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Sky.Garden is a SaaS ecommerce platform built for retailers in Africa.
Sky.Garden gives back control to the individual retailer by allowing inventory control and immediate payment reconciliation in an automated platform, where local shipping and payment options come out-of-the-box and customer care is handled by the Sky.Garden machine learning framework.
Sky.Garden gives back control to the individual retailer by allowing inventory control and immediate payment reconciliation in an automated platform, where local shipping and payment options come out-of-the-box and customer care is handled by the Sky.Garden machine learning framework.
Overview
Location
Kenya, Nairobi
Employees
11-50
Phone
+254 718 222111
Total raised
$4M
Founded date
2015
Investors 4
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| UNCOVERED FUND | en.uncoveredfund.com | |
| Katapult Accelerator | katapultaccelerator.com | |
| Kepple Africa Ventures | kepple-africa-ventures.com |
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 16
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| Jun 15, 2021 | Sky.Garden, a Kenyan e-commerce firm, has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round | Sky.Garden raised US$1.2 million in seed funding in 2018, and it has now secured US$4 million in a Series A round led by SANAD Fund for MSME, Aavishkaar, UNCOVERED FUND, and KSK Angel Fund, the latter of which was created by former AC Milan... |
| Jun 14, 2021 | Kenya-based Sky.Garden closes USD 4 million in Series A | Kenyan e-commerce startup Sky.Garden has closed a US$4 million round of Series A funding to accelerate its growth. Launched in May 2017, Sky.Garden is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for mobile commerce that is built specifically fo... |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Japan’s Uncovered Fund launches $15M fund to back early-stage startups in Africa | Uncovered Fund, a VC firm targeting early-stage startups in Africa, announced today that it has launched its $15 million fund which is expected to close at the end of June this year. The Tokyo-based outfit founded by Takuma Terakubo in 2019... |
| Nov 6, 2019 | Online Shopping Platform Company Curated Raises $27.5 Million In Funding | Curated, a platform that brings together people and products by matching customers with experts for high-consideration purchases has raised $27.5 million Curated — a platform that brings together people and products by matching customers wi... |
| Oct 28, 2019 | Katapult Accelerator is hunting for blue-chip African startups to join their next programme starting in March 2020African startups to join their next programme | katapult accelerator is looking for early-stage startups that are using exponential technology to help solve social and environmental challenges. Their accelerator program kicks off on March 2020 in Oslo, Norway, and startups from across Af... |
| Oct 2, 2019 | Simon Property to invest $280M in online shopping venture | |
| Feb 7, 2018 | Here’s how 2 Kenyan startups raised a combined $3.2m in funding this week | Kenyan ecommerce platform Sky.Garden and ride-hailing startup Mondo Ride raised a combined $3.2-million in funding this week. What can we learn from these two deals? Nairobi-based Mondo Ride is reported to have raised $2-million from invest... |
| Feb 7, 2018 | Here’s how 2 Kenyan startups raised a combined $3.2m in funding this week | Kenyan ecommerce platform Sky.Garden and ride-hailing startup Mondo Ride raised a combined $3.2-million in funding this week. What can we learn from these two deals? Nairobi-based Mondo Ride is reported to have raised $2-million from inves... |
| Aug 8, 2017 | Kenya’s Sky.Garden joins Norwegian Katapult Accelerator | The Kenyan startup Sky.Garden was chosen to join the Norwegian-based Katapult Accelerator. Sky.Garden is one of 12 startups that was chosen and will be joining the accelerator program. Sky.Garden is a software-as-a-service or SaaS platform ... |
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FAQ about Sky.Garden
When was Sky.Garden founded?
Sky.Garden was founded in 2015.
How much funding has Sky.Garden raised?
Sky.Garden has raised $4M in total across 1 funding round.
Who has invested in Sky.Garden?
Parsers VC lists 4 investors of Sky.Garden, among them UNCOVERED FUND, Katapult Accelerator and Kepple Africa Ventures.
What has the press written about Sky.Garden?
Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning Sky.Garden, among them “Sky.Garden, a Kenyan e-commerce firm, has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round” (Jun 15, 2021) and “Kenya-based Sky.Garden closes USD 4 million in Series A” (Jun 14, 2021).
Is Sky.Garden still active?
Yes, Sky.Garden is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 29, 2022.