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Top 45 Retail VC Funds & Investors in Kenya (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Kenya Retail startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Kenya Retail startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Antler
VC Fund
4 United States, Singapore, Australia Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$29M
1776 Ventures
VC Fund
4 United States, Kenya, Brazil Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Education, EdTech, Software $400k–$23M
HAVAÍC
VC Fund
4 South Africa, United States, Kenya Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Health Care, FinTech $83k–$15M
Chandaria Capital
VC Fund
3 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech $200k–$37M
Musha Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, FinTech $100k–$10M
igniteXL Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, South Korea, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Beauty, Fashion $270k–$7.5M
Creadev
VC Fund
2 France, United States, Kenya Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series C Health Care, Food and Beverage, Agriculture $4.8M–$166M
Susa Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $2M–$70M
Alphamundi
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Colombia, Ghana Debt Financing, Series A, Series B Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Financial Services $1.7M–$16M
OPIC - Overseas Private Investment Corporation
VC Fund
2 India, United States, Kenya Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant Financial Services, Solar, Energy $4.1M–$500M
DOB Equity
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania Private Equity, Seed Food and Beverage, Farming, Agriculture $1M–$3.8M
Mercy Corps Ventures
VC Fund
2 Kenya, United States, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture $100k–$35M
U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund
2 India, Kenya, United States Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, Finance, FinTech $1M–$1B
Samata Capital
VC Fund
2 Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria Seed, Series A Retail, Solar, Beauty $1M–$1.4M
TBD Angels
VC Fund
2 United States, Kenya, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $54k–$16M
Mo Angels
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Seed Travel, Software, Blockchain $20k–$2M
Golden Ventures
VC Fund
2 Canada, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.5M–$49M
Chui Ventures
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Retail, FinTech, E-Commerce $250k–$5M
Flexport Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Kenya, Spain Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management $2.5M–$50M
54 Collective
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech $40k–$2M
Talanton
VC Fund
1 Kenya Series A, Debt Financing, Seed Shoes, Retail, Sports $1.1M–$23M
Future Africa
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $100k–$40M
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund
VC Fund
1 India, Mexico, Kenya Pre-Seed, Series A Small and Medium Businesses, Art, Fashion
FrontEnd Ventures
VC Fund
1 Kenya Pre-Seed, Seed Travel, Software, Marketing $675k–$1.3M
J Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, Colombia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $1.1M–$25M
Sherpa Africa Partners
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $50k–$6M
Zedcrest Capital Limited
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Software, Financial Services $500k–$3.7M
CrossFund
VC Fund
1 Pakistan, Nigeria, Vietnam Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel FinTech, Marketplace, Financial Services $22k–$2.5M
Altree Capital
VC Fund
1 Kenya Seed Beauty, Retail, Consumer
Standard Chartered Women in Technology
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Ghana Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed Health Care, Information Technology, E-Commerce $9k–$121k
Wamda Capital
VC Fund
1 United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $600k–$65M
Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Series A, Series B Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech $1M–$42M
Victoria Commercial Bank
VC Fund
1 Kenya Debt Financing Retail, Furniture, Manufacturing
FirstCheck Africa
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Consumer, Payments, Financial Services $100k–$4.5M
White Rhino Ventures
VC Fund
1 Kenya, United States Pre-Seed Credit, Retail, Banking
Raba Partnership
VC Fund
1 United States, South Africa, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $600k–$32M
Blue Haven Initiative
VC Fund
1 Kenya, United States, Ghana Series A, Series B, Seed Financial Services, Solar, Finance $2M–$22M
Kaleo Ventures
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Financial Services, Information Technology, Software $25k–$15M
Blink
VC Fund
1 Kenya Series B, Series A ISP, Retail, Internet $3.5M–$16M
Omidyar Network
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Kenya Series A, Seed, Series B Financial Services, Information Technology, Software $700k–$34M
Launch Africa
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $200k–$4M
Good & Well
VC Fund
1 Canada, Kenya, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Retail, Health Care $1M–$4.1M
Altos Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$57M
Cornerstone Enterprises
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Finland Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Retail, Banking, FinTech $3.9M–$4M
Finnfund
VC Fund
1 Kenya, India, South Africa Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Financial Services, Energy, FinTech $2.1M–$137M
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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2382
  • Round size: Seed $158k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$600k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Obud — Obud is a wellness reservation systems that is designed for holistic health and lifestyle management purposes. The company's systems offer a comprehensive suite of tools for booking wellness activities, managing schedules, and accessing curated wellness programs, enabling wellness centers to streamline their operations, enhance userengagement, and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
  • myluigi.ai — Luigi is an AI-Powered Full-Stack Game Growth-as-a-Service platform designed to help mobile game studios scale user acquisition, engagement and lifetime value without adding headcount. Its dual-engine architecture automates and operates everything from ad campaign creation and real-time creative optimization to personalized in-game offers and LTVforecasting—delivered through a single, easy-to-integrate and unified dashboard. With a flexible per-title pricing model and powerful machine-learning insights, Luigi empowers mid-sized and indie developers to reduce CPI, boost retention and chart a clear path toward sustainable growth and seven-figure ARR.
  • RubiLabs — RubiLabs Inc provides a platform for unifying, monitoring, and analyzing organizational data. RubiLabs software enables analysts and operators across risk, compliance, and security teams to collaborate and interpret large volumes of information in real time. The company’s platform is designed to help institutions make sense of complex, fragmenteddata by transforming it into a coherent operational picture for risk detection, continuous monitoring, and investigative workflows.
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1776 Ventures
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 4 investments in Kenya Retail startups

