Top 15 Mobile Apps VC Funds & Investors in Kenya (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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HAVAÍC
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $100k–$15M |
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Sherpa Africa Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Pre-Seed, Seed | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $50k–$6M |
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Kua Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | EdTech, Retail, Grocery | $58k–$94k |
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Antler
VC Fund
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2 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $108k–$28M |
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Renew Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia | Pre-Seed, Seed | Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Finance | |
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Best Nights VC
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Apps, Dating | $2.2M–$9.2M |
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AAIC Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce | $450k–$794M |
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Sherpa Healthcare Partners
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Kenya | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $2.8M–$156M |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Brazil | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $400k–$18B |
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$37M |
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Loyal VC
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $30k–$2.5M |
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Foreign & Commonwealth Office - UK
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Medical, Logistics, E-Commerce | $500k–$790k |
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PayPal
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Ireland, United Kingdom | Seed, Grant | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $15k–$18M |
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Health54
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, France | Seed | Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Apps | $2.5M–$3M |
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From Here VC
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Marketing, E-Commerce | |
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HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- SwiftVee — SwiftVEE is a livestock trading mobile app. They support live webcast livestock auctions and silent auctions. Their platform facilitates the discovery and viewing of livestock auctions.They provide webcast advertising, online auctions, and online livestock insurance services and data products for financial institutions.
- Tanda — As a Tanda Agent, you can sell Kenya's favorite digital products, and grow your duka while you're at it
- Digital Cabinet — Digital Cabinet makes your business paperless. Security is the topmost priority for the Digital Cabinet, so save time and money with the Digital Cabinet.
A venture fund for pre-seed startups in Africa, led by Startup Operators, backed by Startup Operators.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $300k–$6M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Novek — Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains.
- CashBackApp — An App that offers you Cash Discounts on a wide range of household essentials available at local supermarkets in Kenya.
- Jackfruit Finance — Fast, flexible school financing in Kenya. Get working capital, projects, and asset loans designed around school fee cycles and growth needs.
Kua Ventures provides inexpensive finance, mentoring, and community to faith-driven, social entrepreneurs that are creating great employment and changing lives while simultaneously demonstrating Christ's love.
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- Industry: EdTech, Retail, Grocery
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $58k–$94k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Twiva — Twiva is a creator-first, tech-enabled platform that serves as an end-to-end ecosystem. Our purpose is to equip creators with the skills, tools, resources, and access they need to succeed as online entrepreneurs.
- Taimba Limited — Taimba is a B2B mobile-based platform connecting farmers to urban traders with aim of reducing food wastage and to stabilize market prices.
- Seven Twenty Holdings — Seven Twenty Holdings specializes in the manufacturing of curtain rods and curtain rods accessories and manufactures paints.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1818
- Round size: Seed $186k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $108k–$750k; Series A $4.6M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Sapyen — We take the fear out of infertility for men. Test for it at home, without stepping out to the hospital and get personalised health recommendations to improve sperm health and increase your chances of conceiving.
- Visoid — Render your 3D models with ease! Quick and easy rendering software for architects, powered by AI. Try Visoid for free!
- One Key Access — One Key Access is an interface to the world of couriers to enable 24/7 frictionless deliveries.
Renew Capital is an Africa-focused investment firm that addresses critical gaps for Africa’s growing businesses and connects them to a global network of impact investors.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Bosso — Bosso projects and realizes automation and robotic solutions for the growth of your business.
- Chpter — Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business.
- Level Africa — Digital Investment Marketplace for Africa
Best Nights VC is the Venture Capital Investment Unit of Mast-Jägermeister SE. Teaming up with those who shape the future of nightlife today and tomorrow, BNVC’s mission is to partner with passionate, diverse entrepreneurs that challenge conventional ideas of live entertainment – creating joyful and meaningful interactions in a free and alwayschanging environment.
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- Industry: Mobile, Apps, Dating
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$6.5M; Series A $5.5M–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Plots — A social media app for live experiences.
- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
- Hustle Sasa — Hustle Sasa is a mobile-first platform that allows entrepreneurs to start and develop businesses, both online and offline. They enable businesses to build and manage storefronts, integrate with third-party payment providers, and manage orders across various channels.
We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $450k–$11M; Series A $3M–$794M; Series B $16M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
- Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
- Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
Sherpa Venture Capital is an investment firm that focuses on the investment and cultivation of the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industry. It also specializes in the investment and management of sector leaders and innovators within the Pharma, GeneTech, MedTech, Medical services, and various sub-sectors, where they have established robust portfoliosources, lasting value-adding cooperations and relationships, as well as mature all-cycle services with key resources. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$50M; Series B $15M–$100M; Series C $12M–$156M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Yosemite Clinic — Yosemite Clinic is a full-service clinic providing convenient walk-in medical services in a state-of-the-art environment in Central Pudong. They offer family medicine, internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics (sports medicine), dermatology, medical cosmetology, dentistry, gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, rehabilitationmedicine, medical imaging, laboratory, pharmacy and more. Their onsite facilities and equipment include CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Laboratory and Operating Rooms. Their doctors come from China and across the world, enabling us to serve you in many languages including, English, Japanese, Malay, Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese.
- Archimedes Vascular — Archimedes Vascular operates as a medical device company, that treat patients with severe hypertension.
