Funding Report Briefs 2019
Kenyan Startups Raised a Record US$187.4M in 2019 Over 41 Disclosed Deals
Women Entrepreneur
This 20-Year-Old Kenyan Entrepreneur is Building an Organic Cosmetic Premium Brand While Pursuing a Law Degree
Investment Funds
Carbon Launches US$100,000 Entrepreneurship Fund to Champion African Startups
February 18, 2020Carbon has set up a US$100,000 Pan-African fund to address the lack of funding and support...
Africa's Latest
Meet the 11 African FinTech Startups Selected for CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2020 Programme
February 18, 2020Building on the success of the 2018 edition, the CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa has announced the launch...
Funding
Ethiopian Tech-outsourcing Marketplace Gebeya Raises US$2M Seed Round Investment
February 6, 2020Gebeya Inc, an Ed Tech and online software outsourcing Marketplace company geared towards the development of...
Funding
Kenyan FinTech Wapi Pay Raises Seed Capital from Transsion backed “Future Hub”
February 4, 2020Singapore and Kenyan based Fintech startup Wapi Pay has raised seed capital through the accelerator Future...
Funding
Kenyan On-Demand Delivery Startup Sendy Raises US$20M Led by Atlantica Ventures
January 29, 2020Sendy, an on-demand delivery startup in Kenya has raised US$20 million in a Series B round...
Expansion
Google Launches First African Developer Space in Nigeria
January 29, 2020Google has launched its first Google Developers Space on the African continent, in Lagos, Nigeria. The Google...
Funding
Kenyan Micro-retail Startup Tanda Secures Seed Funding from HAVAIC
January 28, 2020Dukapay Ltd which trades as Tanda, a Kenyan micro-retail startup has raised undisclosed seed funding from...
Travel
Airbnb Lists Malindi among World’s Top Destination to Travel in 2020
January 27, 2020Kenya’s coastal touristic town, Malindi has been listed by Airbnb among the world’s top destinations to...
Global News
With US$200M Invested in Learning Institutions, Imaginable Futures, Spins Off from Omidyar Network
January 27, 2020Imaginable Futures, a new global philanthropic firm focusing on unlocking human potential through learning, launched today....
The Oust
Safi Analytics: Is it a Case of Greed and Deceit or Simply Unjustifiable Ignorance
January 24, 2020Lauren Dunford, the co-founder of Safi Analytics who was accused by her former team member has...
Africa's Latest
MoSound Founder, Kevin Mulei Launches Kenya’s Hot New Hit Radio Station
March 12, 2018Kevin Mulei, the Founder of M0Sound, an event planning, production, and management company based in Kenya...
Inspired
11 Kenyan Women Entrepreneurs Making Inspiring Waves across Africa
June 8, 2019With the growth of the Kenyan entrepreneurial ecosystem, so has been the rise of female-owned businesses...
Innovation
The 10 Hottest Kenyan Startups to Watch in 2018
December 11, 2017Founder360° Magazine spoke to some of founders and players in the startup ecosystem in identifying the...
Starting Up
11 Best Coworking Spaces in Nairobi Entrepreneurs Can Work From
October 25, 2018A coworking space provides flexible payments options with no need for signing any kind of leases...
Starting Up
3 Reasons Why the Car Wash Business in Kenya is Thriving
May 1, 2019As many people in Kenya are venturing into entrepreneurship, the one business that has caught the...
Innovation
7 Agri-Tech Startups Disrupting Small-scale Farming in Kenya
May 23, 2018Kenya is home to approximately 50 million people with the population expected to reach more than...
Leadership
10 Books Every Aspiring African Entrepreneur Should Read in 2018
October 21, 2018In today’s world, the ability to create time and learn constantly is one attribute successful entrepreneurs...
Innovation
11 Innovative Kenyan Startups to Watch in 2019
January 19, 2019Every start of the year we seek to highlight some of the trailblazing startups making disruption...
Startups
These are the 9 Top Most Funded Startups in Kenya
March 26, 2018According to a report by Wee Tracker on African Startup Funding 2017, Kenya was ranked second...
Innovation
This Entrepreneur Left His Bank Job and Built One of the Most Successful Fintech Products in Africa
January 19, 2018When Kariuki Gathitu finished his “O” levels exams, his aspiration was to study in the United...
Funding
Egyptian B2B Marketplace MaxAB Closes Landmark US$6.2 Million Seed Round
September 26, 2019MaxAB, an Egyptian B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects informal food and grocery retailers with suppliers via...
Money
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