1776 Ventures is a global seed fund investing in companies in the following sectors: education, energy, smart cities, transportation, food/agriculture, fintech, and healthcare.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$4M; Series A $2.2M–$23M; Convertible Note $500k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Swiftly — Harness your public transit data with Swiftly's urban mobility solutions to make your city's mass transportation move more efficiently.
  • HopSkipDrive — Arranging safe, dependable transportation or children ages 6+ with qualified caregivers
  • Clarametyx Biosciences — Clarametyx Biosciences is a late preclinical stage biotechnology company developing targeted, immune-enabling biologic therapies to counter persistent infections associated with biofilms.
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HAVAÍC
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 4 investments in Kenya Retail startups

HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $83k–$4M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $318k–$632k
  • Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • NjiaPay — Payments-as-a-Service platform that will streamline your operations and elevate your online payments across the African continent.
  • SwiftVee — SwiftVEE is a livestock trading mobile app. They support live webcast livestock auctions and silent auctions. Their platform facilitates the discovery and viewing of livestock auctions.They provide webcast advertising, online auctions, and online livestock insurance services and data products for financial institutions.
  • Tanda — As a Tanda Agent, you can sell Kenya's favorite digital products, and grow your duka while you're at it
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Chandaria Capital
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 3 investments in Kenya Retail startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$6M; Pre-Seed $200k–$3M; Series A $2M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Klub — India's leading Revenue Based Financing platform with a vision to revolutionize growth capital. Join the Klub for fast, fair & flexible funding.
  • Nuzo — Nuzo offers cheaper payments and crypto rewards and ways to save and earn with staking and bill pay options.
  • African Originals — African Originals food and beverage company that offers authentic African craft beverages using traditional reciepies.
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Seed capital for technology startups globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 215
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
  • Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
  • Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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igniteXL Ventures
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

WELLNESS TO THE WORLD igniteXL Ventures is a global seed fund investing in game-changing founders at the intersection of technology, beauty

