# Hakki Africa funding: rounds and investors > Hakki Africa has raised $3.8M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Global Brain Corporation, SMBC Venture Capital and SBI Investment. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/hakki-africa (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Hakki Africa* 2 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. Financial Services Raised 7 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$3.8M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources **$677K** Debt **$3.1M** Debt - **Latest round:** Debt, $3.1M Apr 2026 - **Step-up i:** 4.6× - **Investors:** 6 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2026 **$677K** Debt **$3.1M** Debt - **First round:** Debt, $677K - **Biggest round:** $3.1M - **Between rounds:** 8 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2026** Debt **$3.1M** *6 returning* [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Infinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-ventures) [Deepcore](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deepcore) Source recorded - **Aug 2025** Debt **$677K** *6 new* [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Infinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-ventures) [Deepcore](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deepcore) Source recorded ## Founders and team From Hakki Africa's own website: 2 founders, 9 on the team. **Reiji Kobayashi** Co-Founder/CEO **Koji Tokida** Co-Founder/COO - **Amayo Mercelline** Accounting Department Manager - **Anna Aoki** Country Manager | Kenya - **Benjamin Kimaili** Impact Monitoring Associate - **Diana Nzeli** HR Department Manager - **Macha Shinzaki** Director | India - **Mary Gitau** IT Department Manager - **Maryanne Kamau** Operations Manager | SA - **Risk Control** Department Manager - **Yumeka Abe** & Director | Kenya ## 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. **Debt** 2025 **Debt** 2026 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Infinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-ventures) [Deepcore](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deepcore) ## Everyone who backed them [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) VC firm **2** rounds [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) Investment bank **2** rounds [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) VC firm **2** rounds [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) VC firm **2** rounds [Infinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Deepcore](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deepcore) VC firm **2** rounds Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=hakki-africa). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Hakki Africa as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Globis Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globis-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Hakki Africa ### Who invested in Hakki Africa? Hakki Africa's investors include Global Brain Corporation, SMBC Venture Capital, SBI Investment, Headline and Infinity Ventures, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Hakki Africa raised? Hakki Africa has raised $3.8M across 2 rounds since 2025. ### When did Hakki Africa last raise? Hakki Africa's most recent round was a Debt of $3.1M in Apr 2026. ### What was Hakki Africa's biggest round? Its most recent round, $3.1M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Hakki Africa first? Hakki Africa's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Global Brain Corporation, SMBC Venture Capital and SBI Investment and 3 others. ### What stage is Hakki Africa at? Hakki Africa's latest named round is a Debt, in Apr 2026. ### Where is Hakki Africa based? Hakki Africa is based in Japan. ## Companies like Hakki Africa In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**FUNDiT** May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fundit)[**Metaplanet** $505M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaplanet)[**ReDelta** $764K · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/redelta)[**Digital Securities Preparatory** $1.9M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/digital-securities-preparatory)[**Fivot** $6.5M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/fivot)[**ZIRITZ** $4.5M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/ziritz) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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