Bamba, a TechStars company, is a real-time data gathering platform to access and engage the 1.5B people in the emerging markets on their mobile feature phones.
We use Mobile, SMS and IVR channels to enable Market Research Firms & Development Aid Organizations to gain insights from our users. We provide instant mobile airtime payouts to subsidize their income and ultimately motivate our users to provide the data our clients need in days, not months.
Our technology is ready for use in 122 countries on over 400 telecoms. Our User Acquisition Algorithm & Predictive Response Engine provides targeted demographics and high response rates. We have offices in Washington, DC, Nairobi, Lagos & Toronto.
We use Mobile, SMS and IVR channels to enable Market Research Firms & Development Aid Organizations to gain insights from our users. We provide instant mobile airtime payouts to subsidize their income and ultimately motivate our users to provide the data our clients need in days, not months.
Our technology is ready for use in 122 countries on over 400 telecoms. Our User Acquisition Algorithm & Predictive Response Engine provides targeted demographics and high response rates. We have offices in Washington, DC, Nairobi, Lagos & Toronto.
Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $1.35M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Techstars | techstars.... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.02.2017 | Seed | $1.1M | - |
| 24.11.2016 | - | $250K | - |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.05.2022 | Bamba secures $3.2M Raise | Image courtesy of Bamba Bamba, a mobile-first enterprise software for micro-merchants in Africa, has secured $3.2m in seed funding to scale its app and build out its team. Venture capital firm 468 Capital led the round with participation fr... |
| 14.02.2017 | African Data Collection Agency Bamba Raises $1.1 Million | Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new... |
| 14.02.2017 | Bamba Raises $1.1M in First Seed Funding | Bamba, a Nairobi, Kenya-based data collection startup, closed its US$1.1m (Kes. 110m) first seed funding round. Backers included: – Techstars Austin 2013 LLC – Techstars – Star Powers Partners II LLC – Comprised of Foundry Group, Right Side... |
| 24.11.2016 | Bamba Group just pitched their way to $250,000 on Kenya’s Lion’s Den | According to the guys at Disrupt Africa, Bamba Group, has just raised $250,000 (K.Sh 25 million) on Lion’s Den. Apparently, two of the founders, Shehzad Tejani and Harman Johar pitched to the Lions’ Den investors, and impressed Darshan Chan... |
| 18.08.2016 | Surely, you must have noticed Silicon Valley’s newfound interest in African startups Techstars Y-Combinator 500 startups That’s all folks | One of the more interesting quotes I’ve read is that brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not (I got that off Andela’s about page, by the way). Beyond baking software developers and linking them with large tech companies, if... |
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