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Beauty, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, South Korea, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $270k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $10M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Maeva — Fill the nutrition gaps cause by rapid weight loss when you're on GLP-1
  • Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
  • Makemake — Makemake is a cutting-edge beauty tech startup that harnesses advanced chemical technology to develop innovative, high-performance skincare and cosmetic solutions—bridging the gap between science and beauty to create products that are both effective and sustainable.
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Creadev
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Creadev is an evergreen investment company believe that shareholders' timing should match with the entrepreneur's vision, up to an unlimited amount of time. Creadev invest in and support companies able to scale-up and become worldwide best players in their sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Agriculture
  • Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series C
  • Geography: France, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Series B $5.4M–$37M; Series C $10M–$57M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.8M–$166M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nxtfood — Nxtfood offers a range of food products, including vegetarian irish pie, vegetarian shepherd's pie with sweet potato, vegetarian meatballs, vegetarian mushroom pie, vegetarian pithiviers, welsh vegetarian, vegetarian stuffed cabbage, vegetarian stuffed butternut, and more.
  • InnovaFeed — InnovaFeed is a biotech company that produces a new source of protein from insect rearing (Hermetia illucens) for animal feed and aquaculture in particular.Their model is based on a unique technological expertise that allows us to place the insect at the heart of their agri-food system and restore it to its natural place in their ecosystem: thatof recycling nutrients to then feed fish, birds or small mammals.In the context of a fast-growing world population, InnovaFeed’s activity responds concretely and competitively to an increase in protein demand while contributing to the development of a more sustainable food system, in particular through the development of quality aquaculture.
  • DAMAE Medical — Damae Medical is a Paris, France-based medtech company. It has developed a medical device capable of seeing biological tissues in depth, at a cellular level and in vivo. This innovative optical imaging technology will especially allow dermatologists to evaluate in a precise, efficient and rapid way malignancy of tumors by a simple contact with thesurface of the skin. DAMAE Medical’s mission is to put the great power of bio-photonics at the service of opening new opportunities in medical imaging and diagnosis.
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Susa Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups, 24 in the past 12 months

A seed-stage VC fund investing in founders building value & defensibility through data, network effects, & economies of scale.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 327
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8.5M; Series A $6.9M–$30M; Series B $14M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $175M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Euka AI — Supercharge your TikTok Shop affiliate marketing.
  • Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
  • Physical Superintelligence — Physical Superintelligence develops physical superintelligence systems that use AI-driven research to study physics, engineer physical systems, and explore new physical laws. Its approach combines human scientists with virtual physicists that conduct autonomous research campaigns covering hypothesis development, verification, experimentation,engineering, and deployment. The company focuses initially on the physical infrastructure underlying AI, including energy, materials, computation, sensing, and manufacturing.
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Alphamundi
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

AlphaMundi Group Ltd is a commercial entity based in Switzerland and exclusively dedicated to Impact Investing: profitable investments that generate substantial net benefits to society. It was founded in 2007 by a group of partners with extensive experience in the financial industry as well as responsible investments, microfinance andphilanthropy.AlphaMundi provides debt and equity financing to scalable social ventures in strategic sustainable human development sectors such as microfinance, affordable education, fair trade agriculture and renewable energy. AlphaMundi is currently investing out of its impact debt fund, SocialAlpha Investment Fund (SAIF) - Bastion, domiciled in Luxembourg. AlphaMundi also manages co-investments for SAIF-Bastion investors and third parties.​AlphaMundi partners believe that Impact Investing is a new tool for development that can enhance more classical responsible investment approaches (which often lack impact ​measurability) and complement charitable solutions (which often lack financial viability). To this extent, the firm also contributes to the emergence of Impact Investing through education events, publications and industry associations. Impact investments are now being integrated by leading US and European banks, pension funds, foundations and family offices into traditional investment portfolios, as primarily decorrelated, illiquid and profitable financial assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, Colombia, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$12M; Series B $3.5M–$16M; Debt Financing $1.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $21M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Finaktiva — Finaktiva is the number one financial ally of Colombian entrepreneurs. We offer flexible and agile online financial solutions (loans in various forms, factoring and confirming) adjusted to the requirements of the companies. We also offer a range of non-financial tools through our platform to help SMEs´ grow. Our customers are typically businesseswith innovative business models, double-digit growth rates that have a positive impact in their communities.
  • AgriCapital — AgriCapital is a financial service firm that provides store credit, productive credit, credit installments, and accompaniment services.
  • Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.
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OPIC - Overseas Private Investment Corporation
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a self-sustaining U.S. Government agency that helps American businesses invest in emerging markets. Established in 1971, OPIC provides businesses with the tools to manage the risks associated with foreign direct investment, fosters economic development in emerging market countries, and advancesU.S. foreign policy and national security priorities. OPIC helps American businesses gain footholds in new markets, catalyzes new revenues and contributes to jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. OPIC fulfills its mission by providing businesses with financing, political risk insurance, advocacy and by partnering with private equity investment fund managers.OPIC services are available to new and expanding businesses planning to invest in more than 160 countries worldwide. Because OPIC charges market-based fees for its products, it operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to taxpayers. All OPIC projects must adhere to best international practices and cannot cause job loss in the United States.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Solar, Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant
  • Geography: India, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $40M–$500M; Debt Financing $4.1M–$175M
  • Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • BURN — Experience clean, safe, and affordable cooking with BURN's innovative cookstoves. Impact lives, reduce emissions, and enjoy delicious meals. Shop now!
  • Twiga Foods — Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls. The company is using a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium-sized vendors in African urban markets. Founded in 2013, Twiga is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Peak Rare Earths — Peak Rare Earths Limited (ASX:PEK) is focused on becoming one of the few integrated suppliers of NdPr Oxide (rare earths) outside of China.
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DOB Equity
VC Fund · Veessen, Gelderland, The Netherlands · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

