# pani

> pani is a VC fund in Nairobi backing Billing, Software and Business Development. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paniafrica/
- Website: https://pani.africa/

PANI is an investment company that helps African business owners. Pani concentrates on the team, the product, and the entrepreneur.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Billing | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Business Development | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chpter | Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 02, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norrsken Evolve](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norrsken-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plesion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plesion-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Renew Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renew-19eb) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-metro-retail) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-space-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does pani invest in?

pani invests primarily in Billing, Software and Business Development startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did pani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for pani closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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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