# Paul Kimani

> Paul Kimani is a pre-seed investor at Workpay (Nairobi) backing Billing and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Workpay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tozzaplus)
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-kimani/

Paul Kimani is a pre-seed investor at Workpay in Nairobi focused on Billing and Software. Paul Kimani is the co-founder and CEO of Workpay.

## 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
- [pani](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pani-1308) — 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

## About Workpay

VC Fund · Nairobi, Kenya

Workpay is a Payroll, Benefits, Compliance software company with embedded finance for local and remote teams in Africa. We empower teams to hire local and remote teams across Africa while staying compliant and without the hustle of having local entities.

2 contacts available at Workpay.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jackson Kungu | Program Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jackson-kungu |
| Paul Kimani | Founder/C.E.O | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-kimani |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Kimani invest in?

Paul Kimani 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 Paul Kimani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Kimani 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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