JABU (YC S21) is a B2B marketplace and last-mile distribution partner, offering tech-enabled, route-to-market development and merchandising for FMCG brands in undeveloped areas while helping unbanked businesses grow through efficient delivery, an affordable product basket, inventory management, and credit facilities.
Headquartered in Windhoek, Namibia, we are reinventing the way retailers in the informal sector order, stock, and receive supplies for their shops in Southern Africa.
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Location: Namibia, Khomas, Windhoek
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +264 81 315 1306
Total raised: $18.2M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 09.01.2024 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Prodigio... | prodigioca... |
| 15.09.2021 | Afore Capi... | afore.vc |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 01.06.2022 | Series A | $15M | Tiger Glob... |
| 06.01.2022 | Seed | $3.2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 05.04.2023 | Here is what southern Africa’s YCombinator alumni are up to ... | YCombinator is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious accelerator programs in the world. Having tak... | techcabal.... |
| 29.09.2022 | Data snapshot: Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo lead Africa ag... | Investments in African agrifoodtech startups reached record heights in 2021, according to AgFunder’s... | agfunderne... |
| 27.05.2022 | JABU, a last-mile distribution e-commerce retail platform in... | JABU, a Namibia-based B2B e-commerce company, has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Tige... | techgistaf... |
| 25.05.2022 | Namibian B2B E-Commerce Retail Platform JABU Raises $15m Led... | More venture capital keeps trooping into Africa's B2B e-commerce retail, a space where startups are ... | allafrica.... |
| 25.05.2022 | Namibian B2B e-commerce retail platform JABU raises $15M led... | More venture capital keeps trooping into Africa’s B2B e-commerce retail, a space where startups are ... | techcrunch... |
| 18.03.2022 | African B2B e-commerce platform Wasoko raises $125m in Serie... | Wasoko — the Nairobi-based B2B platform formerly known as Sokowatch — announced this week that it ha... | agfunderne... |
| 07.01.2022 | JABU, a Namibian e-commerce startup, raises $3.2 million in ... | JABU, a Namibian startup with backing from the venture capital firm YC, has obtained a $3.2 million ... | techgistaf... |
| 07.01.2022 | Namibia's Jabu raises $3.2M | B2B ecommerce startup Jabu has raised $3.2 million in seed funding, TechCrunch reported. Participati... | pitchbook.... |
| 06.01.2022 | YC-backed Namibian startup JABU gets $3.2M for its B2B e-com... | Namibian business-to-business e-commerce startup JABU confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised a $... | techcrunch... |
| - | JABU, a last-mile distribution e-commerce retail platform in... | JABU, a Namibia-based B2B e-commerce company, has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Tige... | techgistaf... |