Best Retail Companies in Nairobi County, Kenya
The 90 best Retail companies in Nairobi County, Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wasoko.
Ranked: Best Retail companies in Nairobi County
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wasoko Online retailer of everyday consumer goods providing delivery services to shops | $152M | 51 mo ago | Series B | 1,000 | Daniel Yu Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | 3 job openings |
| 2 | Twiga Foods Online marketplace platform offering farm products | $110M | 30 mo ago | Series C | 567 | — | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+9 | — |
| 3 | MarketForce360 Cloud-based operation management solutions for e-commerce brands | $43M | 51 mo ago | Series A | 600 | Mesongo Sibuti Co-Founder | — | — |
| 4 | Kasha Online retailer offering multi-category beauty and healthcare products for women | $29M | 6 mo ago | Series B | 141 | — | Amazon Web ServicesGoogle Font APIjQuery+5 | — |
| 5 | PBP Online B2B marketplace for buying and selling multi-category products | $13M | 39 mo ago | Series A | 42 | Hedvig Alexander Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyZoho+20 | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Lipa Later Online platform for point of sale financing for multi-category products | $12M | 33 mo ago | Seed | 150 | Eric Muli Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsFirebaseAnt Design+8 | — |
| 7 | Goodlife Chain of pharmacy stores | $12M | 51 mo ago | Acquired | 450 | Josh Ruxin Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+28 | — |
| 8 | Jumba Online marketplace procuring building materials for the construction industry | $6M | 40 mo ago | Seed | — | Kagure Wamunyu Co-Founder & CEO | SentryNode.jsRadix UI+13 | — |
| 9 | Skygarden Online marketplace for multi-category products | $5M | 60 mo ago | Acquired | 50 | — | TypeScriptIonicAngular+15 | — |
| 10 | Moko Internet-first brand platform offering furniture | $4M | 44 mo ago | Series B | 115 | Fiorenzo Conte Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 4 job openings |
| 11 | Sukhiba App-based social community platform offering multi-category groceries | $3M | 21 mo ago | Seed | 28 | Ananth Gudipati Founder | Webflowcore-jsSelect2+18 | — |
| 12 | Tushop Online group-buying platform offering groceries | $3M | 50 mo ago | Seed | 34 | Cathy Chepkemboi Founder & CEO | SentryNode.jsFirebase+13 | — |
| 13 | Uncover Provider of skincare products | $2M | 23 mo ago | Seed | — | Catherine Lee Co-Founder | — | 1 launch |
| 14 | Badili Online platform offering a wide range of second hand smartphones | $2M | 29 mo ago | Seed | 36 | Rishabh Lawania Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyZoho+29 | — |
| 15 | Enda Provider of sports shoes | $1M | 54 mo ago | Acquired | 1 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyJustuno App+38 | — |
| 16 | chpter Cloud-based software solutions for e-commerce businesses | $1M | 21 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Kuria Kevin Co-Founder | Node.jsNextAuth.jsGoogle Maps+15 | — |
| 17 | Shop Zetu Online retailer of clothes & footwears and beauty accessories | $1M | 35 mo ago | Seed | 34 | Marvin Kiragu Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyReact+15 | — |
| 18 | Revivo Online platform offering multi-category electronic components | $635K | 36 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Sarah Johnson Founder & CEO | AlgoliaNode.jsChart.js+19 | — |
| 19 | CashBackApp App based platform offering cashback on groceries shopping | $475K | 58 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Allan Thiga Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsUbuntu+14 | — |
| 20 | Cart "n" Shop Provider of eCommerce solution for businesses | $400K | 51 mo ago | Seed | — | Richard Kimani Co-Founder | — | — |
| 21 | ZUMI Online B2B marketplace for fashion wholesalers and retailers | $370K | 60 mo ago | Deadpooled | 150 | William McCarren Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — |
| 22 | Farmshine Online marketplace for agricultural products | $250K | 78 mo ago | Seed | — | Luca Alinovi Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 23 | Totohealth Mobile app providing pregnancy and maternity information | $240K | 114 mo ago | Public | 7 | — | — | — |
| 24 | M-Farm Online portal providing market prices info and a listing platform for agri produce | $235K | 144 mo ago | Seed | — | Susan Eve Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
| 25 | BeautyClick Online retailer of multi-category beauty and personal care products | $156K | 120 mo ago | Seed | — | Jesper Vesten Drescher Founder | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+35 | — |
| 26 | DohYangu App-based platform offering offers and rewards for groceries shopping | $100K | 46 mo ago | Funding Raised | 6 | Dominic Mburu Co-Founder | — | — |
| 27 | Taimba Online platform offering fruits and vegetables | $100K | 76 mo ago | Seed | 20 | Joan Nduati Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — |
Top 12 Retail companies in Nairobi County
#1
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 141 employees$29.5Mraised▾
Online retailer offering multi-category beauty and healthcare products for women. The product catalog includes handwashes, toothpaste, toothbrushes, moisturizers, sanitary pads, hand sanitizers, hair oils, shampoo, hair conditioners, and more. The company also offers baby care products. It offers offline-to-online service of providing essential care products for women on-demand. The company creates a social impact by working on empowering women in urban and rural areas.
