KVS.
A capital marketplace that connects East African founders with investors actively looking to deploy — list a business in minutes, get discovered, pitch online.
Early-stage founders in East Africa struggle to get in front of investors, while investors have no clean way to discover credible local businesses actively raising — so promising ventures and willing capital never meet.
We built KVS, a capital marketplace where entrepreneurs create a business profile in minutes, investors browse and filter live listings, and qualified matches move to online pitch meetings — with no equity gatekeepers and no upfront cost to list.
From problem to launch, step by step.
Positioning
Defined a simple three-step flow — list, get found, pitch — around the trust gaps in early-stage African fundraising.
Listings
Built business-profile creation and a filterable, searchable marketplace of live listings in React.
Matchmaking
Added investor-interest signals and a path from listing to scheduled online pitch meetings.
Funnel
Shipped the signup funnel with email and WhatsApp contact for early access.
The core features.
KVS gives East African founders a direct line to capital — list once and get found by investors who are actively looking, without gatekeepers in the way.