Best Auto Tech Companies in Kenya
The 51 best Auto Tech companies in Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BasiGo.
Our analysis of 223 Auto Tech companies
$72.2b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Auto Tech companies in Kenya
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BasiGo Provider of public transport services | $40M | 11 mo ago | Series A | Jonathan Green Chief Financial Officer & Co-Founder | 2019 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14 | 3 job openings · 1 partnership |
| 2 | Peach Cars Online marketplace for buying and selling used cars | $5M | 13 mo ago | Series A | — | 2020 | RubyGoogle MapsTailwind CSS+19 | — |
| 3 | Little App-based ride hailing platform | $3M | 98 mo ago | Series A | Kamal Budhabhatti Founder & CEO | 2016 | PHPChart.jsLaravel+9 | — |
| 4 | NopeaRide App-based electric taxi rental platform | $227K | 62 mo ago | Seed | Juha Suojanen Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 5 | Stima Provider of two-wheeler battery swapping stations | $109K | 20 mo ago | Seed | Jason GRAS Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 6 | Ma3Route Crowdsourced traffic & transit data | $25K | 124 mo ago | Seed | laban okune Founder | 2012 | — | — |
| 7 | Spiro Manufacturer of electric two-wheelers | — | 5 mo ago | Series D | Mansoor Al Buhari Founder | 2019 | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+9 | — |
| 8 | Ewaka Provider of comprehensive multi-cateory electric vehicle ride-sharing management system | — | 42 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jimmy Tune Co-Founder | 2021 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+13 | — |
Top 12 Auto Tech companies in Kenya
#1
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 46 employees$40.3Mraised▾
Provider of public transport services
#2
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi Province · founded 2020 · 22 employees$5Mraised▾
Online marketplace for buying and selling used cars. It provides a platform for users to browse, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car. It is an e-commerce platform offering a marketplace for buying and selling used cars providing a wide range of vehicles and facilitating connections between trusted buyers and sellers.
#3
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020$108.8Kraised▾
Provider of two-wheeler battery swapping stations. It also provides electric motorcycles and moto-taxis on lease-to-own.
- Nov 2024Seed—
- Jun 2023Seed$108.8K
#4
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 139 employees$3Mraised▾
Little is an app-based ride-hailing service, catering to consumers and enterprises in Nairobi. The app enables users to search for an available vehicle in the vicinity, see estimated fares, and book services after providing relevant details. Features include real-time tracking of the driver, free onboard wi-fi, surge-free pricing, online payments, and more. Also offers a monthly subscription for corporate travelers. Its mobile app is available for Android, iOS and Windows devices.
#5
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2018$226.5Kraised▾
App-based electric taxi rental platform
#6
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2012 · 3 employees$25Kraised▾
Operator of a crowd-sourcing platform for transport data intended to make traveling easier in developing countries by democratizing timely transport information. The company's platform crowd-sources real-time information, moderates it using natural language processing algorithms and a small moderation team and disseminates it back to the crowd through all the main technology channels like web, SMS, social media and mobile applications and thus solves mobility issues in emerging cities, enabling users to benefit from information on traffic, matatu directions and driving reports.
#7
Series D · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 1000 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of electric two-wheelers. The company offers multiple varieties of vehicles such as bikes, scooters, and more with features like lithium-ion batteries, speed charging, and more. Users can locate and swap vehicle batteries by providing relevant details like user details, payment details.
#8
Funding Raised · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2021—raised▾
Provider of comprehensive multi-cateory electric vehicle ride-sharing management system. The company offers electric kick scooter sharing, electric two-wheeler sharing services for delivery companies, passengers, etc. It offers hardware and software-enabled solutions that include fleet management, user mobile applications, etc.
#9
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2018—raised▾
Developer of fleet management application intended to provide an opportunity to earn passive income through vehicle renting. The company's platform helps to list the vehicle, calculate revenues, sign legal agreements, and analyze the performance, enabling car owners to generate cash flow through their automobile.
#10
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 7 employees—raised▾
AI-enabled platform offering risk assessment solutions. The system uses AI and telematics to provide risk assessment solutions. The AI system is used to predict the accidents before it happens. The telematics device needs to be placed in the vehicle to track the vehicle's actions. It offers rewards for driving behavior. It offers features like dashboard solutions, behavioral analytics, etc.
- May 2021Seed—
#11
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 4 employees—raised▾
Provider of an electric motorbike taxi-hailing service intended for customers in need of a mode of transportation. The company offers a no-emission lease-to-own credit model, enabling clients with affordable anti-theft GPS tracker-enabled automobiles.
#12
Acquired · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2005—raised▾
Quickbus is the provider of an online platform to book bus tickets. Users can discover, compare and book bus tickets, select seats, make online payments and collect tickets. It caters to multiple countries like South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Auto Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in Kenya
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 36 Kenya-affiliated papers.
- Ministry of Education20
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention3
- Ministry of Agriculture3
- Ministry of Health2
- Strathmore University2
- Controller (irrigation)2
- Adaptability1
- Stability (learning theory)1
- Field (mathematics)1
- Kalman filter1
- Theory of planned behavior1
- Perceived control1
- Usability1
- Realm1
- Risk perception1
- Humanities6
- Philosophy4
- Context (archaeology)2
- Inclusion (mineral)1
- Research methodology1
Common questions
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