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Bfaglobal
Nairobi, Kenya
Focus on impact-driven investments in digital and financial innovation to promote inclusion and sustainability in emerging markets.
Portfolio
73+
Employees
100+
Founded
2006
AUM
≈ $0.0
Investment focus
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No stages listed
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
KenyaUnited States
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Funds
Catalyst Fund
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Bfaglobal
Focus on impact-driven investments in digital and financial innovation to promote inclusion and sustainability in emerging markets.
Portfolio
73+
Employees
100+
Founded
2006
AUM
≈ $0.0
Funds
Catalyst Fund
Stages
No stages listed
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
KenyaUnited States
Sources
Showing 24 of 50 matched portfolio companies
Abalobi provides a mobile app suite that enables small-scale fishers to collect and manage ecological data, facilitating community-led fisheries improvement programs and enhancing traceability in seafood supply chains. By connecting fisher cooperatives to the Fish With A Story marketplace, the platform promotes financial inclusion and sustainable fishing practices, addressing the challenges of market access and ecological sustainability in coastal communities.
Africa Renewables Katalyst (ARK) enables African renewable energy projects to access global markets by facilitating the generation and trading of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). Their NEST platform provides transparent tracking, verification, and automated trading of RECs, creating a new revenue stream for developers and supporting the expansion of clean energy access.
Alt is a financial services platform that facilitates the investment in alternative assets by providing a marketplace for trading collectibles and sports memorabilia. This approach enables investors to unlock liquidity and value from traditionally illiquid asset classes, addressing the challenge of accessing and monetizing these investments.
AquaMnara provides data-driven solutions for fish farmers by utilizing real-time water quality monitoring and resource management tools to optimize aquaculture practices. The startup enhances sustainable fish farming for smallholder farmers in Kenya and Africa by ensuring access to essential inputs like fingerlings and feeds, thereby improving food security.
The startup offers a mobile-based microfinance platform that streamlines lending operations, underwriting, and loan servicing for businesses. By providing access to digital finance tools, it enables clients to efficiently manage their financial services and expand their customer reach.
Funding: $25.1M
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Funding: $25.1M
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Provides a self-service job posting platform that connects businesses with vetted, regional workers for temporary and on-call roles, using automated filtering for capacity and location to ensure rapid fulfillment. This system addresses workforce gaps caused by absenteeism, seasonal demand, or fluctuating order volumes, enabling companies to scale their labor force efficiently while reducing recruitment costs.
Ba.co designs and fabricates custom pipe systems and related components for the milling and food‑processing industries, offering a range of stainless‑steel and carbon‑steel parts in various thicknesses. Their in‑house production ensures high‑quality, fully assembled solutions, while an online quotation tool provides fast, streamlined pricing for equipment manufacturers, plant engineers, and maintenance teams.
BONI is an all-in-one interior design tool that enables professionals to visualize design concepts, create automated product lists, and generate floor plans using a library of over 300,000 pre-cut images from 3,000 brands. This platform streamlines the design process, reducing workload and enhancing client presentations for interior design businesses.
Funding: $470.0K
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Funding: $470.0K
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Chipper Cash is a fintech platform that enables mobile, cross-border money transfers through a peer-to-peer transaction model. The service reduces the high fees and delays associated with traditional remittance methods, allowing users to send and receive money quickly and affordably across multiple countries.
Funding: $304.6M
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Funding: $304.6M
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Cowrywise is a fintech platform that provides automated savings and diversified investment options through a user-friendly interface, enabling individuals to build wealth with low fees and minimal effort. By offering access to regulated mutual funds and professional fund management, Cowrywise addresses the challenge of high costs and complexity in traditional financial services, making them accessible to the mass market.
Funding: $3.7M
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Funding: $3.7M
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Crop2Cash provides smallholder farmers in Nigeria with digital payment solutions and access to premium agricultural inputs through its CashCard and C2C Marketplace platforms. This approach enhances financial inclusivity and improves crop yields, resulting in over 70% income increases for farmers.
