Kuria Capital
VC Fund
Nairobi, Kenya
Kuria Capital is a VC fund in Nairobi focused on Apps and Retail. Family investment office - Seed stage venture investment - Frontier, East Africa focus - flagship product _ Kuria Innovation Fund
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Kuria Capital invests in
Stages Kuria Capital invests in
Countries Kuria Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$4.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (17%)
- Retail 1 (17%)
- Internet 1 (17%)
- Software 1 (17%)
- Wellness 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (67%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Convertible Note 1 (17%)
Country
- Kenya 5 (83%)
- The Netherlands 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gachiri Amos
Associate
|
Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Muchiru M. Kuria
Principal Investor
|
Principal Investor | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| We make it easy to be healthy. Ponea's strategy is to develop a suite of cloud & mobile apps that remove all the friction that Patients of all demographics anywhere in the world face when searching, comparing, booking and paying for right health & well-being care through a transparent & easy to use 3-sided tech platform. Care isdelivered via in-person at health facility or at patient's location, and via tele-consult through the Ponea Health provider & Patient mobile app. All the Healthcare & Wellbeing Professionals on the Ponea health marketplace are clinically vetted, rated and listed on our platform with details of every consult, test & treatment product or service listed for full transparency. All health ecosystem partners (eg. insurance, banks, employers, pharmaceutical drug companies, medical device suppliers, AI triage & diagnosis services, etc..) can easily plug into our marketplace via different partnership models & APIs to serve both patients & healthcare & wellbeing professionals. | $4.3M / Seed / Sep 23, 2022 | ||
| Rydlr offers digital marketing software for brands to engage outdoor audiences via an integrated digital screen network. | Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| We use locally available resources to manufacture our solar-powered units. Local production allows us to deploy custom solutions effectively for fresh produce farmers and retailers in Africa. | $50K / Pre-Seed / Feb 15, 2021 | ||
| OkHi is a digital addressing system for emerging markets. The company wants to solve the lack of a physical address system in Kenya and beyond. They are building the next generation address system. This system will unlock commerce through enhanced logistics, save lives through improved emergency services, and grow access to finance through betterpersonal identification. | $1.8M / Seed / Sep 23, 2020 | ||
| FUNDIS is a Fintech enabled marketplace that leverages on the popularity of the mobile phone and growing internet access in Africa. Through the web and the FUNDIS mobile App, individuals, households and organizations can find and hire qualified artisans at home, at work and anywhere in between. For the platform artisans a majority operating inAfrica's large informal sector, they reduce the time they take to find decent and regular work. FUNDIS provides them decent regular jobs, tools, loans, insurance, healthcare, upskilling and certification. For the period 2021-2025, FUNDIS is focused on impacting the jobs of 1500 artisans between the ages of 18-35 years and transitioning them into durable self-sustaining gig businesses that can each employ at least one young person in the said age bracket as a way to move the needle on youth unemployment in Africa. | Seed / May 16, 2019 | ||
| Fee Plan provides term plans, year plans, uni plans, and school plans. Their learning institutions are able to improve their cash flow as they receive fees in advance while still giving parents the option of paying through flexible payment plans that match their incomes. | Convertible Note / Jan 30, 2019 |
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FAQ
What does Kuria Capital invest in?
Kuria Capital invests primarily in Apps, Retail and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kuria Capital's check size?
Kuria Capital typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$4.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kuria Capital participates in.
How do I contact Kuria Capital?
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Who are the partners at Kuria Capital?
The team at Kuria Capital includes Gachiri Amos (Associate) and Muchiru M. Kuria (Principal 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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