# Jaza Rift Ventures

> Jaza Rift Ventures is a VC fund in Mombasa backing Health Care and Health Diagnostics. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mombasa, Kenya
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jazarift
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jazarift
- Website: https://www.jazarift.vc

Jaza Rift Ventures is a VC fund in Mombasa focused on Health Care and Health Diagnostics. Jaza Rift Ventures invests in the most innovative and invention-based healthcare firms at the pre-seed, seed, and series A stages. Jaza Rift Ventures is a healthcare venture capital firm that invests in innovative early-stage entrepreneurs including healthtech, medtech, and biotech businesses.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 6 | 75% |
| Health Diagnostics | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| Electronic Health Record (EHR) | 2 | 25% |
| Baby | 1 | 13% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 3 | 38% |
| Ghana | 1 | 13% |
| Kenya | 1 | 13% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 13% |
| South Africa | 1 | 13% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Intron Health | Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Kena Health | Kena Health is an app that connects you with a nurse, doctor, or mental health professional and lets you talk to them through text or video. The company is designed to make getting quality medical care simple, accessible, and affordable for everyone, and with the Kena Health app, you get a range of healthcare services including expert medicaladvice, prescriptions, sick notes, referrals, and more. Kena Health is powered by Healthforce.It was founded in 2021 and is located in Johannesburg, Gauteng. | $524.8K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 14, 2024 |  |
| Plateaumed | Plateaumed provides a world class EHR/medical practice automation platform, integrated clinical decision support and patient connect channels to African public and private hospitals |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| YeneHealth | YeneHealth is a femtech startup leveraging technology and artificial intelligence to put power back into the hands of African Women. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 27, 2023 |  |
| Figorr | Figorr is a provider of cold chain solutions that specializes in temperature-controlled products, temperature monitoring solutions, and cold chain services. Figorr focuses on understanding the unique challenges that each of the markets it serves faces. | $1.5M | Seed | May 14, 2023 |  |
| The Pathology Network | The Pathology Network, a digital test referral platform and cloud-based lab information system designed to provide access to pathology services in low-resource settings. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Revna Biosciences | Revna Biosciences is a company that focuses on precision medicine research and diagnostics. The company is involved in the field of biomedical research and clinical services, with a particular emphasis on advancing precision medicine in Africa. Revna Biosciences is also known for its work in the area of cancer research. The company offers a rangeof products and services related to medical research and applied life sciences. It has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its work, highlighting its commitment to adhering to regulatory standards and guidelines. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Neopenda | Neopenda innovates needs-based medical technologies for high-growth emerging markets. Their solution reduces response time to newborns in distress and helps healthcare workers to save more lives. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [27four Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/27four-investment-managers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Africa Health Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-health-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [iKineo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ikineo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Jaza Rift Ventures invest in?

Jaza Rift Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Health Diagnostics and Information Technology startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jaza Rift Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jaza Rift Ventures closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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