Nyota Ventures
Nyota Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in Other, Fintech. The firm typically writes $200K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $200K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Fintech
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-13
Pre-Seed, Seed
$200K – $1.0M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Nyota Ventures backs companies leveraging technology to provide financial solutions and portable work credentials to Africa's gig workers.
How Nyota Ventures invests
Nyota Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech. It does not invest in Healthcare.
Nyota Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$1.0M per investment.
Nyota Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including WorkNet, GigWallet.
Partners & Team
Peter Kamau
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
WorkNet
GigWallet
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $200K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Peter Kamau, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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