About startupsrepo

Every startup on this continent deserves a permanent address.

Discovery across African startups still runs on warm intros, group chats, and luck. startupsrepo is the structured alternative: one repository where founders list their companies, investors find them, and the work stays searchable long after the pitch is over.

Live in Kenya. Expanding across the continent.

117 startups listedOne structured record, growing every week.

Who's behind this.

A small team building the record founders wished existed.

Nick Kioko

Founder

Amara Chen

Product

Brooke Stanley

Partnerships

Steve Kimani

Engineering

How it actually works.

No pitch deck required, no fee, no waitlist. Here's what happens when you list.

List in two minutes

Name, one-liner, sector, stage, country. Four sections, one scroll, done. Your listing enters a review queue reviewed by a real person.

Reviewed within 48 hours

Not an algorithm. Not a queue that never moves. A human reads what you wrote and approves, asks a question, or flags what's missing.

Discoverable from that point on

Your company appears in search, sector filters, and the funding tracker. One startup is featured on the homepage every day, rotated from the most complete listings.

What's visible. What stays yours.

Every listing shows enough for someone to find you. Nothing sensitive is ever displayed without your explicit choice.

Always public

Company name and logo
One-liner description
Sector and stage
Country and city
Website link
What you're looking for

Only if you choose

Why you built it
Your key insight
Traction numbers
Team details and photos
Funding history
Controlled entirely by you after claiming

Where this goes

We started with Kenya because that's where we know the ecosystem best. The repository is built for the whole continent. As it grows, this becomes the record of what Africa actually built — one structured, searchable place instead of a thousand scattered group chats.