From rural Kenya to the Earthshot shortlist: Pula CEO Thomas Njeru reveals to Launch Base Africa how the profitable agtech reached 24 million farmers and why impact and profitability are not mutually exclusive.
The facility supports scalable digital financial solutions — such as mobile banking, digital credit, and payment platforms — to reach underserved populations, including women, smallholder farmers, and rural entrepreneurs.
Amid the rise of elusive institutional funds targeting African cleantech, startups in the cleantech and climatetech sectors have found a reliable destination in their search for hard-to-come-by funding.
The company previously raised $15.5 million in a Series A round in 2022, backed by investors including Monzo founder Tom Blomfield and Brazilian neobank Nubank.
From rural Kenya to the Earthshot shortlist: Pula CEO Thomas Njeru reveals to Launch Base Africa how the profitable agtech reached 24 million farmers and why impact and profitability are not mutually exclusive.
