Enabling access to essential financial services
Location: Kenya, Nairobi Area, Nairobi
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +254 712 460100
Founded date: 2017
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 21.10.2021 | DFS Lab | dfslab.net |
| - | Last Mile ... | lastmile.m... |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.12.2021 | “We like to invest in businesses where the founders are in control.” — Ian Lessem on HAVAÍC’s investment thesis | Share this article: The bulk of the funding that goes to African startups comes from outside the continent. In 2020, 71% of the money invested in Nigerian startups came from outside the country. It is a similar story in other countries. In ... |
| 13.04.2021 | SA venture capital firm HAVAÍC invests in Kenyan start-up | HAVAÍC partner Rob Heath. Cape Town-based venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has invested an undisclosed amount of funding into Kenyan agency banking BANKING UC-Wireless is a solutions-based distributor for integrated wireless communications ... |
| 12.04.2021 | Kenyan fintech tech startup secures funding to regionally expand | Nairobi-based fintech startup Tanda has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Cape Town-based venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC, Zedcrest Capital, DFS Lab, Victor Asemota, and three other investors. Tanda has secured an undisclose... |
| 12.04.2021 | Kenyan fintech tech startup secures funding to regionally expand | Nairobi-based fintech startup Tanda has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Cape Town-based venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC, Zedcrest Capital, DFS Lab, Victor Asemota, and three other investors. Tanda has secured an undisclos... |
| 29.01.2020 | SA VC HAVAÍC reveals it’s funded Kenyan startup Tanda | Cape Town based venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC revealed yesterday that it has concluded an investment in Nairobi based Dukapay Ltd (trading as Tanda). The investment was made at the end of last year, ahead of a syndicated seed round of... |
| 29.01.2020 | SA VC HAVAÍC reveals it’s funded Kenyan startup Tanda | Cape Town based venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC revealed yesterday that it has concluded an investment in Nairobi based Dukapay Ltd (trading as Tanda). The investment was made at the end of last year, ahead of a syndicated seed round o... |
| 22.01.2020 | We’re betting on investing R250m in startups over next 3 to 5 years – HAVAÍC head | Venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC is betting on an exciting next three to five years. This, after the Cape Town based VC deployed R40-million in five investments and one follow-on investment in 2019. So bullish is the VC’s CEO Ian Lessen... |
| 22.01.2020 | We’re betting on investing R250m in startups over next 3 to 5 years – HAVAÍC head | Venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC is betting on an exciting next three to five years. This, after the Cape Town based VC deployed R40-million in five investments and one follow-on investment in 2019. So bullish is the VC’s CEO Ian Lessen ... |
| 01.07.2019 | P2P micro lending marketplace Pezesha wins Seedstars Nairobi | Kenyan peer-to-peer micro lending marketplace Pezesha has been crowned the winner of this year’s Seedstars Nairobi pitching competition. The sixth edition of the pitching competition took place at Nairobi hub Nailab last Friday (28 June). ... |
| 01.07.2019 | P2P micro lending marketplace Pezesha wins Seedstars Nairobi | Kenyan peer-to-peer micro lending marketplace Pezesha has been crowned the winner of this year’s Seedstars Nairobi pitching competition. The sixth edition of the pitching competition took place at Nairobi hub Nailab last Friday (28 June). I... |
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