Sahara Soft Fund — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($100K–$250K Checks)
Sahara Soft Fund is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech. The firm typically writes $100K–$250K checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-27
Pre-Seed
$100K – $250K
1+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in African startups leveraging AI and SaaS to optimize business operations and financial transactions.
How Sahara Soft Fund invests
Sahara Soft Fund is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech. It does not invest in Media.
Sahara Soft Fund typically writes checks of $100K–$250K per investment.
Sahara Soft Fund has backed 1 company in our records, including DataSat.
Partners & Team
Leila Karanja
GP
Full Name
Investment Focus
Our investment focuses has evolved from increasing access to energy and promoting sustainable environments to Building Sustainable Communities through EXTRApreneurship. Our goal remains improving lives and livelihood one community at a time.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
DataSat
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $250K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Leila Karanja, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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