AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
Biz Stone is the Co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries, Inc. He previously worked at The Obvious Corporation as a Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. Biz Stone attended Northeastern University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9M; Pre-Seed $375k–$2M; Series A $2.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yupp — Every AI for everyone
- Subtle Computing —
- Vantage Discovery — Vantage Discovery is a generative AI-powered SaaS platform that enables intelligent search, discovery, and personalized recommendations so apps can deliver breathtaking customer experiences.
Product Research, Design, and Development Specialist with over 7 years of experience in designing and developing solutions that drive meaningful social impact and business outcomes. Skilled in Social and Behavior Change research and solution design, bridging the gap between insights and actionable, high-impact innovations. Experienced inleveraging human-centered design principles to implement scalable, sustainable, and user-centered systems. Additionally, brings technical expertise as a seasonal software engineer, ensuring the development of robust digital systems that foster growth and long-term impact.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Grocery, Delivery
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ayazona — Are you on a budget? Ayazona delivers affordable breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and more from the best local farmers, brands and stores right to your door.
- Instagrocer — Instagrocer is the infrastructure layer for grocery commerce in emerging markets.We aggregate retailer inventory, orchestrate fulfillment, and provide smart APIs that enable any platform, from local grocery stores, to chain stores, to industry-leading AI platforms, to run profitable grocery retail business.Optimizing retailer operations,empowering local brands, and enhancing the consumer experience.
Sanjeev Barnwal is Founder and CTO at Meesho.
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- Industry: Internet, Apps, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Kenya, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7M; Series A $5.2M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
- Wishlink — Wishlink by promoting brands through its storefront enables social media content providers to monetise their influence.
- SolarSquare Energy — Visit Solarsquare, India's only UL-certified solar installation company for hassle-free commercial & residential solar panel installation at 0 cost EMI & PPA options.
Jeremy Cai is the Founder and CEO at Italic . Jeremy Cai attended Babson College.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $3M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $592k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
- Ellis — Ellis is the first all-in-one solution made for international students.
- Pluto — Unlimited corporate cards with spend controls, petty cash management and automated receipt collection built for businesses in MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia & more).
Peter anker
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Justin Caldbeck is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Binary Capital since July 2014. In June 2017, Justin announced an indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital.Previously, Justin was a Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners from January 2011 to June 2014. Justin invested primarily in the Internet and mobile sectors with afocus on social media, e-commerce and enterprise software. Justin’s past investments include Bloomreach, GrubHub, PetFlow and TaskRabbit. Justin has also been a Board Member or Board Observer for numerous successful companies including TheFind, INRIX, Adready, Magazine Radar, Oyster.com and DNA Games. Before joining Lightspeed, Justin was a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures and was responsible for launching the firm’s West Coast office. Justin was both a Member of the Board of Directors and Board Observer for a wide variety of consumer internet, enterprise software, and business services companies, including BloomReach, TheFind, Adready, INRIX, DNA Games, Oyster.com, and Magazine Radar. Before Bain Capital Ventures, Justin was at McKinsey and Co. where he served consumer and media companies in a wide range of capacities. Justin holds a B.A. in Economics from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, iOS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $300k–$6.5M; Series A $4.8M–$10M; Series B $4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flippy — Flippy is a social first assisted investment platform that makes makes crypto investing simple.
- Finsire — Finsire Modern finances to embrace your financial desires
- HydraDB — Context infrastructure that makes your AI intelligent, stateful, and amazing.
Miki Kuusi is based out of Helsinki, Southern Finland and is the CEO of Deliveroo and the Co-founder & CEO of Wolt. Miki previously worked at NoHo Partners as a Board Member. Miki Kuusi attended the Aalto University. Miki Kuusi has been received the Forbes 30 under 30 award.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Lithuania, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$8M; Angel $5M–$29M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
- Qutwo — Europe’s next-generation AI lab for a quantum world.
- Saltz — Premium ingredients for your menu with no hidden delivery fees or markups.
Matt Sutton is an entrepreneur-in-residence at INSEAD.
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- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
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Browse database — It's Free!Peter Njonjo is the current CEO and Co-founder of Twiga Foods. He previously worked at Coca-Cola West Africa as a President. Peter Njonjo attended Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Pre-Seed $1M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
- 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.
Jesper Drescher
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- Industry: SaaS, Gaming, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Kenya, Denmark
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 —
Bhavik Bajaj
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Angel $15k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $46k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Asepha — Asepha is an AI clinical decision support (CDS) tool to help healthcare professionals make faster clinical decisions.
- ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App
- THIRUMALS PAPER ARIZONA PVT. LTD. — TRADING PLATFORM OF PULP , PAPER & PACKAGING
Camilla Hagen Sørli
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Hiroaki Ohta is the Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder and Board Member of Blue Laser Fusion. He previously worked at ACSL Ltd. as a Representative Director, President, CEO, Chiarman, Board Member. Hiroaki Ohta attended Kyoto University.
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- Industry: Quantum Computing, Information Technology, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Japan, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $4.5M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Quanmatic — Quanmatic is an information and technology company that provides algorithms development and solutions to bridge quantum technologies.
- Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
- Power Diamond Systems — Power Diamond Systems is a research and development firm that focuses on diamond semiconductor devices.
Matt Kalish is the founder and CRO of DraftKings, a knowledge-based daily fantasy sports website.
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- Industry: Gaming, Online Games, Digital Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FaZe Media — FaZe Media intends to return creative control to the personalities that created the brand in the first place.
- Nifty League — A game studio at the cutting edge of Web3 with a mission to inspire other indie game developers to build a decentralized future with us.
- Playtertainment — Playtertainment provides combination of classic arcade games and mobile technology and offers real live-streaming games with real prizes, enabling gamers to play live games directly from their phone.
Peter Kenevan, VP, Head of Japan at PayPal.
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- Industry: Automotive, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
Kwehnui Tawah is the Head of Platform Services + Special Projects at Sokowatch. He attended the University of Chicago.
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Pierre Martensson
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Abdo Achkar is the Founder & CEO at Sowlutions.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, B2B, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Lebanon, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $960k–$3M; Pre-Seed $150k–$700k
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GoBEBA — GoBEBA is an on-demand e-commerce logistics platform operating in emerging Africa markets. We bring together local merchants, consumers and logistics service providers to enable efficient discovery and ordering of frequently purchased products and services in one platform. This combination delivers an asset-light convenient, multi-categoryon-demand ordering service for everyday essentials. We do this by aggregating demand for merchants through a curated digital marketplace which connects merchants directly to consumers and logistics service providers in an on-demand basis . GoBeba is an ‘everything’ app’ for a wide range of services including grocery shopping, food delivery, cargo, and many other on-demand services.
- uPaint — Discover uPaint, premium paint by numbers kits for all ages. We craft all components in-house, ensuring top quality. Customize any image to create your own masterpiece. It's the perfect, thoughtful gift idea that's stress-free and easy for everyone. Experience a relaxing and joyful activity with stunning results.
- Lemonade Fashion — Lemonade Fashion is an online designer platform that combines technology innovation and designers to bring the latest trends and designs in fashion. They provide foundation and luxury designs to customize every outfit. They make custom-made and made-to-measure designer outfits accessible anytime and anywhere.
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