Paylend: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
Paylend is a FinTech startup focused on providing access to finance and digitizing MSMEs in Kenya.
Paylend has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Seed of $2.0M announced in Dec 2021.
That round is below the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Paylend Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Dec 2021.
Paylend Funding Rounds
Paylend Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
Paylend Funding Compared to Other Financial Services Startups
Paylend's latest round of $2.0M is below the median round in Financial Services. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Paylend Funding FAQs
What does Paylend do?
Paylend is a FinTech startup focused on providing access to finance and digitizing MSMEs in Kenya.
How much funding has Paylend raised?
Paylend has raised $2.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Seed of $2.0M announced in Dec 2021.
When did Paylend last raise funding?
Paylend's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $2.0M, announced in Dec 2021.
Who is the CEO of Paylend?
Eliutherius Juma is listed as CEO at Paylend.
Where is Paylend headquartered?
Paylend is based in Westlands, Nairobi Area, Kenya.
How many employees does Paylend have?
Paylend is in the 11-50 employee band.
How does Paylend's funding compare to other Financial Services startups?
Paylend's latest round of $2.0M is below the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies on FundedIQ across 5,745 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Paylend 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 Paylend is left off this page rather than filled in.
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