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Lateral Frontiers

VC
Nairobi, KenyaWebsite
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.

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

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

WA

Wattnow

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

EJ

Ejara

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AS

Asoko Insight

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

MI

Minka

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

KA

Kashier

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CA

Carry1st

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

ME

Mesh+++

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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