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Best Banking Tech Companies in Nairobi, Kenya

The 40 best Banking Tech companies in Nairobi, Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Apollo Agriculture.

40companies tracked
$126.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
15have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · BANKING TECH × NAIROBI

Our analysis of 50 Banking Tech companies

$7.7b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2016median founding year
178kcombined LinkedIn audience
73%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Banking Tech companies in Nairobi

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingStageEmployeesFounderTech stackRecent signals
1Covered
Agency providing medical insurance plans for individuals, families, and groups
——Unfunded—Mohamed Omar
Founder
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2Finlo
Platform providing financial services to agribusinesses
——Deadpooled—Sandra Locoh-Donou
Founder & Managing Director
——
3Fintech Group
Software solutions and services for the banking industry
——Unfunded150Frank Kopiyo
CEO
WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryElementor+321 partnership
4KeniCoin
Blockchain-based banking platform
——Deadpooled—Haron Wiseman
Founder
——
5Kenya Women Microfinance Bank
Women micro-finance bank
——Funding Raised2,067Mwangi Githaiga
CEO & MD
WordPressMySQLPHP+31—
6Malakoff Analytics Consulting
Provider of end-to-end banking solutions
——Funding Raised—John Juma
Co-Founder
——
7Mayfair CIB Bank
Provider of online banking platform for personal and business banking
——Acquired—Joram Kiarie
CEO
——
8Mkopo-online
Aggregator of financial products for individuals and businesses
——Deadpooled—Robert Mweu
MD & CEO
——

Top 12 Banking Tech companies in Nairobi

#1
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 570 employees
$67.8Mraised
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Providing financing, inputs, training, and insurance to empower small-scale farmers. This is a technology company focused on revolutionizing farming and fostering sustainable livelihoods. It offers farmers comprehensive support, from seed to sale, including financing solutions and access to quality farming inputs. The company utilizes machine learning credit models to provide instant credit decisions, enabling farmers to purchase essential products through a digital store network. It partners with agrodealers to ensure proximity to farmers and provides agricultural training and insurance to protect investments. The goal is to transform subsistence farming into commercial farming, empowering farmers to scale successful agribusinesses and ensure food security. This is achieved through innovative solutions, redefining investment opportunities and driving positive social impact within the agricultural sector.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 33k LinkedIn followers — 18.6% of this cohort's audience · 86 engagements/post (2.1× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series B$2.5M
  • Apr 2024Grant (prize money)—
  • Nov 2023Series B$10M
  • Feb 2022Series B$40M
Founders & team
Eli PollakCo-Founder & CEOBenjamin NjengaCo-Founder
Investors
Triodos Investment Management, Rabobank, FMO, Mastercard Foundation, ABC Fund, SoftBank Vision Fund
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAngularAuth0Auth0 LockCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#2
Series C · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 29 employees
$15.3Mraised
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Provider of credit scoring passports and financial services for underserved markets. It develops and provides credit scoring passports and related financial technology solutions, primarily for microfinance institutions and small-to-medium-sized financial institutions in developing countries. This includes a credit-as-a-service API enabling cross-border credit passport usage. The company utilizes innovative technology to streamline processes, such as automated repayment recording, resulting in significantly reduced operational costs and lower interest rates. It also offers car financing services leveraging its credit scoring system. The aim is to expand access to fair and efficient financial services for individuals lacking traditional credit histories.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Conventional Debt$680.4K
  • Apr 2025Series C$5.1M
  • Feb 2025Series B$12.7M
  • Dec 2023Series B$2.2M
Founders & team
Koji TokudaCo-Founder
Investors
SBI Group, DEEPCORE, HAKOBUNE, QR Investment, Hokkoku Bank, Phals
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#3
Acquired · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2011 · 99 employees
$17.8Mraised
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Provider of digital banking solutions for individuals. It offers multiple services including savings accounts, money transfers, cash withdrawals, consumer loans, utility bill payments, and more. It provides an app-based platform that is available on Android and iOS devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 71k LinkedIn followers — 40.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Asset Finance Manager, Head of SME Business
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Venture Debt$5M
  • Oct 2024Venture Debt$5M
  • Apr 2022Series A$15.5M
  • Dec 2020Seed$2M
Investors
Frontline Ventures, Act Venture Capital, 500 Global, Ludlow Ventures, Nubank, Costanoa
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Sign-InGoogle WorkspaceLeafletLivefyre
#4
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 41 employees
$3Mraised
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Platform offering diversified financial services. It provides a core banking system and other operational banking solutions to banks, lenders, asset managers, and other enterprises, allowing them to offer their customers banking services. It also provides a platform for consumers to save, borrow, pay, invest, and protect their money through their application, which is available for android devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Kenya's Insurance Regulatory Authority) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed—
  • Feb 2023Seed$3M
Founders & team
Brian DempseyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
DOB Equity, QED Investors, Quona, Zephyr Management, Norrsken Evolve, Renew Capital
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Core-JsElementor
#5
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2023
$400Kraised
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Loan management platform for SMEs. It offers a platform that enables users of financial institutions to manage digitizing borrower origination, verification, and analysis. It also offers solutions for financial analysis, compliance management, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 771 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Ideall Quality HR Services) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed$400K
  • Oct 2025Grant (prize money)—
  • Oct 2025Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Sven GrospitschCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Antler, Jozi Angels, Innovestafrika, DEG
#6
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2003 · 57 employees
$7Mraised
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Provider of banking solutions for savings and credit cooperatives. It enables financial institutions to log events in the solution. It lets users opt-in to share the institution's information with credit bureaus, centralized ID agencies, and other cooperative financial institutions. It also sorts incoming financial requests.

