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Since 2017, Chandaria Capital has backed 15 African startups across 16 disclosed funding rounds totaling $52.3M, most heavily in Kenya and E-commerce & Retail.
Chandaria Capital is a venture capital fund focused on backing innovative entrepreneurs and scalable businesses across Africa. The firm is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and is part of the broader Chandaria family business ecosystem, with a stated mission to support ideas that can transform the continent. In Africa, Chandaria Capital invests predominantly at the seed stage, with additional participation in Series A and later venture rounds. Its disclosed portfolio shows a strong focus on Kenya and Nigeria, with investments across sectors such as e commerce and retail, fintech, edtech, health tech, logistics and supply chain, crypto and Web3, banking, and insurtech. The firm has backed companies including Flowcart, Craydel, Fingo Africa, Leta, UTU, Jumba, Umba, ImaliPay, Tushop, Shara, Obtainly, Ilara Health, Helium Health, and Wasoko, reflecting an emphasis on technology enabled solutions for commerce, financial services, and healthcare. Chandaria Capital often invests alongside other early stage and growth investors, including regional and international venture funds and angel networks. Its co investment activity with firms such as Enza Capital, Goodwater Capital, Antler, Future of Learning Fund, Tekton Ventures, and several Africa focused investors underscores its role within a broader ecosystem of capital providers supporting high growth African startups.
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Chandaria Capital has backed 15 African startups across 16 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $52.3M since 2017.
Mostly Seed: 13 of its 16 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Series A (1).
Companies Chandaria Capital has backed operate in Kenya (15), Nigeria (9), South Africa (4), and 8 more markets. Each figure counts the rounds behind companies serving that market, so a company operating in several markets counts in each of them.
Its tracked rounds lean toward E-commerce & Retail (5), Fintech (3), EdTech (2), and 5 more sectors.
Chandaria Capital most often shares rounds with Enza Capital (4 shared deals), Goodwater Capital (3 shared deals), Antler (2 shared deals).
Chandaria Capital is a venture capital fund based in Nairobi, Kenya. It focuses on backing innovative, scalable businesses across Africa, particularly in technology enabled sectors. The firm is part of the Chandaria business ecosystem and targets entrepreneurs building ventures that can transform the continent.
Chandaria Capital has backed a number of notable African startups. Its portfolio includes Flowcart, Craydel, Fingo Africa, Leta, UTU, Jumba, Umba, ImaliPay, Tushop, Shara, Obtainly, Ilara Health, Helium Health, and Wasoko, with total disclosed investments of approximately 52.3 million dollars across 16 funding rounds from 2017 to 2023.
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