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Best Investment Tech Companies in Kenya

The 31 best Investment Tech companies in Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Pariti.

31companies tracked
$6.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
Sources & further reading
  • IDC Financial Insights
  • HTF MI
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · INVESTMENT TECH × KENYA

Our analysis of 229 Investment Tech companies

$28.6b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

229companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
23unicorns
2019median founding year

Ranked: Best Investment Tech companies in Kenya

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Pariti
Provider of an AI-powered platform for talent sourcing and payroll services
$3M59 mo agoSeedYacob Berhane
Co-Founder & CEO
2019SentryNode.jsNextAuth.js+20—
2Koa
Online savings platform for consumers
$2M58 mo agoDeadpooled—2020——
3Hisa
Fractional investment platform for Kenyan and US stocks
$317K47 mo agoAcquiredEric Jackson
Co-Founder
2020PHPparticles.jsLaravel+21—
4Caytree Partners
Business and personal financial management solution.
$59K137 mo agoDeadpooledKaribu Nyaggah
Founder
2012——
5Agrikaab
Provider of a crowdfunding platform for agriculture businesses
$50K112 mo agoSeedMohamed Jimale
Founder
2016——
6Flexpay
Save now and buy later payment platform for purchases
$20K38 mo agoSeedMoses Wakanyi
Co-Founder & CTO
2014Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+29—
7M-Changa
Fundraising platform for individuals and businesses
$20K148 mo agoSeedKyai Mullei
Co-Founder & CEO
2011Node.jsHeadless UIVue.js+16—
8Ndovu
Personal financial advisory platform for individuals
—36 mo agoSeedRadhika Bhachu
Co-Founder & CEO
2020Wix eCommerceWixSentry+20—

Top 10 Investment Tech companies in Kenya

#1
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 22 employees
$3.4Mraised
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Provider of an AI-powered platform for talent sourcing and payroll services. It offers tools for candidate vetting, salary insights, and talent acquisition. The platform aims to streamline the hiring process and connect companies with qualified professionals. It also provides resources for founders, referrers, and those seeking funding.

Founders & team
Yacob BerhaneCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Harlem Capital, Better Ventures, Accelerated Digital Ventures, Diverse Angels, AVG Basecamp Fund, New General Market Partners
#2
Acquired · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 10 employees
$317.3Kraised
▾

Fractional investment platform for Kenyan and US stocks. It allows users to own fractions of US and Kenyan stocks, listen to podcasts, get market news and discussions, and manage wealth. It is currently available on android and iOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 12.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Seed$67.3K
  • 2022Seed$250K
Founders & team
Eric JacksonCo-FounderErick AsumaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Fib, Startup Wise Guys, Serunjogi Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAstroCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCustomer.Io
#3
Deadpooled · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 23 employees
$2.4Mraised
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Developer of a savings platform designed to help users save more money easily with a hassle-free, goal-based interface, and earn higher returns. The company's platform lets users create savings goals and set how much they want to save every month, week, or day and features a dashboard where users can monitor their current savings and investments, enabling users to save and invest their money in local mutual funds.

Investors
Kima Ventures, DFS Lab, Catalyst Fund, Magic Fund, Chrysalis Capital, Sherpa Ventures
#4
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2014 · 27 employees
$20Kraised
▾

Save now and buy later payment platform for purchases. The platform allows customers to save on items and services from partner merchants. Customers make payments over a set period. Upon full payment, customers receive confirmation to complete their purchase. The platform offers options for individual and group savings.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 11.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Kennank) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Moses WakanyiCo-Founder & CTODennis KaranuChief Financial Officer & ex-Co-FounderRichard MachombaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Renew Capital, Techstars, Acasia Ventures, Cairo Angels, Black Founders Fund, Launchpad Accelerator
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsContact Form 7
#5
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016
$50Kraised
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Provider of a crowdfunding platform for agriculture businesses. It provides a platform for investors to invest in greenhouse farming and livestock businesses. It sends all the updates of the farm businesses to the investor and also allows them to monitor their investments. The revenue generated from the harvests is shared among the investors according to their shares.

Funding rounds
  • 2017Seed$50K
Founders & team
Mohamed JimaleFounder
Investors
Fast Track Malmo
#6
Deadpooled · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2012
$59Kraised
▾

Business and personal financial management solution.

Founders & team
Karibu NyaggahFounder
Investors
USAID
#7
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2011 · 4 employees
$20Kraised
▾

Developer of a fundraising management platform intended to help startups for collecting payments via Mobile Money and Credit Card channels. The company's technology offers end-to-end management of communication, accounting, security, and platform withdrawals, enabling clients to inexpensively manage a remote fundraiser.