Founders & team
Cynthia WandiaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
DOB Equity, Globivest, Breega, Emerge, FINCA Ventures, Base Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#7
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 15 employees
$4.2Mraised
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Provider of a digital bank for individuals. It provides users with a platform that offers digital banking services for young individuals. Its services include current accounts, money transfers, bill payments, and more. It features savings goals, link-based payments, and real-time notifications on transactions.

Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed$4M
  • Mar 2021Seed$250K
Founders & team
Ian NCo-Founder CTOGitari TirimaCo-Founder
Investors
Y Combinator, HOF Capital, Hustle Fund, Verdant Frontiers, Goodwater Capital, Launch Africa
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted Libraries
#8
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2018 · 40 employees
$7.5Mraised
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Provider of financial services and products to growing businesses in Africa. It offers solutions to address the financial needs of underserved individuals and small to medium-sized enterprises. Services include working capital finance, mobile money agent float finance, smartphone finance, and insurance premium finance. The company aims to advance financial independence through accessible and relevant products.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Series A$7.5M
Investors
Goodwell Investments, Sorenson Impact Foundation, Forsage Holdings
#9
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 3 employees
$2.5Mraised
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Open banking aggregation APIs. It offers APIs that enable banks and financial institutions to aggregate financial data from multiple sources. It features lending and risk analytics, reconciliation and transaction analytics, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 5.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Clara OderoCEO
Investors
Samos Investments, Precursor Ventures, Emerge, Full Circle Africa, Launch Africa, First Circle Capital
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCalendlyCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#10
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 16 employees
$1Mraised
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Provider of account receivables automation and integrated receivables management solutions. The company offers reconciliation of invoices against bank payments by connecting to bank and ERP systems. It harmonizes multiple bank transactions into ERP systems in real-time. The company digitizes invoice presentment, allowing debtors to track and pay invoices. It optimizes working capital financing for the supply chain. The company consolidates debtor payments into one bank account and streamlines reconciliation.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Seed$1M
Founders & team
John JumaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Unicorn Growth Capital, Antler, RaliCap, Africa Growth
#11
Funding Raised · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2014
$140Kraised
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Alternative credit scoring platform intended to offer loans to small farmers. It uses data analytics solutions to offers digital financial services to the agriculture sector. We support lenders to effectively increase their agricultural loan portfolios.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2017Grant (prize money)$140K
Founders & team
Peris BosireCo-Founder & Managing Director
Investors
USAID
#12
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi Province · founded 2020
—raised
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Provider of a digital platform for finance management. It provides users with a company that provides banking solutions, allowing individuals to send and receive money without hidden charges or surprises. The company offers tailored loan options and aims to promote financial inclusion and economic development in emerging markets.

Funding rounds
  • 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Ken OkweroCEO
Investors
Speedinvest

Funding & investor landscape

$126.7Mtotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
32disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Antler3 rounds
Catalyst Fund3 rounds
Inclusive Fintech 503 rounds
Launch Africa3 rounds
DFS Lab2 rounds
DOB Equity2 rounds
Emerge2 rounds
Full Circle Africa2 rounds
Norrsken Evolve2 rounds
Samurai Incubate2 rounds

Notable founders

Eli Pollak
Co-Founder & CEO · Apollo Agriculture
Benjamin Njenga
Co-Founder · Apollo Agriculture
Koji Tokuda
Co-Founder · HAKKI AFRICA
Brian Dempsey
Co-Founder & CEO · Power Financial Wellness
Sven Grospitsch
Co-Founder & CEO · Jahazii
Cynthia Wandia
Co-Founder & CEO · Kwara
Ian N
Co-Founder CTO · Fingo Africa
Gitari Tirima
Co-Founder · Fingo Africa
Clara Odero
CEO · Credrails
John Juma
Co-Founder & CEO · Churpy
Peris Bosire
Co-Founder & Managing Director · FarmDrive
Ken Okwero
CEO · Onit Bank
Prism market signals · Kenya · country-scoped Prism corpus, 42,673 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Banking Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH FROM Nairobi · institutions

What Nairobi researches in fintech

12 papersstance +0.080% breakthrough56% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomic Growth and DevelopmentFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourICT in Developing CommunitiesBlockchain Technology Applications and Security
top institutions
  • University of Nairobi12

Common questions

How many Banking Tech companies are there in Nairobi, Kenya?
Radar tracks 40 indexable Banking Tech companies headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Banking Tech companies in Nairobi, Kenya?
The Banking Tech companies in Nairobi, Kenya on this list have raised a combined $126.7M in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Banking Tech company in Nairobi, Kenya?
Apollo Agriculture is the highest-funded Banking Tech company in Nairobi, Kenya, with $67.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Banking Tech companies in Nairobi, Kenya are funded?
11 of the 40 Banking Tech companies in Nairobi, Kenya on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Banking Tech unicorns are there in Nairobi, Kenya?
None of the Banking Tech companies in Nairobi, Kenya on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Nairobi, Kenya Banking Tech companies?
The most active investors in Nairobi, Kenya Banking Tech companies on this list include Antler, Catalyst Fund, Inclusive Fintech 50, Launch Africa, DFS Lab.
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