69 Best Startups in Kenya to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Startups in Kenya

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 73 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.6b. The average funding per company in this subset is $38.0m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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11

Funding Rounds

$46.4m

Money raised

Cropin, also known as Cropin Technology solutions, is a company that offers an intelligent and self-evolving system that delivers farming solutions to the agricultural sector.

3

Funding Rounds

Mobius Motors is a Nairobi-based automotive company designing, manufacturing, and selling vehicles specifically for the African mass market.

7

Funding Rounds

$99.9m

Money raised

Truecaller is a Stockholm-based smartphone application company offering caller identification, call blocking, flash messaging, call recording, and chat and voice features.

9

Funding Rounds

$363.2m

Money raised

Tala is a financial technology company with a mobile application to manage personal loan. Founded in 2011 and has headquarters in Santa Monica, California.

11

Funding Rounds

$588.7m

Money raised

Branch offers microloans through a free-to-download Android app in emerging markets.

5

Funding Rounds

$198.8m

Money raised

Gro Intelligence is a company that supplies global agriculture data and builds predictive models

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

BitPesa is a blockchain and software development company offering a platform for sending money in Africa.

1

Funding Rounds

$32.8m

Money raised

Dash is a company founded in 2019 by Prince Boakye Boampong.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

Developer of an identity management platform designed to monitor the customer records easily.

3

Funding Rounds

Juhudi Kilimo provides asset financing, technical assistance, and business training services to farmers and agro businesses in Kenya.

7

Funding Rounds

$59.3m

Money raised

Apollo Agriculture is a company in Kenya.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.5m

Money raised

Clinical Research & Services

5

Funding Rounds

$221.2m

Money raised

Developer of revenue-based vehicle financing technology designed to help mobility entrepreneurs in Africa. The company uses alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing and e-logistics platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.

3

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Snapplify is at the forefront of edtech solutions in Africa, and specialises in enabling digital learning for individuals and institutions by establishing a marketplace for digital education content, related educational services, and devices.

4

Funding Rounds

$13.2m

Money raised

Provider of insurance services intended to offer affordable medical cover to the future emerging markets. The company's simple insurance coverage provides on-demand health loans to manage the risks in their customers' lives with a safety net, enabling clients to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

Umba is a financial technology company founded in 2019 by Tiernan Kennedy.

3

Funding Rounds

$11.0m

Money raised

Kwara is a Nairobi-based fintech company offering a banking platform tailored for SACCOs (Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations).

1

Funding Rounds

$23.0m

Money raised

Developer of the crypto-economy platform designed to simplify digital finance. The company engages in building a pan-African digital asset exchange and lending platform to acquire, trade, and withdraw cryptocurrencies, enabling users to understand crypto and finance better.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.6m

Money raised

Developer of a pharmaceutical-based supply-chain management platform intended to help governments and businesses deliver healthcare in the fastest-growing parts of the world. The company's platform helps to digitize, modernize, strengthen, and sustain the supply chains through easy access.

6

Funding Rounds

$68.7m

Money raised

Lori Systems is a venture-funded company solutions developer and provider in the field of long-haul transport logistics.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Developer of an educational platform intended to help students compare colleges, course options, and tuition fees. The company's platform provides students with access to a portal that offers verified information about colleges to help them in decision-making while also providing options at every level, including online certificate programs.

5

Funding Rounds

$40.0k

Money raised

Eneza Education is an education technology company offering the software and solutions to develop an online educational ecosystem in Kenya, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.

3

Funding Rounds

$22.0m

Money raised

Developer of an on-demand delivery platform designed to offer door-to-door, delivery, and transportation services. The company's platform schedules, tracks and pay for all deliveries, connects riders around, and offers cashless payments via mobile.

$200.0k

Money raised

Our mission is: To enable any organization with seamless access and verification of a person's identity and skills. To empower more opportunities for growth and independence for youth and displaced communities.

1

Funding Rounds

$18.0m

Money raised

Operator of a healthcare company dedicated to building a dependable and sustainable healthcare ecosystem in Africa. The company operates a chain of healthcare businesses that offer hospital care, telemedicine, and clinic services among others, enabling individuals to receive prompt medical help and improve their health.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.6m

Money raised

Lami is an end-to-end digital insurance platform and API that enables companies across sectors to offer insurance products.

3

Funding Rounds

$195.0k

Money raised

Developer of a cloud-based core banking platform designed to provide a class digital infrastructure to microfinance institutions in growth markets. The company's platform provides end-to-end information technology services for the financial sector from conception, and deployment to maintenance.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

Developer of a construction tech marketplace platform intended to rationalize the construction supply chain in Africa. The company's platform connects manufacturers with retailers and negotiates prices, including their markup, of products with manufacturers and allows resellers to pay for orders on delivery.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the internet

2

Funding Rounds

$2.2m

Money raised

TopUp Mama is the one stop shop for African restaurants. Through the platform, restaurants get access to supplies and short term credit.

