Founder Directory
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Known for these resultsRole0%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 0% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio100%Bio coverage: 100% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company0%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 0% of these rows have at least one match.School33%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 33% of these rows have at least one match.
- Gitari TirimaFounder · Fingo AfricaS21Fintech · Nairobi
- Ian NjugunaFounder · Fingo AfricaS21Fintech · Nairobi
- Kiiru MuhoyaFounder · Fingo AfricaS21Fintech · Nairobi
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Gitari TirimaFingo AfricaFounderSummer 2021FintechNairobi, Kenya8—Ian NjugunaFingo AfricaFounderSummer 2021FintechNairobi, Kenya8—Kiiru MuhoyaFingo AfricaFounderSummer 2021FintechNairobi, Kenya8—
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Kiiru Muhoya
Founder·Fingo Africa
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size8
BatchSummer 2021
LocationNairobi, Kenya
Company statusAcquired
StageEarly
BIO
Kiiru is the co-founder and CEO of Fingo Africa. Fingo is the first youth focused Pan-African Neo-Bank. Previously he was part of the team at Acorn Holdings, the largest private developer of real estate in East Africa, being the first Kenyan company to successfully list a bond on the London Stock Exchange. Kiiru is a Philosophy, Politics and Economics graduate from the University of Warwick.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
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