Sherpa Ventures

Founded in 2020, Sherpa Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm seeks to invest in companies with primary markets in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. The firm focuses on tech-enabled startups.

Alastair Curtis

Founding Partner

Aaron Fu

Founding Partner and General Partner

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Sava

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sava is a multi-management platform that provides an unlimited number of virtual cards as well as automated accounting reconciliation.

ZUMI

Venture Round in 2021
ZUMI, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, operates as an online magazine and a retail platform focusing on fashion, beauty, food, and lifestyle. The company connects apparel wholesalers with retailers, particularly empowering women entrepreneurs by offering technology, logistics, and financial services. ZUMI enables retailers to place orders through SMS, phone calls, or via ZUMI Agents, ensuring a seamless ordering process. Orders are collected from suppliers each morning, and logistics partners deliver products to customers within 18 hours of ordering. Payment is facilitated through mobile money, making the process efficient and accessible. Through its dual focus on content and commerce, ZUMI aims to provide a transparent and affordable marketplace for its users.

Money254

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a loan comparison platform intended to make financial decisions by creating transparency and equal access to financial and insurance product information. The company's platform aggregates and reviews financial products from established financial institutions, enabling customers to get a simple, fast and transparent way for users in Kenya to search and compare financial and insurance products.
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