DOB Equity is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital and buy-and-build strategies in small and medium companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Farming, Agriculture
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3.8M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MazaoHub — AI-first SaaS connecting soil, farmers, inputs, agronomy care, field operations, traceability and markets through real last-mile intelligence.
  • FarmWorks — FarmWorks is an agricultural technology company that gives farmers access to farm inputs as well as a market for the produce .FarmWork is to unlock agricultural potential by building clusters of mid-sized farms while working with thousands of small-holder farmers and establishing direct linkage to local and global markets.
  • Irrisol Engineering — Irrisol Engineering is an impact-driven social enterprise dedicated to providing affordable, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable water supply and irrigation systems for underserved rural communities.
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Mercy Corps Ventures
VC Fund · Portland, Oregon, United States · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Mercy Corps Ventures invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved individuals and communities. Founded in 2015 as the impact investing arm of global development agency, Mercy Corps, supports over 57 early-stage ventures to scale and raise over $515 million in follow-on capital. Their portfolio centersaround resilience-building solutions in adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and climate-smart technologies so that those living in frontier markets can withstand disruption and plan for the future. Through capital and support, piloting new approaches, action-oriented insights, and rigorously managing impact, they catalyze the ecosystem toward smarter, more impactful investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $330k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$7M; Series A $2.5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Logidoo — Logidoo is a digital logistics marketplace-designed company that markets shuttles through smart logistics. The company's platform, which provides rapid, dependable, secure, and economical logistics, allows users to compare offers for sending and receiving items and to track parcels in real-time.
  • Meridia — De-risk the sourcing, procurement, trading & compliance of commodities under the EUDR.
  • ReForest Latam — ReForest Latam is an biotech company restoring ecosystems and creating forests to fight climate change.
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U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups, 13 in the past 12 months

U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: India, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 133
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $18M–$468M; Debt Financing $6.7M–$390M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$1B
  • Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • DTEK — DTEK Group is a diversified energy holding that includes six businesses and Academy DTEK, our corporate university. DTEK Group is the largest private investor in the energy sector in Ukraine, with over €12 billion in invested capital since 2005, employing 55,000 people.
  • WIOCC Group — WIOCC Group serves as a provider of interconnected, carrier-scale digital infrastructure and managed network services, operating exclusively as a wholesaler to hyperscalers, cloud operators, content providers, and telcos.
  • Global Atomic Corporation — The Dasa Uranium Project scheduled to begin production in 2026 is the highest-grade uranium project in Africa; the Turkish Zinc JV provides positive cash flow.
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Samata Capital
VC Fund · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

CREATING a More Inclusive Future Samata Capital accelerates equal access to capital and opportunity for talented entrepreneurs in emerging markets. We inten ...

