Kenya · Who invested in BitPesa?
BitPesa's investors include Pantera Capital, Digital Currency Group, Blockchain Capital, Future Perfect Ventures and Stephens Investment Management, and 1 more on record.
20142015201620172018
$600KSeed$1.1MSeries A$5.0MRoundKenya · Funded startup
Who invested in BitPesa
3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$6.7Mraised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources
$600KSeed$1.1MSeries A$5.0MRound
- Latest round
- Round, $5.0MNov 2018
- Step-upi
- 4.5×
- Investors
- 6
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $600K Jan 2014
- Biggest round
- $5.0M Round · Nov 2018
- Usual gap between rounds
- 3.8 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Nov 2018
- Feb 2015Series A$1.1M5 new
Pantera Capital
Digital Currency Group
Blockchain Capital
Future Perfect Ventures
Stephens Investment Management
From a historical funding record
- Jan 2014Seed$600K
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Seed2014Series A2015Round2018Pantera CapitalDigital Currency GroupBlockchain CapitalFuture Perfect VenturesStephens Investment ManagementSompo Holdings
Pantera CapitalDigital Currency GroupBlockchain CapitalFuture Perfect VenturesStephens Investment ManagementSompo HoldingsEveryone who backed them
Sompo Holdingsno record of our own yet1round
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Quick answers about BitPesa
How much has BitPesa raised?
BitPesa has raised $6.7M across 3 rounds since 2014.
When did BitPesa last raise?
BitPesa's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $5.0M in Nov 2018.
What was BitPesa's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $5.0M in Nov 2018, is also its largest on record.
Who backed BitPesa first?
BitPesa's first round on record, in Feb 2015, was backed by Pantera Capital, Digital Currency Group and Blockchain Capital and 2 others.
What stage is BitPesa at?
BitPesa's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Nov 2018.
Where is BitPesa based?
BitPesa is based in Kenya.
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