MarketForce bridges the gap in retail distribution by delivering an end-to-end platform that enables consumer brands to deliver essential goods and digital financial services to retailers and consumers in Africa.
We provide a B2B retail marketplace that empowers informal merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently, access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments.
Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Member count: 201-500
Total raised: $44.15M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 7
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Future Afr... | future.afr... |
| - | Reflect Ve... | reflectven... |
| 20.05.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Kube VC | kubevc.com |
| - | Rebel Fund | rebelfund.... |
| 19.05.2022 | VU Venture... | vuventurep... |
| 07.04.2022 | TEN13 | ten13.vc |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
| 21.02.2022 | Series A | $40M | - | techcrunch... |
| 25.10.2021 | - | $2M | - | launchafri... |
| 08.07.2021 | Series A | $2M | - | techpoint.... |
| 13.08.2020 | - | $150K | - | vcbay.news... |
Mentions in press and media 19
| Date | Title | Description | Category | Author | Source |
| 18.10.2022 | 50 African... | In recent times, the African t... | News | Muktar Ola... | techcabal.... |
| 24.08.2022 | African te... | After what many would call a h... | - | - | venturesaf... |
| 11.08.2022 | Kenyan B2B... | Kenyan retail B2B and end-to-e... | africa, ea... | Tage Kene-... | techcrunch... |
| 20.04.2022 | MarketForc... | MarketForce, the retail B2B an... | - | - | launchafri... |
| 23.02.2022 | Kenyan sta... | Kenyan B2B retail distribution... | - | - | fintechfut... |
| 22.02.2022 | MarketForc... | MarketForce, the Nairobi-headq... | - | - | techafrica... |
| 22.02.2022 | MarketForc... | MarketForce, a Nairobi-based B... | - | - | techgistaf... |
| 21.02.2022 | MarketForc... | MarketForce, the retail B2B an... | kenya, mar... | Annie Njan... | techcrunch... |
| 05.12.2021 | MarketForc... | MarketForce, a Kenyan B2B reta... | africa, B2... | Annie Njan... | techcrunch... |
| 25.10.2021 | Kenya’s Ma... | A 2016 study by global consult... | - | - | launchafri... |
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