Venture studio · Nairobi
Cr4fts co-founds companies for Africa’s everyday economy. We bring capital, a team and six months of building beside the founder.
Every company starts with a need people feel every week. Meet the companies we are building and the change each is working towards.
Local travel & experiences
More of every experience stays with the people who make it.
Every experience starts with a local host. Visatile helps hosts turn their knowledge into income, reach travellers directly and keep more of what guests pay.
About VisatileRecurring billing
Everyday services, open to people who pay by mobile money.
A monthly service should not require a bank card. Roamerwave helps businesses collect through the wallets their customers already use, with less time spent chasing the next renewal.
About RoamerwaveSecurity engineering
Safer public services for the people who rely on them.
A security failure can interrupt a public service and expose the people who rely on it. Rift Weld helps African institutions find and fix weaknesses, so essential services stay safe.
About Rift WeldAutonomous last-mile delivery
A local shop should reach further than its front door.
When delivery costs too much, a small business loses customers before an order begins. Micycles is developing electric delivery robots to make nearby orders practical for more neighbourhood shops.
About MicyclesSoftware and AI let small teams build serious products. The advantage now belongs to founders who know the customer, reach them affordably and give them a reason to return.
Lower build costs mean more underserved markets can support a useful business.
Trust, distribution and the way people pay shape the product. We build close to the customer.
We test willingness to pay, repeat use and the cost of delivery before anything grows.
We build where demand repeats, someone can pay and better delivery lowers the cost of a service.
Qualified care people can seek earlier, afford and keep using.
Remote care, recurring support and reliable clinical follow-up.
Reliable billing and collections for businesses built on mobile money.
Recurring payments, merchant services and tools for business cash flow.
Affordable, dependable delivery for city businesses and their customers.
Electric delivery, route software and fit-for-purpose robotics.
Local hosts, merchants and makers reaching customers and keeping more value.
Booking platforms, transactions and everyday tools for operators.
Local businesses with more reliable energy, food and water systems.
Productive-use energy, cold chain and resilient food supply.
Tools that make local workflows faster, clearer and cheaper to run.
Specialist software, African datasets and research infrastructure.
We invest at incorporation and build beside you at Makerspace Nairobi. You lead the company; Cr4fts holds a minority stake.
Start with a need you know firsthand and the people who have it.
Thirty customer conversations to test the need and the willingness to pay.
Review the evidence together. Agree terms and incorporate, or stop with the findings.
Put a useful first product in customers’ hands and learn from how they use it.
Test the price, the cost of delivery and the reason customers come back.
The founder takes the company forward. Cr4fts stays a minority partner.
Equity, ownership and what happens when the evidence says stop.
Yes. We invest at incorporation and hold a minority stake. The founder owns and leads the company.
A problem you know firsthand, the customers who have it and the commitment to lead. A prototype helps; polish is not required.
We stop at the month-one decision or a later milestone. We write up what we learned, and the findings stay with you.
Build54 is our talent and founder pipeline. Its hack days, research prizes and campus builds are where many of our builders and founders first meet us.
Yes. Funds co-invest, development partners sponsor venture labs and enterprises commission pilots, each on its own written terms.
On technology, African markets and the decisions that shape a company.
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Our builder and founder pipeline
Build54’s hack days, research prizes and campus builds are where we meet emerging builders and founders. Their work helps us find the people who join our venture teams and build companies with Cr4fts.