Nigeria · Series A startup

Who invested in Kobo360

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Logistics

Y Combinator: S18

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$26Mraised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

$6.0MRound$20MSeries A

Latest round: Series A, $20MAug 2019
Led by: Goldman Sachs
Step-upi: 3.3×
Investors: 3 (1 led)

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2019

$6.0MRound$20MSeries A

First round: Round, $6.0M
Biggest round: $20M
Between rounds: 8 months

The rounds

Aug 2019
Series A$20M1 new
- Goldman SachsLead
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Aug 2019
Dec 2018
Round$6.0M2 new
- Y Combinator
- IFC/ TLcom
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $6.4M sold, first sale Dec 2018

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.

Round2018Series A2019

Goldman SachsL

Y CombinatorIFC/ TLcom

Everyone who backed them

Goldman SachsPrivate equity1round, led 1

Y CombinatorAccelerator1round

IFC/ TLcomno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Kobo360 as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.