- Biortus — Wuxi Biortus Biosciences is an innovation-driven contract research organization (CRO) committed to high-quality R&D services in support of drug discovery.To help our clients achieve their drug discovery goals, we have established five world-class research platforms. These are Recombinant Protein Production, Structural Biology (X-rayCrystallography and Cryo-EM), In Vitro Assays and Screening, Medicinal Chemistry, and Process Development. Through the years, our R&D team has developed a number of practical and innovative techniques of which some have already been granted patent.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. provides innovative financial solutions for consumers, small businesses, corporations, governments, and institutions. The firm is serving customers, helping small businesses, or putting its skills to work with partners, they strive to identify issues and propose solutions that will propel the future and strengthen both itsclients and communities.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant
- Geography: United States, Canada, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Grant $400k–$610k; Post-IPO Debt $20M–$18B; Debt Financing $15M–$867M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IKS Health — IKS Health delivers revenue cycle management, clinical support, and value based care solutions to create transformative value in healthcare.
- GoodLife Fitness — From personal training to our fitness classes, the goal of every GoodLife Fitness club and gym is to help all Canadians live a fit and healthy good life.
- Prometheus — Project Prometheus develops AI tools designed to learn from and interact with the physical world, rather than just process digital data. Its product efforts target engineering and manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, and computing sectors, using AI to optimize design, production, and performance.
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Aku — Aku is a financial technology to drive financial inclusion on one mobile device. They provide payments and bring financial services to the doorstep. They support the new business owner in need of the right tools. They offer low-cost, accessible financial services that serve their customers. They radically democratized access to banking and digitalpayment channels.
- AlumUnite — AlumUnite is a purpose-built platform to connect all educated Africans to develop Africa's human capital through alumni groups. We crowd-resource education.
- Reliance Health — Reliance Health Global. Improve the lives of your staff with innovative company healthcare benefits fit for any business. You can rely on us.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $30k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Peerby Classic — Borrow and rent goods from others nearby - affordable, convenient and green. Tools, bikes, party equipment, electronics and more. Try it now.
- Zobi — Zobi’s not just Artificial Intelligence, it’s Home Intelligence. Our smart, brand-agnostic solutions take a holistic view of homes - people, devices, networks, habits. They build an anonymous profile for each home, then use that intel to spot unusual behaviour and stop cybercriminals.
- Finverity — Finverity provides technology, working capital and expertise to give banks, NBFIs, financiers and companies a strategic advantage in supply chain finance
Foreign & Commonwealth Office is a government organization that provides tourists and travellers with travel alerts, tips, and advice. It promotes the United Kingdom's interests overseas supporting its citizens and businesses around the globe.Foreign & Commonwealth Office has a worldwide network of embassies and consulates thatemploys over 14,000 people in nearly 270 diplomatic offices. It works with international organizations to promote British interests and global security, including the EU, NATO, Foreign & Commonwealth Office was founded on January 1, 1936 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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- Industry: Medical, Logistics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $500k–$790k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ziada — Ziada is a mobile application that connects you to service providers near you and vice versa. Download Ziada today from the Google Playstore to start experiencing convenience.
- HealthDart — Consult with a doctor, nurse or pharmacist, order medicines or get health advice - at a price you can afford
- Keep IT Cool — Raino Tech4Impact is a social enterprise that leverages technology as an enabler to empower African communities. We have been deploying technology-driven solutions in agriculture and health, powered by renewable energy to achieve sustainability.
PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 375 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 market to join and thrive in the global economy.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: United States, Ireland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $45k–$18M; Grant $15k–$110k
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RICE —
- Padiepal — Discover the Future of Digital Finance with Padiepal Transforming Digital Finance At Padiepal, we're on a mission to redefine the future of digital finance. With an ever-growing range of innovative services, we cater to the needs of individuals, businesses, and global merchants alike. Our objective is to provide seamless transactions andfinancial solutions that meet the demands of today's fast-paced digital world.Comprehensive Services for Everyone Our offerings are designed to empower users to manage their finances effectively. From dollar virtual accounts to international money transfers, we have services that enhance the user experience. Individuals can enjoy straightforward payment solutions, while businesses can utilize our robust tools to expand their operations globally. By combining technology with financial expertise, Padiepal facilitates smart financial decisions for everyone.Why Choose Padiepal? With a commitment to security and transparency, Padiepal is a trustworthy partner in your financial journey. Our user-friendly interface simplifies engaging with digital finance, making it accessible to all. Moreover, we continuously innovate and adapt our services to remain at the forefront of digital finance trends. Whether you’re a seasoned merchant or just starting your financial journey, Padiepal stands ready to support your goals.
- Shopware — Shopware is a trendsetting ecommerce platform to power your online business. Our ecommerce solution offers the perfect combination of beauty & brains you need to build and customize a fully responsive online store.
Health54 is the Corporate Venture Capital of CFAO Group in Healthcare.
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- Industry: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Apps
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
- Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
- TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
From Here ventures is an early-stage venture capital company that provides capital to entrepreneurs building transformative companies.
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- Industry: FinTech, Marketing, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zemo — Zemo is a developer of a corporate expense management platform designed to do away with time-consuming expense reports and unnecessary spending in firms. Businesses can effectively manage their cashflow spending thanks to the company's spend management technology, which places controls on the cards issued to ensure spending is fully undercontrol and also provides administrators and accountants with visibility into the company's spending for every employee.
- Twiva — Twiva is a creator-first, tech-enabled platform that serves as an end-to-end ecosystem. Our purpose is to equip creators with the skills, tools, resources, and access they need to succeed as online entrepreneurs.
- Eden Care Medical — Eden Care Medical is a mobile application that provides medical and health insurance as well as financial services.
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