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Lateral Frontiers

VC
Nairobi, KenyaWebsite

Lateral Frontiers is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in Fintech, SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$750K checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $750K

Portfolio

19+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on African early-stage FinTech and technology-driven companies that address structural challenges in SME finance and payments.

How Lateral Frontiers invests

Lateral Frontiers is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, SaaS, Other.

Lateral Frontiers typically writes checks of $100K–$750K per investment.

Lateral Frontiers has backed 19 companies in our records, including Pezesha, Fundis, Vibra.

Meet the Team

LM

Lorraine Maina

Venture Partner

SH

Samakab Hashi

Partner

SG

Steven Grin

Managing Partner

JK

James Kiruri

Managing Partner

FinTech
SME Finance

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
SaaS
Other

Portfolio Companies (19)

Other

PE

Pezesha

SME Finance
FU

Fundis

B2B SaaS
VI

Vibra

WA

Wattnow

EJ

Ejara

AS

Asoko Insight

MI

Minka

KA

Kashier

CA

Carry1st

ME

Mesh+++

How to pitch Lateral Frontiers
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $750K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lorraine Maina, Venture Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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