Founders & team
Kyai MulleiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Startupbootcamp
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudinaryCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#8
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 28 employees
—raised
▾

Personal financial advisory platform for individuals. It allows users to choose from multiple investment products such as stocks, funds, and more. It features tools for developing financial plans for the future, savings and wealth management, and tracking spending activities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 46.2% of this cohort's audience · 19 engagements/post (2.9× cohort median)
Founders & team
Radhika BhachuCo-Founder & CEORogito NyangeriCo-Founder & CCO
Investors
4DX Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Future Africa, Oui Capital, Enza Capital, Mercury
Tech stack
AdjustAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApache Http ServerApexcharts.JsBootstrap
#9
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 14 employees
—raised
▾

Operator of the digital marketplace intended to generate passive income for property owners. The company's platform connects property developers, affordable House buyers or borrowers, and financial lenders, enabling people to reduce investment risk and build wealth.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 23.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Charles NyandiaFounder & CEO
Investors
Startup Wise Guys
Tech stack
All In One SeoBootstrapCdnjsChoicesCloudflareContact Form 7
#10
Seed · Kenya
—raised
▾

Online platform for stock investing

Founders & team
Moses RachoFounder
Investors
FasterCapital

Funding & investor landscape

$6.3Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
3disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Startup Wise Guys3 rounds
Kepple Africa Ventures2 rounds
4DX Ventures1 rounds
AVG Basecamp Fund1 rounds
Acasia Ventures1 rounds
Accelerated Digital Ventures1 rounds
Alumni Ventures1 rounds
Andon Okapi1 rounds
Better Ventures1 rounds
Black Founders Fund1 rounds

Notable founders

Yacob Berhane
Co-Founder & CEO · Pariti
Eric Jackson
Co-Founder · Hisa
Erick Asuma
Co-Founder & CEO · Hisa
Moses Wakanyi
Co-Founder & CTO · Flexpay
Dennis Karanu
Chief Financial Officer & ex-Co-Founder · Flexpay
Mohamed Jimale
Founder · Agrikaab
Karibu Nyaggah
Founder · Caytree Partners
Kyai Mullei
Co-Founder & CEO · M-Changa
Radhika Bhachu
Co-Founder & CEO · Ndovu
Rogito Nyangeri
Co-Founder & CCO · Ndovu
Charles Nyandia
Founder & CEO · Naivera
Moses Racho
Founder · Forex Mobi
Prism market signals · Kenya · country-scoped Prism corpus, 673,688 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Investment Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Kenya

How research on Fintech is moving in Kenya

A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 90 Kenya-affiliated papers.

top research entities
  • Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology19
  • Kenyatta University13
  • University of Nairobi12
  • Strathmore University8
  • Moi University7
leading researchers
Eugene Aicha · Chimwemwe Chipeta · Moses M. Muthinja · Stephen Muathe · Christopher Moturi · Geofrey Ogoti · ELIAS NYALE KAMBI · DR. GEORGE ONYIEGO
▲ Breakthroughs3 · 3%
0%→0% share
0 median citations33% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (0%→0% of field), led by Invoice.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Invoice2
  • Factoring2
  • Payment2
  • Context (archaeology)2
  • Supply chain2
◆ Advancements53 · 59%
▲ 0%→73% share
0 median citations68% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→73% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services10→21
  • Financial inclusion8→9
Newly emergingDescriptive statistics 0→8 · Population 0→8 · Loan 0→5
Landmark Financial Technology and Financial Inclusion of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabati Market Kitui County, Kenya. · 9 cites
▼ Concerns21 · 23%
▲ 0%→27% share
0 median citations48% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→27% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services14
  • Financial inclusion7
  • Mobile payment6
  • Mobile banking6
  • Financial transaction4
Landmark Blockchain technology and its potential to revolutionize financial services in Africa · 3 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Kenya

Where fintech is researched across Kenya

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Nairobi46 · +0.32
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Descriptive statisticsOpportunity · Financial intermediaryConcern · Financial inclusion
Eldoret8 · +0.26
Hot · Mobile paymentAdvancing · Kenya

Common questions

How many Investment Tech companies are there in Kenya?
Radar tracks 31 indexable Investment Tech companies headquartered in Kenya that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Investment Tech companies in Kenya?
The Investment Tech companies in Kenya on this list have raised a combined $6.3M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Investment Tech company in Kenya?
Pariti is the highest-funded Investment Tech company in Kenya, with $3.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Investment Tech companies in Kenya are funded?
7 of the 31 Investment Tech companies in Kenya on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Investment Tech unicorns are there in Kenya?
None of the Investment Tech companies in Kenya on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Kenya Investment Tech companies?
The most active investors in Kenya Investment Tech companies on this list include Startup Wise Guys, Kepple Africa Ventures, 4DX Ventures, AVG Basecamp Fund, Acasia Ventures.
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