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Since 2014, Khosla Ventures has backed 3 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds totaling $42M, most heavily in Nigeria and Fintech.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla that focuses on backing entrepreneurs building disruptive, technology driven companies. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, as confirmed by its official website and contact information. According to available investment data, Khosla Ventures has been an active investor in African technology companies between October 2014 and May 2023. In this period it participated in four funding rounds across Series A and venture rounds not specified, committing a total of 42.0 million dollars. Its African portfolio in this dataset is concentrated in Nigeria and Kenya, with a strong emphasis on fintech and a significant investment in cybersecurity. In Africa, Khosla Ventures has backed Nomba in Nigeria across both Series A and a later venture round, Smile ID in Nigeria at Series A, and Sendwave in Kenya in a venture round not specified. These companies focus on payments, digital identity verification, and cross border remittances, reflecting the firm’s interest in financial technology infrastructure and fraud prevention across African markets. The firm has co invested alongside a range of other investors in these rounds, including global venture firms and strategic investors, underscoring its collaborative approach to supporting high growth African startups.
Data updated · Aug 17, 2026
Khosla Ventures has backed 3 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $42M since 2014.
Mostly Venture (Round not Specified): 2 of its 4 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Series A (2).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (3), Cybersecurity (1).
Khosla Ventures most often shares rounds with Partech (2 shared deals), Base10 Partners (1 shared deal), Shopify (1 shared deal).
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs disruptive, technology driven companies. Based on confirmed information from its official channels and public records, it operates from Menlo Park, California.
According to the provided investment records, Khosla Ventures has invested a total of 42.0 million dollars in African companies during the period from October 2014 to May 2023. These commitments span four funding rounds across Nigeria and Kenya.
Investment data confirms that Khosla Ventures has backed Nomba and Smile ID in Nigeria and Sendwave in Kenya. Nomba focuses on payments, Smile ID on identity verification and fraud prevention, and Sendwave on international money transfers.