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    Lendahand

    Dutch impact crowdlending platform channelling retail investor loans to SME lenders, fintechs and solar…

    Main Office: Kenya
    Uganda,Kenya,Nigeria,Ghana,South Africa,Zambia,Rwanda,Cameroon,Mozambique
    20 Portfolio Companies
    Investment Range
    Not disclosed

    Typical check size per portfolio investment

    Instruments
    Debt

    Structure of deployed capital

    Technical Assistance
    Financial Capital Only

    Direct capital deployment focus

    Target Stages
    Growth

    Company maturity & growth phase

    About the Funder

    Dutch impact crowdlending platform channelling retail investor loans to SME lenders, fintechs and solar companies in emerging markets, including a US$1M loan to Uganda's Tugende.

    Investment Thesis & Eligibility

    Target Entities

    Companies, Lenders and MFIs (intermediary finance)

    Mandate & Scope

    Focused on catalytic equity or debt investment to scale market-leading businesses.

    Regional & Geographic Scope

    Active mandate covering Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Rwanda, Cameroon, Mozambique. Operates across 9 African countries including Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and 4 more. Primary operational footprint anchored in Kenya.

    Portfolio & Backed Ventures (20)

    Verified Backed

    ABii National Savings & Loans

    Ghanaian savings and loans company offering microloans, savings and digital financial services.

    GhanaProfile

    Agora Microfinance Zambia

    Zambian microfinance institution providing loans and financial services to rural micro-entrepreneurs and farmers.

    ZambiaProfile

    Farmerline

    Agritech company giving smallholder farmers access to inputs, financing, advisory services and markets through digital tools and a distribution network.

    GhanaProfile

    FinAccess

    Kenyan fintech digitizing agricultural cooperatives and providing farmers with credit, insurance and payments.

    KenyaProfile

    Flow

    Ugandan fintech lender providing working-capital float loans to mobile-money agents and small merchants.

    UgandaProfile

    Fortune Credit

    Kenyan non-bank lender offering asset finance and SME/individual loans.

    KenyaProfile

    Kenya Women Microfinance Bank (KWFT)

    Kenyan microfinance bank focused on lending and savings products for women entrepreneurs.

    KenyaProfile

    LULA

    Tech-enabled, fully managed staff transport and charter service.

    South AfricaProfile

    Moringaway

    Zambian agribusiness growing and processing moringa into nutritional products, working with smallholder outgrowers.

    ZambiaProfile

    NewLight Africa

    Kenyan last-mile distributor of solar lighting, clean cookstoves and household products on PAYG.

    KenyaProfile

    Roam

    Designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and buses; has charging / battery rental stations; working with ride-hail platforms; aiming for durable EVs suitable for African terrain.

    KenyaProfile

    SimGas

    Provider of biogas digesters and biogas-powered milk chillers for smallholder farmers in East Africa.

    KenyaProfile

    Solar Panda (formerly Vitalite)

    Zambian pay-as-you-go solar home system and clean cooking distributor (formerly Vitalite).

    ZambiaProfile

    SolarWorks!

    Mozambican pay-as-you-go solar energy products and services provider.

    MozambiqueProfile

    Sollatek Kenya (Sollatek Electronics Kenya)

    Mombasa- and Nairobi-based importer and distributor of power-control, energy-efficiency and solar products and a solar EPC for residential and C&I projects, selling through resellers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

    KenyaProfile

    Spartan Impact Finance

    South African lender providing working capital and asset finance to SMEs, especially township and auto-sector businesses.

    South AfricaProfile

    SupaMoto (Emerging Cooking Solutions)

    Zambian clean-cooking company selling efficient biomass-pellet stoves and pellets on credit.

    ZambiaProfile

    Tugende

    Asset financing company helping informal entrepreneurs, especially motorcycle taxi drivers, own vehicles and productive assets on credit.

    UgandaProfile

    U&I Microfinance

    Kenyan microfinance bank offering loans, savings and mobile money services to MSMEs.

    KenyaProfile

    Umati Capital

    Kenyan fintech offering supply-chain and invoice financing to agricultural value chains and SMEs.

    KenyaProfile
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    At-a-Glance DetailsImpact Investor
    Ticket SizeNot disclosed
    InstrumentsDebt
    Tech AssistanceNo
    StagesGrowth
    Invests InCompanies, Lenders and MFIs (intermediary finance)
    Main CountryKenya
    Focus Sectors
    Financial Services
    Renewable Energy
    Geographies
    Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Rwanda, Cameroon, Mozambique
    Uganda
    Kenya
    Nigeria
    Ghana
    South Africa
    Zambia
    Rwanda
    Cameroon
    Mozambique