Raise
Digitize equity management
- Category:
- Fintech
- Country:
- Kenya
- Founded:
- 2018
- Cause of Failure:
- Product-market fit
- Outcome:
- Acquired by Carta
- Shut Down in:
- September 2025
- Founders:
- Marvin Coleby, Tina Nyamache, Eugene Mutai
- Number of Founders:
- 3
- Number of Employees:
- 11-50
- Funding Amount:
- $25.00 K
- Funding Rounds:
- Seed
- Notable Investors:
- Microtraction, Resilience17, 500 Startups
About Raise
Raise was a Kenyan fintech company that provided equity management solutions for startups and SMEs. The platform offered tools for cap table management, equity issuance, and compliance.
What went wrong?
After seven years in business, the company announced it's shutting down and moving its users to Carta, a U.S.-based equity management platform.
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