TLcom Capital — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)
TLcom Capital is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in Other, Deep Tech, Fintech. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 33 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 33 companies on record
- Partners
- 9 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Other, Deep Tech, Fintech, EdTech, SaaS, Healthcare
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
Last verified: 2026-10-12
Seed, Series A
$500K – $3.0M
$500M
33+ companies
9 partners
Investment Thesis
Leading Africa-focused venture capital firm backing category-defining companies across the continent. While broader than a pure climate specialist, it can support capital-efficient seed rounds with strong regional scale potential.
How TLcom Capital invests
TLcom Capital is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech, Fintech, EdTech, SaaS.
TLcom Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
Investing since at least 2017, TLcom Capital has backed 33 companies in our records, including Swypex, Satlyt, HoneyCoin. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2026, with 6 investments logged over the last 12 months.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Fund III
Fund II
Fund I
Portfolio Companies (33)
2026
Swypex
Swypex is a B2B fintech platform designed to centralize and automate financial operations for businesses.
Satlyt
Satlyt builds the software infrastructure that enables satellites to process, analyse, and share data in orbit.
2025
HoneyCoin
Honeycoin connects banking, mobile money, and stablecoins on one rail allowing individuals and businesses move money in and out of Africa without the friction of the legacy system.
Agrails
Agrails is building an AI-powered investigative platform.
Turnstay
TurnStay is a South African fintech startup providing a specialized, borderless payment platform.
Flextock
Flextock brings warehousing, last-mile delivery, cross-border trade, marketplace access, and financing into a single integration for e-commerce merchants.
2024
Cleva
Cleva is a fintech platform offering US dollar banking services.
Educatly
Educatly matches students with university programmes that fit their career goals.
Knabu
Knabu is a financial technology company that designs software systems to secure transactions.
Bright Financial
Bright Financial is expanding access to digital financial services for underserved consumers and businesses.
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Omobola Johnson, Senior Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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