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Solar, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ReelFruit — On a mission to inspire delightfulness by offering the tastiest snacks in town.
  • Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
  • Solar Taxi Ghana — Solar Taxi Ghana app provides various electronic vehicles that are powered by solar energy.
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TBD Angels
VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

TBD Angels is a group of like-minded angel investors who thrive on sharing advice, guidance, and capital with talented entrepreneurs. TBD Angels provide critical advice and connections to jumpstart the companies it invests in.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 96
  • Round size: Seed $334k–$6M; Angel $54k–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Penny Finance — Get a tailored financial & investing plans, track your money making, learn about personal finances & get new insights, all in the Penny Finance investing app for women.
  • Yuva Biosciences — Using cutting edge mitochondrial science to develop cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals.
  • Cayuga Biotech — Cayuga Biotech is a startup developing novel hemostatic drugs and devices to reduce uncontrollable bleeding which is a leading cause of death from traumatic injuries. The company's polyphosphate-based drug accelerates the body's own clotting process to contain clotting at the injury site and thus minimize the risk of side effects. Cayugais developing drugs for indications that treat traumatic hemorrhage as well as rare bleeding disorders.
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Mo Angels
VC Fund · Moka, Moka, Mauritius · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups

First Syndicated Angel Investment Group in Mauritius

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Software, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $20k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Umazi — We speed up corporate identity verification.
  • Kubik — Kubik makes low-carbon buildings from plastic waste. Bringing environmental dignity to how countries grow.
  • Mamy Eyewear — MAMY Opticians: eyeglasses, sunglasses and free computerised eye tests in Nairobi. Five stores, frames from Ksh 1,900 with lenses, free delivery across Kenya.
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Golden Ventures
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2 investments in Kenya Retail startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 200
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Series A $6.8M–$32M; Series B $10M–$49M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $103M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Biossil — Biossil is an applied AI drug discovery platform to create specialized treatments for distinct patients.
  • Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
  • Brodie Rec Leagues — Brodie Rec Leagues specializes in basketball tournaments, leagues, and training.
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Chui Ventures
VC Fund · Delaware, Ohio, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Investing in Africa | Chui Ventures is an investment company that seeks to back exceptional African companies at the early stage of their growth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $17M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
  • Socium — Socium these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values ​​and wish to invest in their development.
  • Tuteria — Get Home Tutoring Matched to Your Child's Needs. Prepare for IELTS, Common Entrance, IGCSE, GRE & JAMB. Book Lessons in 150+ Subjects Including Music, Coding & Languages.
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Flexport Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Flexport Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$7M; Series A $4M–$25M; Series B $24M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Parabola — Parabola is your toolkit for faster, smarter work. Automate any manual task you usually do in a spreadsheet.
  • Amplio — De-risk your supply chain with the purchasing power of a contract manufacturer. Amplio is the first AI powered platform to predict, identify and mitigate electronic component shortages for hardware manufacturers.
  • Papaya — Papaya offers a vehicle management system to source, run, and manage electric vehicles. Papaya offers a dashboard that provides a bird's-eye view of fleet location and availability. Papaya enables better fleet decision-making by optimizing vehicle uptime and utilization across hubs and service providers.
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54 Collective
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $40k–$2M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
  • REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
  • Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
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Talanton
VC Fund · Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Talanton helps you combat poverty in developing countries by creating jobs. You can free those in poverty by coming alongside them through investments in growth-stage businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Shoes, Retail, Sports
  • Stage:Series A, Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$23M; Debt Financing $3M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
  • ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
  • MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is your plug for Modern Sofas, Quality Mattresses, Beds & affordable home furniture in Kenya. Order furniture online and we deliver
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Future Africa
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
  • Juicyway — The new shape of money? Fluid. Access global currencies with Juicyway. Buy, sell, hold, and pay globally using our fast APIs, web, or mobile apps. Download now.
  • Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund
VC Fund · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund invests in early-stage artisan enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Small and Medium Businesses, Art, Fashion
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, Mexico, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Karghewale — Karghewale is a traditional weaving platform that offers custom, handwoven textiles.
  • Fuchsia — One-of-a-kind and sustainable leather flats, handmade by native artisans that are paid fair wages, and most importantly - that have amazing fit and comfort!
  • Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
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FrontEnd Ventures
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

