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Kenyan AI startup Flowt raises pre-seed funding

Flowt is building financial intelligence that helps lenders assess small businesses, with fresh backing for its growth in Kenya.

By Tom Jackson26 Aug 20262 min read
Kenyan AI startup Flowt raises pre-seed funding

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Nairobi-based Flowt, founded by Elana Laichena, raised an undisclosed pre-seed round from Delta40 Fund I, Impacc and Argidius Foundation. The company uses AI to turn small businesses’ financial records into information that lenders can assess.

The funding is intended to support growth in Kenya and the development of a financial-intelligence layer for lenders. Its first facility is for GreenBay, a Kenyan appliance refurbisher whose growth was constrained by the working capital needed to hold inventory, according to the article.

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