Best HRTech Companies in Nairobi, Kenya
The 36 best HRTech companies in Nairobi, Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: WorkPay.
Ranked: Best HRTech companies in Nairobi
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WorkPay Cloud-based payroll management solution provider | $14M | 27 mo ago | Series A | Paul Kimani Founder & CEO | 2017 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowMicrosoft Clarity+28 | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 2 | Power Financial Wellness Platform offering diversified financial services | $3M | 20 mo ago | Seed | Brian Dempsey Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | 1 partnership |
| 3 | DUMA Works Online recruitment solution provider | $828K | 124 mo ago | Deadpooled | Christine Blauvelt Co-founder | 2012 | — | — |
| 4 | Boya Corporate expense management software | $500K | 54 mo ago | Seed | Alphas Sinja Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | SentryNode.jsChart.js+22 | — |
| 5 | Spire Education Talent development company developing internal universities for companies in Kenya | $250K | 120 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 6 | Arifu Adaptive learning platform for organizational training | $100K | 110 mo ago | Funding Raised | Craig Heintzman Founder & CEO | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — |
| 7 | ElevateHR Cloud-based HR automation suite solutions for enterprises | — | 40 mo ago | Seed | Mark Karate Co-Founder | 2021 | ZohoAstroAmazon Web Services+18 | — |
| 8 | Zydii Online LMS platform for multi-industry | — | 40 mo ago | Seed | Rhoda Kingori Co-Founder & COO | 2016 | SummernotePHPLaravel+24 | — |
Top 10 HRTech companies in Nairobi
#1
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 41 employees$3Mraised▾
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.
- Dec 2024Seed—
- Feb 2023Seed$3M
#2
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 69 employees$13.9Mraised▾
Cloud-based HRMS suite solutions for SMBs.It offers features such as employee attendance tracking, claiming expenses, performance management, an employee self-service portal, payroll administration, time tracking, employee wellness benefits, etc. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
- Jun 2024Series A$8.8M
- Feb 2023Seed$2.7M
- Aug 2020Seed$2.1M
- Mar 2020Seed$150K
#3
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2021 · 13 employees$500Kraised▾
Corporate expense management software. It offers solutions for corporate cards, expense management, billing management, accounting automation, overdraft, spending reports, and more. It also enables businesses categorize spending and capture receipts in real-time. Its app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Feb 2022Seed$500K
#4
Deadpooled · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2012 · 22 employees$828.2Kraised▾
Online recruitment solution provider
#5
Acquired · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013 · 38 employees$250Kraised▾
Spire is a talent development company developing internal universities for companies in Kenya, to bridge the gap between what employers seek and what higher education institutions deliver. It builds transformative learning and development programs for leading companies using tech, data, & learning science, where students learn actively and experientially, receiving daily feedback from its coaches. It also offers a six-week education-to-employment "Career Accelerator" to help recent university graduates develop the core skills that will make them much more job-ready.
#6
Funding Raised · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013 · 23 employees$100Kraised▾
Arifu offers an adaptive learning platform for organizations to engage and impart training to people across the value chain including employees, customers, retailers, distributors, suppliers, and beneficiaries. It allows companies to deliver content over the web and SMS. Also provides real-time data analytics and insights about learners. Offers a library of rated content provided under open and royalty-based licenses from other providers as well as self-developed customized learning content.
- Jul 2017Conventional Debt$100K
#7
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2021 · 16 employees—raised▾
Cloud-based HR automation suite solutions for enterprises. It provides a framework for automating human resource procedures and tasks. Payroll administration, attendance and leave management, onboarding, employee document and data management, feedback collecting, payslip creation, and more services are available. It allows users to post jobs on various employment sites, analyse applicants, and track their progress to help them fulfil hiring targets. It also features on-demand pay tools, a self-service site for employees, and salary administration services. Users can also calculate and compare their salaries.
- May 2023Seed—
#8
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 20 employees—raised▾
Online LMS platform for multi-industry. Employees can build a virtual workplace and choose courses for training using a subscription-based pricing mechanism. It allows educational institutions and private teachers to build online self-paced courses and make them available to the public on the site.
- May 2023Seed—
#9
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2018 · 8 employees—raised▾
Provider of end-to-end HRMS solutions. The platform offers payroll management, employee onboarding, leave management, timesheet & attendance along with integrations that can be made on the existing system.
- Aug 2022Seed—
#10
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 18 employees—raised▾
Operator of a branding services company intended to build Africa's largest network of creatives and freelancers for digital services. The company provides business design, production, and social media services for quick one-off tasks or long-term jobs with a pool of vetted and professional creatives to carry out the tasks and guarantee the work, enabling African freelancers to access paid work from any part of the world.
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