Financial services in Kenya: funding deals and active investors
One of the best-documented segments on the platform. Latest rounds, investors who lead them, tickets and instruments — Financial services, Kenya.
12
deals recorded
4
over 12 months
7 M$
median disclosed ticket
15
identified investors
Key findings
- 12 funding deals recorded (Financial services, Kenya) since 2007, involving 11 companies and 15 identified investors. 4 of them over the last 12 months (4 the previous year).
- Median disclosed ticket: 7 M$; half of the deals fall between 6.2 M$ and 12.7 M$ (9 amounts disclosed out of 12, 249.6 M$ in total).
- Where the money goes: Vehicle and productive-asset finance (42 %), Banking (25 %), SME finance (17 %).
- Most frequent stage: Growth (33 %); most used instrument: Senior debt (42 %).
- Most active investors: AHL Venture Partners (1), Amethis (1), BluePeak Private Capital (1).
- 17 % of deals are syndicated (at least two investors around the table).
Industries
- Vehicle and productive-asset finance5
- Banking3
- SME finance2
- Insurance1
- Microfinance1
Stages
- Growth4
- Debt4
Instruments
- Senior debt5
- Equity5
- Mezzanine debt1
Deals per year
| Year | Deals | Disclosed amounts |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 20 M$ |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 M$ |
| 2025 | 4 | 27.7 M$ |
| 2026 | 4 | 16.2 M$ |
Most active investors
- AHL Venture Partners1 deal
- Amethis1 deal
- BluePeak Private Capital1 deal
- Costanoa Ventures1 deal
- Deepcore1 deal
- Ecobank1 deal
- FMO1 deal
- Helios Investment Partners1 deal
- I&M Bank1 deal
- Norinchukin Innovation Fund1 deal
- QR Investment1 deal
- SBI Investment1 deal
Latest deals
| Company | Date | Disclosed amounts | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| WatuVehicle and productive-asset finance · Kenya · Debt | Sept 2026 | 7 M$ | AHL Venture Partnerssource |
| Zamara HoldingsInsurance · Kenya · Growth | Sept 2026 | undisclosed | Amethissource |
| Mogo KenyaBanking · Kenya · Debt | Feb 2026 | 6.2 M$ | I&M Banksource |
| MyCreditMicrofinance · Kenya · Debt | Jan 2026 | 3 M$ | undisclosedsource |
| ZanifuSME finance · Kenya | Sept 2025 | undisclosed | Yango Venturessource |
| UmbaSME finance · Kenya · Debt | Apr 2025 | 5 M$ | Costanoa Venturessource |
| Hakki AfricaVehicle and productive-asset finance · Kenya | Feb 2025 | 12.7 M$ | Norinchukin Innovation Fundsource |
| I&M GroupBanking · Kenya | Jan 2025 | 10 M$ | FMOsource |
| Mogo KenyaVehicle and productive-asset finance · Kenya · Growth | Jun 2023 | 7 M$ | Verdant Capitalsource |
| MophonesVehicle and productive-asset finance · Kenya | Jan 2023 | undisclosed | Speedinvestsource |
| Watu AfricaVehicle and productive-asset finance · Kenya · Growth | Dec 2022 | 20 M$ | BluePeak Private Capitalsource |
| Equity BankBanking · Kenya · Growth | Dec 2007 | 178.7 M$ | Helios Investment Partnerssource |
See also
Method: published funding deals (press releases, specialised media), recorded by Invest Matching's news monitoring and reviewed before integration. Amounts in US dollars; deals without a disclosed amount count in the totals, not in the medians.