# Nairobi Business Angel Network

> Nairobi Business Angel Network is a VC fund backing E-Learning and Beauty. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://naiban.co/

Nairobi Business Angel Network is a group of angel investors who are interested in assisting and investing in technology-enabled startups.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Learning | 2 | 11% |
| Beauty | 1 | 6% |
| EdTech | 1 | 6% |
| Retail | 1 | 6% |
| Billing | 1 | 6% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kwehnui Tawah | Member | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kwehnui-tawah |
| Tony Chen | Member / Angel Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-chen-9827 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Payd | Payd is a platform that offers a range of customization options that address the specific payment needs of freelancers, creatives, and entrepreneurs. | $50K | Pre-Seed | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| Buupass | BuuPass aims to provide seamless movement for people. They work with operators to provide digital transport solutions to facilitate convenient movement for commuters. BuuPass is Kenya's first marketplace for bus, shuttle, and train bookings; it's the fastest, easiest way to book. BuuPass is driven by young entrepreneurs who are passionateabout solving real everyday problems by making simple and powerful solutions. They envision a world where people can travel on their terms, be connected to opportunities, and live a life without borders. They provide simple transport solutions to help people get from Point A to Point B. BuuPass believes everyone’s time is valuable. When it comes to booking tickets they believe you should be able to reserve your seat and make payments with convenience. They strongly believe you should have the right to choose what works best for you in regards to your time and money. They offer digital solutions for bus booking. |  | Seed | Feb 27, 2024 |  |
| OKOA Rescue | OKOA Rescue is a provider of maintenance and repair services intended for the freight and logistics sectors in East Africa, | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Mosmos | Save-to-buy with Mosmos. Achieve your dreams stress-free and debt-free with Mosmos flexible payments and earn cash rewards. | $65.7K | Angel | Aug 11, 2023 |  |
| Zydii | For the African workforce, Zydii is the premier localized digital training solution which is engaging and accessible, leading to transformative growth for businesses. Zydii is providing localized (African) digital courses via our proprietary online and offline (USSD & SMS) platform. |  | Pre-Seed | May 17, 2023 |  |
| Legendary Foods Africa | Legendary Foods Africa is a food technology company that manufactures a range of products, including fresh akokono, frozen akokono, akokono sauce, akokono kebab, akokono shito, dried akokono, and more. |  | Seed | Apr 15, 2023 |  |
| Scale | SCALE is a B2B marketplace for e-Procurement where we connect buyers with pre-vetted suppliers of goods and services. We do this by automating routine procurement processes that facilitate and manage formal Trade between African businesses. By transitioning these businesses from siloed, manual, paper and labour-intensive processes, we areproviding efficiency, visibility and transparency to all procurement stakeholders. This sets the foundation for Trust Establishment, Trust Propagation and Trust Utility between these businesses. | $119.3K | Pre-Seed | Mar 05, 2023 |  |
| Zeraki | Zeraki is to use technology to address some of the obstacles learners encounter in accessing quality education. We use technology to enhance the quality of education students get at each level of education and use technology to help students transition from one level of education to the next, and ultimately from education into employment. | $1.8M | Seed | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| Uncover | Uncover is a beauty company that provides skincare products for consumers. The company's mission is to inspire, support, educate, and empower women to take control of health and well-being and become the most trusted skin-care brand. Uncover was founded in 2020 and is based in Kenya. | $1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Novek | Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains. | $300K | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chandaria Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandaria-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kaleo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaleo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Nairobi Business Angel Network invest in?

Nairobi Business Angel Network invests primarily in E-Learning, Beauty and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Nairobi Business Angel Network?

Public channels for Nairobi Business Angel Network include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Nairobi Business Angel Network?

The team at Nairobi Business Angel Network includes Kwehnui Tawah (Member) and Tony Chen (Member / Angel Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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