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KHULA!: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Khula is a business which creates technology solutions for agriculture in Africa. Our main focus is on creating an inclusive mobile marketplace which will drive the success and growth of farmers, disrupting the wholesale food market. This marketplace optimizes logistics by using geolocation and by offering efficient and cost-effective logistics services for emerging farmers.

www.khula.co.za LinkedIn Johannesburg, South Africa 11-50 employees
Agriculture AgTech Farming Marketplace
Total raised
$8.2M
Rounds
3
Latest
Series A
Mar 2025

KHULA! has raised $8.2M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series A of $6.8M announced in Mar 2025.

That round is above the $3.3M median round size for Agriculture and Farming companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

KHULA! Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$8.2M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Series A
$6.8M in Mar 2025
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Johannesburg, South Africa

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2025.

KHULA! Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series A
$6.8M
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Seed
$1.4M

1 of 3 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

KHULA! raised $1.4M in a Seed announced in Aug 2021.

1.8 years later, an undisclosed round was announced in May 2023 with no disclosed amount.

1.8 years later, a Series A of $6.8M was announced in Mar 2025.

KHULA! Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Matthew Piper
Founder
Locked
Karidas Tshintsholo
CEO

Contact details for the KHULA! team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file.

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KHULA! Funding Compared to Other Agriculture and Farming Startups

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Median round

KHULA!'s latest round of $6.8M is above the median round in Agriculture and Farming. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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KHULA! Funding FAQs

What does KHULA! do?

Khula is a business which creates technology solutions for agriculture in Africa. Our main focus is on creating an inclusive mobile marketplace which will drive the success and growth of farmers, disrupting the wholesale food market. This marketplace optimizes logistics by using geolocation and by offering efficient and cost-effective logistics services for emerging farmers.

How much funding has KHULA! raised?

KHULA! has raised $8.2M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series A of $6.8M announced in Mar 2025.

When did KHULA! last raise funding?

KHULA!'s most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $6.8M, announced in Mar 2025.

Who founded KHULA!?

FundedIQ lists Matthew Piper (Founder) at KHULA!.

Who is the CEO of KHULA!?

Karidas Tshintsholo is listed as CEO at KHULA!.

Where is KHULA! headquartered?

KHULA! is based in Johannesburg, Na - South Africa, South Africa.

How many employees does KHULA! have?

KHULA! is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does KHULA!'s funding compare to other Agriculture and Farming startups?

KHULA!'s latest round of $6.8M is above the $3.3M median round size for Agriculture and Farming companies on FundedIQ across 1,320 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's KHULA! Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for KHULA! is left off this page rather than filled in.

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