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Persistent Ventures

VC
Nairobi, KenyaWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

AUM

$70M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage ventures enabling scalable infrastructure across Africa, with a particular focus on logistics, transportation, and B2B efficiency platforms.

How Persistent Ventures invests

Persistent Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other, Climate / Energy.

Persistent Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $70M in assets under management.

Persistent Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Twiga Foods, Moove.

Meet the Team

VP

Vikram Puri

Engineering Manager

BN

Bhumika Nagarsekar

Principal Consultant

ST

Siddhi Tatake

Executive Associate

PV

Pragati Vyas

Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

SK

Suyash Kale

Operations Manager

VK

Venkadesan Kayambu

Delivery Manager

AK

Ali Khandwawala

HR Executive

YM

Yashraj More

Finance Executive

WA

Wale Ayeni

Partner

Early-Stage SaaS
Transportation
Supply Chain

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other
Climate / Energy

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

TW

Twiga Foods

Supply Chain/E-commerce Enablement
MO

Moove

Transportation/Logistics
How to pitch Persistent Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Vikram Puri, Engineering Manager.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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