Rainforest Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($25K–$100K Checks)
Rainforest Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in Fintech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $25K–$100K checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $25K–$100K
- Portfolio
- 3 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-28
Pre-Seed
$25K – $100K
3+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Rainforest Ventures is dedicated to assisting early-stage fintech companies that enable financial inclusion across East Africa.
How Rainforest Ventures invests
Rainforest Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Heavy Industry.
Rainforest Ventures typically writes checks of $25K–$100K per investment.
Rainforest Ventures has backed 3 companies in our records, including Rainforest Pay, Finance2020, VirtualKits.
Partners & Team
Tunde Afolabi
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (3)
Other
Rainforest Pay
Finance2020
VirtualKits
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $25K – $100K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tunde Afolabi, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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