Twiga Foods

Twiga Foods is a business-to-business marketplace platform that sources produce directly from farmers and delivers it to urban retailers.

Twiga bridges gaps in food & market security to achieve an efficient, fair and transparent market. Source quality produce from farmers and deliver to vendors.

Twiga Foods was founded in 2013 by Peter Njonjo and Grant Brooke. The company is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

 

Twiga uses a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium size vendors in African urban markets.

 

Twiga buys produce from a network of farmers and delivers it to thousands of informal vendors, has recently become a magnet for foreign investors, making it one of the most funded start-ups in the region.

 

Twiga claims to have over 100,000 customers using its services across Kenya while delivering more than 600 metric tons of product to 10,000+ retailers daily.

 

Twiga is backed by Goldman Sachs, IFC Ventures, TLcom Capital, Creadev, Endeavor Catalyst Fund, DOB Equity, OP Finnfund Global, and others. The company raised $50M in Series C round on Nov 01, 2021. This brings Twiga's total funding to $157.1M to date.

 

 

  • Year founded: 2013
  • Funding Info: $157.1M over 5 Rounds (Latest Funding Type: Series C)
  • Yearly Revenue: NA
  • Employee Size: 501-1,000
  • Business Valuation: NA
  • City/Town: Nairobi
  • State: Nairobi
  • Country: Kenya
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