Destacame is a Chilean digital platform that helps consumers identify and settle delinquent debts by negotiating discount offers—often up to 95% off—and providing a 24/7 virtual assistant, Sofi, for personalized payment planning and reminders. After debt clearance, the service cleans users' commercial reports, builds a positive credit history, and offers access to micro‑loans and other financial products up to $400,000 through partnered lenders.
Funding: $10.0M
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Funding: $10.0M
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Provides a Procore-integrated tool that automates project data extraction, enabling construction teams to generate customized closeout packages, QA/QC documentation, and project archives in minutes. By eliminating manual tasks like file renaming, organization, and bulk downloading, it reduces administrative workload by up to 90%, ensuring timely and accurate compliance with project requirements.
Eze is a B2B marketplace that connects telecommunications and electronics wholesalers, enabling bulk transactions of new and used devices with real-time market data and device certification. The platform streamlines the fragmented second-hand electronics market, valued at $46 billion, by providing a structured environment for efficient wholesale trading.
Funding: $4.2M
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Funding: $4.2M
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The startup has developed a food supply platform that connects farmers directly with retailers and food businesses, facilitating the sourcing of farm produce at competitive prices. This platform addresses the inefficiencies in the agricultural supply chain by enabling farmers to sell their products more easily and access market opportunities.
Funding: $118.1M
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Funding: $118.1M
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Flex Finance provides a unified spend management platform that digitizes business financial operations for enhanced control and visibility. The platform offers tools for expense accounts, approval workflows, and automated expense categorization across all transactions. It facilitates reliable bulk payments, issues corporate expense cards for international use, and provides access to business overdraft facilities.
Graviti is a buy now, pay later platform specifically designed for the unbanked population in LATAM, enabling access to essential home appliances through flexible payment options. By providing a straightforward financing solution, Graviti addresses the lack of credit access for underserved consumers, facilitating their ability to purchase necessary goods without upfront costs.
HFN Mandi provides an agriculture intelligence engine that utilizes AI-driven crop lifecycle support and personalized agronomy advice to enhance farming efficiency and yield. The platform connects farmers directly with buyers, improving market access and ensuring better pricing for their produce while offering reliable agricultural inputs and expert guidance.
Funding: $5.1M
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Funding: $5.1M
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Heal is a nonprofit ecommerce platform that utilizes experience-based peer support to help individuals with mental illness reconnect with their passions through creative expression. By empowering emerging artists to showcase their work, Heal reinvests 100% of its profits into community-building initiatives that foster meaningful connections.
Indicina is a digital lending platform that utilizes analytics-driven credit decisioning models to assess the financial capacity of borrowers through an intuitive dashboard or API. The platform streamlines the loan lifecycle for credit providers, enhancing efficiency in application processing, decision-making, disbursement, and collection.
Funding: $3.2M
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Funding: $3.2M
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Jetstream is a supply chain platform that provides real-time visibility and control over logistics for African businesses, facilitating order management, customs clearance, and financing through a centralized digital interface. By streamlining cross-border trade processes, Jetstream addresses delays and inefficiencies in logistics, enabling faster delivery and improved compliance with local and international regulations.
Funding: $16.1M
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Funding: $16.1M
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This platform provides Earned Wage Access (EWA) solutions for the workforce in India, enabling employees to access accrued earnings on demand. The service integrates with employers to offer liquidity options like lines of credit and personal loans directly from worker payouts. This financial flexibility aims to improve workforce productivity and retention across various employment models.
Funding: $3.1M
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Funding: $3.1M
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Koa is a savings and financial services platform that offers API-based tech solutions and financial applications for businesses. It enables companies to enhance their financial offerings and improve customer engagement by providing seamless access to savings tools and financial management resources.
Kwara provides a core banking platform specifically designed for Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs), enabling them to digitize operations and enhance member services through secure mobile savings and loan access. This technology addresses the inefficiencies in traditional banking systems by offering a robust, user-friendly interface that improves operational efficiency and member engagement.
Funding: $7.6M
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Funding: $7.6M
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