FrontEnd Ventures backs early-stage African founders with strategic capital, hands-on guidance, and long-term partnership to build lasting companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $675k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $5M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Buupass — BuuPass is Kenya's market leader for online bus booking. We enable travelers to reserve seats and make payments in a convenient and timely way. Try BuuPass today!
  • Lukhu Inc. — Lukhu provides merchants with tools to manage and grow their businesses such as inventory management, customer management, secure payments, analytics, and fulfilment while enabling consumers to discover, purchase, and get their clothing and footwear delivered in a convenient and affordable manner.
  • OKOA Rescue — Solving one of East Africa's greatest challenges for road users. The largest network of Quick, Efficient, and Trustworthy roadside assistance operators.
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J Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Investing at the earliest moment. An idea-stage venture capital firm writing the first check to startups reshaping foundational industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Colombia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$17M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $39M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Baskit — baskit | Empowering wholesalers and distributors with the world's first cloud-native all-in-one app
  • Taxwire — Save time, money, and headache on global sales tax compliance.
  • Character Quilt — AI infrastructure for marketers. Ship campaigns in your tools in an hour
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Sherpa Africa Partners
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

A venture fund for pre-seed startups in Africa, led by Startup Operators, backed by Startup Operators.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$6M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$300k
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Novek — Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains.
  • CashBackApp — An App that offers you Cash Discounts on a wide range of household essentials available at local supermarkets in Kenya.
  • Jackfruit Finance — Fast, flexible school financing in Kenya. Get working capital, projects, and asset loans designed around school fee cycles and growth needs.
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Zedcrest Capital Limited
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Zedcrest Capital is a full-service capital management firm, with core interests in fixed income securities trading, asset management and proprietary investments

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $10M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
  • Pade HCM — Hire, manage and pay your global team Hire anyone in Africa and automate onboarding, team management, payroll, compliance and much more.
  • Salus Cloud — Empowering developers worldwide with seamless and secure application deployment and management. Join the revolution. #Salus_Cloud
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CrossFund
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

For Angels, By Angels

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Marketplace, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Pakistan, Nigeria, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$2M; Angel $22k–$315k; Pre-Seed $56k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nuvolaris — Speed up #CloudNative Development and Run Anywhere. #Nuvolaris: #Serverless #Stack for #Everyone
  • Swag Kicks — Guaranteed Original Sneakers, Trainers and Casual Shoes. Easy Return & Exchange.
  • Sehat Kahani — Book online video appointments with the best Doctors and Specialists, such as Skin Specialists, General Physician, Child Specialists, etc in Pakistan.
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Altree Capital
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Altree Capital is a provider of African asset management and investment advisory services to institutional investors across the globe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kasha — Health products and household goods you want, delivered to where you are.
  • Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
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Standard Chartered Women in Technology
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups, 6 in the past 12 months

A Startup #incubator located at @iLabAfrica in Strathmore University. We help budding entrepreneurs find a conducive working space,mentorship and seed funding.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $9k–$10k; Grant $9.7k–$121k
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tuwe Bora — Tuwebora, we do more than just make clothing—we're building futures and revolutionizing the global fashion industry.
  • Timao Group — Timao Group is a clean tech company that recycles waste and produces plastic constructive systems.
  • POLLEN PATROLLERS — Pollen Patrollers' mission is to combat bee colony collapse and enhance food security by providing innovative smart hive solutions and precision pollination services. Pollen Patrollers is a startup that leverages advanced technology.
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Wamda Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 133
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$6.5M; Series A $2.2M–$10M; Series B $3.5M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • HeyBreez AI — The operational layer for Voice AI. Real phone calls. Real-time speed. Built for real operations.
  • Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
  • Anecdote —
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

For the many, not just the few. For good.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$23M; Series B $3.5M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $147M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • MAX — Make mobility accessible, safe, reliable, and sustainable for 1 billion Africans
  • ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
  • Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
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Victoria Commercial Bank
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Experience the Ultimate

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Furniture, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is your plug for Modern Sofas, Quality Mattresses, Beds & affordable home furniture in Kenya. Order furniture online and we deliver
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FirstCheck Africa
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

