Andela Ventures
Andela Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in AI / ML, EdTech, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 17 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 17 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- AI / ML, EdTech, Other
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-18
Seed, Series A
$250K – $1.0M
17+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on enabling Africa’s transition from labor-intensive industries to knowledge-driven technologies powered by AI and education platforms.
How Andela Ventures invests
Andela Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on AI / ML, EdTech, Other. It does not invest in E-commerce.
Andela Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.
Andela Ventures has backed 17 companies in our records, including EduCloud Africa, MediaSync, Resy.
Partners & Team
Samuel Gitau
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (17)
Other
EduCloud Africa
MediaSync
Resy
Indeed
Kinship
SC Ventures
Circana
GoPuff
KindHealth
Headspace
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, EdTech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lila Millsap, Vice President of Human Resources.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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