8

Funding Rounds

$57.8m

Money raised

M-kopa is a Nairobi-based solar energy company offering pay-as-you-go renewable energy for off-grid customers.

2

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

Developer of financial services platform designed to make it easy to access essential financial services.

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3

Funding Rounds

$104.0m

Money raised

Operator of an integrated commercial property investment platform intended to focus on the emerging logistics and industrial sector across Africa. The company develops and manages modern, grade-A warehousing in sub-Saharan Africa and operates to international building and property management, environmental and social governance standards.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised

Developer of a mobile money platform intended to help blockchain protocols and blockchain fintech companies to integrate seamlessly into local payment channels in Africa.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

Developer of a health tech platform designed to help patients to access and book healthcare services. The company's platform gives patients the opportunity to chat with a doctor, buy medication from a pharmacy, book labs and diagnostic tests, and have a doctor visit at home, enabling users to get affordable healthcare solutions.

7

Funding Rounds

$13.0m

Money raised

LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores.

3

Funding Rounds

$37.9m

Money raised

KOMAZA is a company founded in 2006 by Tevis Howard.

3

Funding Rounds

$34.0m

Money raised

Sokowatch is a Nairobi County-based company founded by Daniel Yu.

1

Funding Rounds

$280.0m

Money raised

Debt financing platform supporting fintech companies in emerging and frontier markets.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.3m

Money raised

Operator of e-mobility buses intended to revolutionize the public transportation sector. The company offers electric buses that operate all day on a single charge with proven, safe battery technology, an economical, convenient, and reliable alternative to diesel buses, enabling customers to overcome the problem of rising costs of diesel fuel.

3

Funding Rounds

$63.8m

Money raised

Twiga Foods is a company founded in 2013 by Peter Njonjo.

5

Funding Rounds

$4.8m

Money raised

Amitruck is a mobile and web-based trucking logistics platform that brings together cargo owners and transporters.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

Developer of an agricultural supply chain platform designed to connect smallholder farmers with agricultural inputs.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.3m

Money raised

Develops micro-grids projects and dedicated technologies to provide electricity to residential and commercial customers in off-grid areas in developing countries.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Company

2

Funding Rounds

$2.7m

Money raised

Data Mynt is a company founded in 2021 by Alex Christian.

1

Funding Rounds

$100.0k

Money raised

Developer of a mobile application technology intended to reduce farmers' cost of production. The company utilizes an IOT water temperature sensor and an android app technology in the fish farmer's hands to make more informed decisions, enabling access to markets and promoting equal trade.

2

Funding Rounds

$394.0k

Money raised

Ushahidi is a Nairobi-based company founded in 2008 by Ory Okolloh, Erik Hersman, Juliana Rotich and David Kobia.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Asilimia is a company founded in 2017 by Tekwane Mwendwa.

Key people:

1

Funding Rounds

$125.0k

Money raised

Mdundo.com is a company founded in 2013.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

PowerGen Renewable Energy is a Nairobi County-based company founded in 2011 by Alastair Smith, Sam Slaughter and Mark Wopicho.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

Windlab Systems is a company founded in 2003 by Nathan Steggel.

1

Funding Rounds

Safi Organics is a company that uses technology to downsize and decentralize the production of fertilizer.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

Kukua is a Nairobi-based company founded in 2018 by Lucrezia Bisignani, Alexandre Terrien and Douglas Hoernle.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.2m

Money raised

Wapi Pay is a fintech company based in Kenya and Singapore, operates across Africa and is enabling corporates, merchants, and individuals to easily send payments and remittances between Africa and Asia.

1

Funding Rounds

$47.5m

Money raised

Cellulant is a Pan-African payments company operating via a digital payments platform called Tingg.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

Koinon is a company founded in 2017 by Matthew Mecke.

1

Funding Rounds

WorkPay is a Nairobi-based company founded in 2018 by Jackson Kibigo Kungu.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

Tushop is a marketplace platform for specific communities.

1

Funding Rounds

$850.0k

Money raised

Badili is a Nairobi-based company founded by Rishabh Lawania.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.9m

Money raised

Pariti is a recruitment company founded in 2019.

Industries:

2

Funding Rounds

$6.6m

Money raised

Alvin is a Nairobi-based company founded by Winston D. Reid.

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1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

A financial technology company with a focus on products for gig workers.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

Powered by People is a wholesale ecommerce platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$182.0k

Money raised

Deevabits Green Energy is a Nairobi-based company founded by David Wanjau.

1

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

Boomplay is a company founded in 2015.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Twiga Foods is a Nairobi-based company.

Location:

1

Funding Rounds

$235.0k

Money raised

M-Farm is an agriculture company founded in 2010.

Industries:

8

Funding Rounds

Location:

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