# Purple Elephant Ventures funding: rounds and investors > Purple Elephant Ventures has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Alphatron Capital, Anthony Rock and Clear Creek Investment B.V. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/purple-elephant-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Kenya · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Purple Elephant Ventures* 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. Climate Tech Travel & Hospitality Follow Purple Elephant Ventures and see its new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fpurple-elephant-ventures) Funding summary Updated 7 Nov 2026 **$5.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 4 sources **$4.5M** Seed **$500K** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $500K Apr 2025 - **Biggest round:** $4.5M Seed · Jan 2025 - **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. 2025 2026 **$4.5M** Seed **$500K** Seed - **First round:** Seed, $4.5M - **Biggest round:** $4.5M - **Between rounds:** 3 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2025** Seed **$500K** *1 new* [Alphatron Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphatron-capital) Reported by Disrupt Africa - **Jan 2025** Seed **$4.5M** *5 new* [Anthony Rock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anthony-rock) [Clear Creek Investment B.V](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clear-creek-investment-b-v) [Fede Pirzo-Biroli](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fede-pirzo-biroli) [Ian McCaig](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ian-mccaig) [Klister Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/klister-corp) Reported by Disrupt Africa and 2 others ## Founders and team From Purple Elephant Ventures's own website: 4 founders, 23 on the team. **Atiya Tul Wadud** Co-Founder & CEO of Elephant Bookings **Laura Stanford** Founder and CEO of The Bug Picture **Mwangi Muriuki** Co-Founder & CEO of Kijani Supplies **Fede Pirzio-Biroli** Founder of Playfair Capital - **Bryan Kariuki** Vice President, Copia Global - **Ben Peterson** CEO - **Hayo Afman** Co-CEO of DOB Equity - **Job Odhiambo** CEO of Safari Defenders Initiative - **Lizzie Wright** CEO of Nomad Africa - **Thom Wallace** CEO of Nomad Africa - **Wangechi Njoroge** CEO of PowerTrip - **Afshan Poona** Chief Product Officer - **Beatrice Ferreira** Chief of Staff - **Jacob Hason** Chief Operating Officer - **Kevin Gisore** Chief Communications Officer - **Mwendwa Reuben** Chief Technology Officer - **Raymond Obare** Chief Climate Officer - **Tahir Popat** Chief Commercial Officer - **Jedidah Ongai** Head of Human Resources - **Ludovica Fioravanti** Head of Content at Nomad Africa - **Anthony Kiplimo** Group Innovation Lead - **Carol Soi** Bookings Manager And 5 more on the team. Advisers *Azam Samanani* ## 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. **Seed** 2025 **Seed** 2025 [Alphatron Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphatron-capital) [Anthony Rock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anthony-rock) [Clear Creek Investment B.V](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clear-creek-investment-b-v) [Fede Pirzo-Biroli](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fede-pirzo-biroli) [Ian McCaig](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ian-mccaig) [Klister Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/klister-corp) ## Everyone who backed them [Alphatron Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphatron-capital) VC firm **1** round [Anthony Rock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anthony-rock) VC firm **1** round [Clear Creek Investment B.V](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clear-creek-investment-b-v) VC firm **1** round [Fede Pirzo-Biroli](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fede-pirzo-biroli) VC firm **1** round [Ian McCaig](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ian-mccaig) VC firm **1** round [Klister Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/klister-corp) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=purple-elephant-ventures). ## Quick answers about Purple Elephant Ventures ### Who invested in Purple Elephant Ventures? Purple Elephant Ventures's investors include Alphatron Capital, Anthony Rock, Clear Creek Investment B.V, Fede Pirzo-Biroli and Ian McCaig, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Purple Elephant Ventures raised? Purple Elephant Ventures has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2025. ### When did Purple Elephant Ventures last raise? Purple Elephant Ventures's most recent round was a Seed of $500K in Apr 2025. ### What was Purple Elephant Ventures's biggest round? Purple Elephant Ventures's largest round on record is $4.5M (Seed), in Jan 2025. ### Who backed Purple Elephant Ventures first? Purple Elephant Ventures's first round on record, in Jan 2025, was backed by Anthony Rock, Clear Creek Investment B.V and Fede Pirzo-Biroli and 2 others. ### What stage is Purple Elephant Ventures at? Purple Elephant Ventures's latest named round is a Seed, in Apr 2025. ### Where is Purple Elephant Ventures based? Purple Elephant Ventures is based in Kenya. ## Companies like Purple Elephant Ventures In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Flowt** $550K · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/flowt)[**Farm to Feed** $1.7M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/farm-to-feed)[**Pyramidia Ventures** $1.5M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/pyramidia-ventures)[**EOS-X Space** $120M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/eos-x-space)[**Circularity Fuels** $15M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/circularity-fuels)[**Atmospheric AI** $20M · Nov 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmospheric-ai) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app