#2
Series C · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013 · 567 employees$110Mraised▾
Online marketplace platform offering farm products. The company provides a supply chain for a variety of products like vegetables, groceries, and more. It supplies farm products to small and medium-size vendors from local and urban markets, etc. The company claims to provide same-day delivery.
- Nov 2023Series C—
- Nov 2021Series C$50M
- Oct 2020Conventional Debt$29.2M
- Oct 2019Conventional Debt$6.2M
#3
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020 · 28 employees$3Mraised▾
App-based social community platform offering multi-category groceries. The platform enables real-time customer interactions, order management, inventory tracking, and personalized campaigns directly on WhatsApp.
#4
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013 · 1000 employees$151.9Mraised▾
Online retailer of everyday consumer goods providing delivery services to shops. It offers an application for shop owners to order products. Customer service agents and field sales agents are available to assist with registration. The company provides a credit facility for purchasing goods and later payment.
- Mar 2022Series B$125M
- Feb 2020Series A$18M
- Feb 2019Seed$2.5M
- Jul 2018Seed$2M
#5
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2020$2.4Mraised▾
Provider of skincare products. The platform offers moisturizers, cleansers, spot treatments, pimple patches, sunscreen, serums, cleansers, and more. The platform allows users to take quiz and customize the products.
- Jul 2024Seed$1.4M
- Dec 2022Seed$1M
- Jan 2021Seed—
#6
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2021 · 8 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Cloud-based software solutions for e-commerce businesses. The platform provides solutions including sales management, checkout, order management, integration, marketing automation, and more.
- Sep 2024Seed$1.2M
- Apr 2023Seed$20K
#7
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 600 employees$42.6Mraised▾
Cloud-based operation management solutions for e-commerce brands. The platform enables companies to automate its sales and distribution processes by handling orders, prospects, client data, product and service information, consumer response, stock movement, and more.
- Feb 2022Series A$40M
- Feb 2022Conventional Debt—
- Aug 2021Seed$100K
- Jul 2021Seed$2M
#8
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2015 · 150 employees$12Mraised▾
Online platform for point of sale financing for multi-category products. It enables users to purchase products from the partnered merchant network and pay in monthly installments with customized repayment options. It provides a merchant portal enabling businesses to provide buy now pay later options to the end customers.
#9
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2019 · 42 employees$13Mraised▾
Online B2B marketplace for buying and selling multi-category products. The product catalog includes home decor, lighting, mirrors, accessories, apparel, bags, toys, and more.
#10
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2021 · 36 employees$2Mraised▾
Developer of a re-commerce platform for mobile phones designed to make used phones affordable and accessible while reducing e-waste. The company's platform offers a wide selection of renewed mobile phones at affordable prices, enabling customers to save money and purchase high-quality used phones while reducing e-waste by giving used phones a second life.
#11
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2001$5.5Mraised▾
Developer of construction tech software designed to rationalize the construction supply chain in Africa. The company's platform connects manufacturers with retailers and negotiates prices, and ensures that small hardware stores are connected to medium-sized ones near their regions to update their inventories, helping retailers and hardware store owners in simplifying B2B purchase and financing of construction materials.
#12
Acquired · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013 · 450 employees$12Mraised▾
Operator of a retail pharmacy chain based in Nairobi, Kenya. The company offers health and personal care products including pharmaceuticals and also provides health services including blood pressure, blood glucose, body mass index, malaria and family nutrition, doctor consultations and laboratory services, thereby enabling patients to receive affordable and accessible healthcare services.
- Mar 2022Conventional Debt$12M
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