Forested
Forested
Forested provides consumer brands with “Ingredient Insets,” regenerative, carbon-negative, and nature-positive locally produced ingredients such as botanical oils, bee products, butters and herbs/spices, helping global brands to meet environmental targets.
Starting date: April 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Laina Finance Ltd.
Laina Finance Ltd.
Laina Finance is an integrated financial service provider offering consumers automated credit approvals for installment payments, with both traditional and Sharia-compliant options. It empowers businesses by providing flexible, risk-free payment solutions to expand customer bases.
Starting date: 23 March 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Beem Africa
Inclusivity Solutions (PTY) Ltd.
Inclusivity Solutions is an African-based insurtech company offering digital insurance products and services. Putting the emerging consumer at the centre of their business, Inclusivity seeks to co-create risk protection products that are simple, affordable and accessible to market participants that have largely been excluded from traditional insurance distribution.
Starting date: 06 December 2019
Commitment: EUR 200,000
Freshpack Technologies
Freshpack
Freshpack offers an innovative, eco-friendly vegetable preservation box that extends shelf life by up to three times, without electricity or ice. Using smart fabric technology, it reduces spoilage, boosts vendor profitability, and enhances food security in Tanzania.
Starting date: 19 February 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Pindo
Pindo
Pindo is a pioneering company creating digital communication products in African languages like Kinyarwanda, Swahili, and Luganda. Specializing in Voice AI, the company helps businesses engage with diverse, low-literacy, and offline communities, offering tailored, impactful solutions.
Starting date: 29 January 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Swahilies
Swahilies
Swahilies offers a powerful, tech-driven financial platform designed to streamline operations for MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. With tools for inventory management, sales tracking, and digital payments, Swahilies empowers businesses to boost efficiency and drive growth.
Starting date: 29 January 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
NovFeed Ltd.
NovFeed Ltd.
NovFeed specializes in sustainable agriculture, developing EcoVita, a bio-fertilizer made from aquaculture byproducts and organic waste. This cost-effective product replaces expensive chemical fertilizers, boosts crop yields by 45%, reduces environmental impact and empowers farmers.
Starting date: 15 January 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
TIBU Health
TIBU Health
TIBU Health partners with pharmacies to establish affordable, tech-enabled "Minute Clinics" within their locations across East Africa. Offering primary care, diagnostics, and chronic disease management, the startup enhances patient care using AI tools and digital health solutions.
Starting date: 11 January 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Taimba Ltd.
Inclusivity Solutions (PTY) Ltd.
Inclusivity Solutions is an African-based insurtech company offering digital insurance products and services. Putting the emerging consumer at the centre of their business, Inclusivity seeks to co-create risk protection products that are simple, affordable and accessible to market participants that have largely been excluded from traditional insurance distribution.
Starting date: 06 December 2019
Commitment: EUR 200,000
Q-Lana
Q-Lana
Q-Lana is a digital credit and asset management platform for financial institutions, leveraging low-code technology. It enables data-driven decisions, risk management, and ESG analysis, improving SME access to credit while promoting efficiency and sustainability in the financial ecosystem.
Starting date: 08 January 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
eWAKA Mobility Ltd.
eWAKA Mobility
eWAKA offers eco-friendly electric mobility solutions, focusing on e-cargo bikes and motorcycles, designed for last-mile delivery and commuting. Their IoT-enabled fleet management platform optimizes routes, tracks performance, and ensures efficient, sustainable operations.
Starting date: 08 January 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
IRIBA Water Group
IRIBA Water Group
IRIBA Water provides affordable, safe drinking water through smart Tap&Drink ATMs, offering clean water at 70% less than bottled options. Its franchise model empowers women and youth, improves health, and reduces plastic waste in underserved communities.
Starting date: 19 December 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
African Agency for Arid Resources Limited (AGAR Ltd.)
AGAR
AGAR integrates value chains from arid lands in East Africa, from seed to shelf, sourcing natural ingredients from pastoralist communities and transforming them into organic personal care products.
Starting date: 11 December 2025
Commitment: EUR 100,000
GenePlus Global Ltd.
GenePlus Global
GenePlus is an agricultural biotech company improving Kenya’s dairy productivity since 2017. Through advanced cattle genetics and a USSD platform, the company boosts milk yields, cuts input costs, and ensures long-term farmer sustainability.
Starting date: 04 December 2024
Commitment: EUR 100,000
Kilimo Fresh Foods Africa Ltd.
Kilimo Fresh Foods Africa Ltd.
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 Technologies Ltd.
SioValley Technologies Ltd.
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
Figorr Kenya Ltd.
Figorr Kenya Ltd.
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
Hanny G Investment Company
Hanny G Investment Company
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
DOT Glasses Kenya Ltd.
DOT Glasses Kenya Ltd.
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
Imara Technology Company Ltd.
Imara Technology Company Ltd.
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
