12 Most Funded Startups in Kenya

[GossipKing]

Cellulant: $55M
CarePay: $45M
Powerhive: $41.3M
M-Kopa: $38M
Twiga Foods: $27.3M
AZA Group: $15M
Lori: $14.9M
Sendy: $12M
Africa’s Talking: $8.6M
WeFarm: $6.6M
Kopo Kopo: $6.3M
Copia Global: $6M
https://digestafrica.com/most-funded-startups-kenya

[The.Black.Templar]

is cellulant still a startup kweli?

[GossipKing]

@The.Black.Templar

is cellulant still a startup kweli?

It’s still considering they have not yet exited I guess

[The.Black.Templar]

@GossipKing

It’s still considering they have not yet exited I guess

what do you mean exited? is Uber still a startup according to this context?

[grandpa]

Lol. How is Cellulant a startup when it was founded in 2004. Basically the same year Facebook was founded

[data-lord]

Cellulant: LOL
CarePay: Who funds this knda thing
Powerhive: $41.3M, nice idea
M-Kopa: $38MNice one
Twiga Foods: $27.3M
AZA Group: $15M Whats this about?
Lori: $14.9M
Sendy: $12M
Africa’s Talking: $8.6M
WeFarm: $6.6M
Kopo Kopo: $6.3M
Copia Global: $6M

[Bwenyenye]

All I know is Twiga will crash. Why? Our farming culture is not sustainable. Most farmers rely on rains; we aren’t doing year round farming yet. Most farmers are also small holder; large scale farmers already have markets (local and export) and do not need twiga. Also anyone whose been in Kirinyaga/ menu and seen their billboards, the only thing they are buying us bananas. For that reason Goldman watachomeka kiasi.

[GossipKing]

@Bwenyenye

All I know is Twiga will crash. Why? Our farming culture is not sustainable. Most farmers rely on rains; we aren’t doing year round farming yet. Most farmers are also small holder; large scale farmers already have markets (local and export) and do not need twiga. Also anyone whose been in Kirinyaga/ menu and seen their billboards, the only thing they are buying us bananas. For that reason Goldman watachomeka kiasi.

I agree on this one. Unless they scale to other areas of the economy.

[GossipKing]

@grandpa

Lol. How is Cellulant a startup when it was founded in 2004. Basically the same year Facebook was founded

hehe , they are old enough to exit the market now

[deejohnz]

A company should not be considered a startup if they have celebrated their third anniversary.

[omhangla]

I met this Lori founder in some forum when he was just starting small and had just moved from the idea phase. Really grown

[blueline]

@Bwenyenye

All I know is Twiga will crash. Why? Our farming culture is not sustainable. Most farmers rely on rains; we aren’t doing year round farming yet. Most farmers are also small holder; large scale farmers already have markets (local and export) and do not need twiga. Also anyone whose been in Kirinyaga/ menu and seen their billboards, the only thing they are buying us bananas. For that reason Goldman watachomeka kiasi.

Nyet! They sell a wide range of foods. From flours, rice , sugar, cooking oil etc . Linking manufacturers to small retailers

[GossipKing]

@omhangla

I met this Lori founder in some forum when he was just starting small and had just moved from the idea phase. Really grown

Ex-Harvard my friend

[smallfish]

@Bwenyenye

All I know is Twiga will crash. Why? Our farming culture is not sustainable. Most farmers rely on rains; we aren’t doing year round farming yet. Most farmers are also small holder; large scale farmers already have markets (local and export) and do not need twiga. Also anyone whose been in Kirinyaga/ menu and seen their billboards, the only thing they are buying us bananas. For that reason Goldman watachomeka kiasi.

twiga will actually be one of the first unicorns from africa.

[Bwenyenye]

@blueline

Nyet! They sell a wide range of foods. From flours, rice , sugar, cooking oil etc . Linking manufacturers to small retailers

Hmmm okay. Let’s wait it out

[system]

How does one goes about pitching for some of this fundings? … I have a startup with a proven profitable and scalable model but nimekwama. Saving kwisha, Famalia na friends bado wako kwa buroti maguta, maguta era so no help here.

[GossipKing]

@Black Panther

How does one goes about pitching for some of this fundings? … I have a startup with a proven profitable and scalable model but nimekwama.

Share details of it and I can help you raise funding bro