Our start-ups are dedicated to creating positive social and environmental impact through their innovative business models. Here you can find a list of our active develoPPP Ventures portfolio companies, organized by the date of commitment.
By connecting farmers directly to retailers, Kilimo Fresh improves supply chains in Tanzania, delivering fresh products to businesses quickly and reliably while ensuring fair prices for farmers.
SioValley’s innovative KaFresh spray coating, made from overripe fruits, extends produce shelf life while reducing waste and environmental impact, offering a scalable solution to prevent spoilage for farmers and exporters.
Starting date: 16 September 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Real-time monitoring technology from Figorr safeguards perishable goods in transit, tracking temperature and humidity to ensure product quality. By reducing spoilage and CO2 emissions, Figorr optimizes supply chains for agricultural and medical clients.
Starting date: 04 September 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Providing eco-friendly cooking solutions, Hanny G manufactures fuel briquettes and institutional stoves, reducing firewood use and improving large-scale cooking efficiency for institutions and cafeterias.
Starting date: 28 August 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Revolutionizing vision care, low-cost adjustable eyeglasses are offered for remote communities, correcting 85% of impairments with just six lens options, eliminating the need for optometrists.
Starting date: 28 August 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
By manufacturing and selling agricultural equipment at affordable prices, Imara Tech increases the productivity of smallholder farmers in Tanzania up to 25 times. Their most popular machine is the Multi Crop Thresher that can thresh nine different staple crops and is portable by motorcycle.
Starting date: 16 August 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Providing an affordable alternative to traditional fiscal devices, Simplitech's online platform enables Tanzanian SMEs to issue virtual receipts, access cloud accounting, and reduce costs, improving tax compliance and business efficiency.
Starting date: 14 August 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Healthy Seaweed addresses the lack of nutritious food options while promoting health, gender equality, and a healthier lifestyle through the production of nutrient-rich seaweed products sourced mainly from female farmers in Tanzania.
Starting date: 14 August 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Rology's AI-powered teleradiology platform enables 24/7 remote diagnostic reporting, matching scans to specialized radiologists. It combats critical radiologist shortages in underserved regions, reducing missed diagnoses, delayed treatments, and maternal mortality rates.
Starting date: 14 August 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
By providing affordable drip irrigation kits, solar pumps, and comprehensive support, Irri-Hub helps Kenyan farmers boost productivity, improve water management, and increase resilience against climate change.
Starting date: 14 August 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Cliniva Healthcare provides affordable, personalized women's healthcare in Kenya through a hybrid model of neighborhood mini-clinics and telemedicine, offering continuous follow-up and reducing wait times with a nurse-led approach.
Starting date: 10 July 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
The company modernizes African transportation by introducing a digital infrastructure, including language-specific software and POS devices. Their online platform simplifies ticket purchasing and cargo tracking, reducing customer inconvenience and costs associated with traditional methods. Safiri’s revenue streams comprise B2B ticket plans, B2B parcel services, and B2C ticket sales facilitated through mobile apps, websites and ticket agents.
Starting date: 17 April 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
FlexPay is a merchant-embedded digital platform that follows a 'Save Now Buy Later' model: users can save money for future purchases, earn rewards, and pay over time, encouraging financial responsibility and continued credit-free consumption of essential goods and services.
Starting date: 11 April 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Yes:id builds tools and platforms for businesses and governments to implement identity verification, enabelling access to relevant private and public services, especially for those without official identification documents. Yes:ID has a B2B and B2G approach, targeting state institutions as well as the emerging InsurTech and FinTech sectors as they are in need of such applications to ensure financial and healthcare inclusion in Africa. To support petty traders, the company provides identity related business outsourcing (BOP).
Starting date: 06 March 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
SASAhealth is a telemedicine provider which has developed an innovative and unique end-to-end medical solution to provide affordable and 24/7 accessible primary medical care via comprehensive telemedicine services. To control costs and ensure quality, SASA provides all services in-house wherever possible and is a licensed medical clinic, licensed pharmacy, and licensed laboratory.
Starting date: 01 March 2023
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Medikea offers a convenient healthcare solution that combines virtual and face-to-face care 24/7 through a seamless blend of app-based telemedicine and local physical clinics. Medikea has developed its own electronic medical record system, which includes laboratory and pharmacy inventory, appointment booking and dispensing systems, ensuring a smooth and integrated patient journey, reducing waiting times and digitising patient health records. A cash-pay business model also targets the uninsured.
Starting date: 28 February 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
GOBEBA has developed a holistic approach that ensures a safe, efficient, high-quality and low-threshold distribution of bulky utilities (such as cooking energy and water), benefiting consumers as well as brands. Consumers can use messenger services or an app to order the quantity of goods they need, which are then delivered by a driver from a nearby micro-fulfilment hub.
Starting date: 16 February 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
TemboPlus offers a suite of digital solutions (API/SDK) to help companies bring banking, payments and remittance services to underserved customers across Africa. As part of its offering, TemboPlus manages banking relationships and regulatory approvals, enabling its corporate clients to avoid the need to obtain their own banking licences or manage their own technology infrastructure to offer financial services.
Starting date: 10 February 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Silabu provides a mobile education app that addresses the financial constraints and teacher shortages affecting primary and secondary school students in Tanzania. The platform combines peer-to-peer, group and one-to-one tutoring methods to create an inclusive and affordable learning environment. Key features include quick creation of peer learning groups, access to live group lessons from top tutors at a fraction of the traditional cost, on-demand booking of verified tutors and seamless sharing of learning materials.
Starting date: 09 February 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Tappi provides MSMEs with an easy-to-use Software as a Service (SaaS) application to build a reputable online identity. By answering 8 questions on WhatsApp, investing 2 minutes and using their mobile airtime, businesses can build their own website, get reviews and grow their customer base.
Starting date: 08 February 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
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