FirstCheck Africa is an early believer for a generation of African women in tech. We invest early, with high conviction, in high-growth female-led startups with category-leadership potential.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer, Payments, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jumba — Jumba is the trusted digital partner for hardware stores. Through tech, we support hardware stores to grow. Run your hardware business with Jumba OS. Build your financial record. Access the credit you need to grow.
  • Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
  • Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD.
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White Rhino Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

White Rhino Ventures is an early-stage impact venture firm with a focus on novel technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Credit, Retail, Banking
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tulle — NeoSwap is a multi-party, multi-item NFT swap platform that redistributes items in a win-win-win manner, using minimal currency. It provides neo-barter solutions to unlock value within existing marketplaces and enable marketplaces where they were previously unsustainable. It was founded by John Ennis.
  • Tanda — As a Tanda Agent, you can sell Kenya's favorite digital products, and grow your duka while you're at it
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Raba Partnership
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$6M; Pre-Seed $635k–$6.5M; Series A $10M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Thndr — Egypt's #1 investing platform by active users. Stocks, gold and mutual funds in one app, licensed and regulated by the FRA. Start with what you have.
  • Ezeebit — Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies.
  • Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
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Blue Haven Initiative
VC Fund · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Blue Haven Initiative is an innovative family office dedicated to putting wealth to work for market returns and positive social and environmental change.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Solar, Finance
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$11M; Series B $12M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • M-KOPA — M-KOPA provides connected asset financing solutions for underbanked customers. Its platform combines digital micropayments and IoT connectivity to offer access to products including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones, financial services, and more.
  • TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
  • BlueMark — BlueMark is the leading provider of impact intelligence and independent verification for the sustainable and impact investing market.
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Kaleo Ventures
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Kaleo Ventures is an investment firm prefers to invest in early-stage companies across Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $100k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.1M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • BankWise — Liga123 merupakan situs slot jackpot 888 slots paling gacor dan juga platform ini terdata paling banyak dicari hari ini karena memiliki akses yang mudah tanpa harus menggunakan Apk tambahan seperti VPN untuk memainkan game favorit.
  • ChipMango — ChipMango is a semiconductor company that provides chip design and pre-manufacturing engineering services.
  • Aeon Cyber Defense — Aeon is a cybersecurity company focused on securing cloud, code, runtime, and AI environments.
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Omidyar Network
VC Fund · Redwood City, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Omidyar Network is a philanthropy whose mission is to bend the arc of the digital revolution toward shared power, prosperity, and possibility.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 312
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$4M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $5.2M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wiom — Provides affordable and unlimited Internet to Middle and lower middle income households
  • Hopelab — Hopelab is a researcher, investor, and convener that supports equity-centered solutions for the mental health and well-being of Black, Brown, and Queer young people.
  • FinReach — FinReach Solutions is a company providing innovative credit guarantee programs to facilitate lending for underserved micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), particularly those lacking collateral or formal credit history. Their solution enables financial institutions to extend credit to entrepreneurs, including women-led businesses andclimate-focused ventures, by de-risking loans through guarantees and leveraging data-driven borrower risk assessment. FinReach aims to expand financial inclusion in India’s lower-tier regions, helping thousands of borrowers access formal finance through partnerships with development finance institutions and global impact investors.
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Launch Africa
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 218
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Zazu — Manza is an all-in-one financial platform for African SMEs, helping businesses manage payments, automate cash flow, and access real-time financial insights from one simple dashboard.
  • Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
  • Udu Technologies — Explore GPU cloud and hardware through AGH Cloud, UduTech's flagship product, and AI advisory for teams in the United States, Africa, the Caribbean and beyond.
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Good & Well
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Good & Well is an investment firm partnering with early-stage social purpose businesses. The firm provides equity investments and strategic advice, operational support, and a network of inspiring and like-minded entrepreneurs to founders. It was established in Toronto, Ontario in 2014.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.1M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dispersa — Harnessing the power of microbe-derived natural solutions to decarbonize the chemicals industry.
  • Friendlier — Friendlier aims to reduce single-use plastic waste generated by disposable food packaging. We provide businesses with reusable plastic cups and containers, and take care of delivery, pick-up, and washing.
  • Common Wealth — Common Wealth is a digital platform that provides retirement planning services.
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Altos Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 404
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$27M; Series B $4.2M–$35M; Series C $5.2M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $350M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Soraban — The cloud-based platform modernizing and automating menial work for tax firms.
  • PureSpace — PureSpace has developed a novel technology in extending shelf-life of fresh products that is applicable to all types of produce along the supply chain. Grocery stores and road transportation is a major application for shelf-life extension.
  • Branders.com — Branders.com sells instantly customizable promotional items suchs as pens, hats, magnets, etc for marketing, sales, and event planning. They provide a single source to locate, design, order, and track promotional items online. Branders.com experience also offers you the following benefits to help you with your purchase: - Provides aone-stop shop for customizing merchandise - Aids in product selection with advanced, custom search and recommendation services - Allows you to customize and decorate your own products online and in real-time - Reduces fulfillment activities - Improves corporate identity management
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Cornerstone Enterprises
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Cornerstone Enterprises is a venture capital firm that specializes in long-term, impactful investments that are hands-on in order to help their investee companies overcome growth challenges. Cornerstone Enterprises assists companies in their different fundraising series by utilizing their diverse network of investors and valuation support.Cornerstone Enterprises is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and was founded in 2011.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Series A $3.9M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kentaste — Virgin coconut oil, Coconut Cream, and Coconut Milk
  • Tanda — As a Tanda Agent, you can sell Kenya's favorite digital products, and grow your duka while you're at it
  • KOKO Networks — KOKO Networks is an international venture-backed technology company with offices in East Africa and India. KOKO provides a platform for smart commerce in urban Africa. Our unique suite of technologies connects suppliers, retailers, and customers, enabling delivery of a range of consumer and business solutions that improve life in Africa’s cities.
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Finnfund
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 1 investments in Kenya Retail startups

Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, India, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Series B $5M–$41M; Debt Financing $4M–$137M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $93M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Transvolt Mobility — Transvolt Mobility is an early-stage, technology-driven EV fleet operator, enabling India’s transition to sustainable, zero-emission transport by providing a scalable, multi-partner platform for commercial electric mobility across urban and industrial segments.
  • ETG — ETG, established in 1967, is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated agricultural conglomerates in sub-Saharan Africa, importing and exporting soft commodities to and from 48 countries including Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa. It also has supply chain operations in China, India, America, Middle East, andSouth East Asia; merchandising desks in Europe, and; treasury companies in Singapore, Mauritius and UAE. Globally, ETG is present across 48 countries. ETG runs its business under five business verticals: 1. Fertilizer and Farm Inputs: ETG is one of the largest importers and distributors of fertilizers and farm inputs in sub-saharan africa 2. Cash traded products: Pulses, Sesame seed, Cashew and Rice are key commodities in this vertical. ETG is the world largest trader and processor of Pulses as well as world largest trader for raw cashew nuts. 3. Exchange traded commodities: Grains & oilseeds, sugar, coffee, cocoa, maize and soybean are key products in this segment. ETG is one of the major players for maize and soybean in sub-shara africa 4. Consumer Branded (Vamara): ETG operates multiple processing plants across 14 countries to manufacture products that are targeted to African consumers. ETG has 22 brands in its portfolio that offers products from vegetable cooking oil, condiments, and spreads, etc. 5. Logistics: ETG operates a very successful and integrated Logistics platform. ETG has a network of more than 400+ warehouses across 32 countries and a fleet of more than 900 trucks. ETG provided end-to-end Logistics services across sub-Sahara Africa.
  • EVF General Finance Joint Stock Company — EVF provides a wide range of financial services, including credit lines for micro, small, and medium-sized firms (MSMEs).
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Retail VC funding in Kenya at a glance

Stats across 101 deals from 119 investors.

119
investors
in Kenya Retail startups
101
deals
in Kenya Retail startups
$1.4M
median round
in Kenya Retail startups
47%
lead investors
lead at least one round
26%
Seed
most common funding stage

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