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Powered by People: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

People-driven is a distribution manufacturing program that mainly operates on mobile devices, providing online resources, funding options, and a B2B market for small and medium-sized businesses operating in the creative manufacturing and handicraft industries.

www.poweredbypeople.com LinkedIn Nairobi, Kenya 51-100 employees
Consumer Goods B2B B2C Supply chain technology Development Retail Wholesale Digital tools
Total raised
$8.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series A
Mar 2023

Powered by People has raised $8.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series A of $8.0M announced in Mar 2023.

That round is above the $3.5M median round size for Consumer Goods companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Powered by People Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$8.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series A
$8.0M in Mar 2023
Employees
51-100
reported band
Headquarters
Nairobi, Kenya

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2023.

Powered by People Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series A
$8.0M

Powered by People Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Hedvig Alexander
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Powered by People team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Powered by People Funding Compared to Other Consumer Goods Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
93
$3.1M
8,378
$15M

Powered by People's latest round of $8.0M is above the median round in Consumer Goods. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Powered by People Funding FAQs

What does Powered by People do?

People-driven is a distribution manufacturing program that mainly operates on mobile devices, providing online resources, funding options, and a B2B market for small and medium-sized businesses operating in the creative manufacturing and handicraft industries.

How much funding has Powered by People raised?

Powered by People has raised $8.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series A of $8.0M announced in Mar 2023.

When did Powered by People last raise funding?

Powered by People's most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $8.0M, announced in Mar 2023.

Who founded Powered by People?

FundedIQ lists Hedvig Alexander (Founder) at Powered by People.

Where is Powered by People headquartered?

Powered by People is based in Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya.

How many employees does Powered by People have?

Powered by People is in the 51-100 employee band.

How does Powered by People's funding compare to other Consumer Goods startups?

Powered by People's latest round of $8.0M is above the $3.5M median round size for Consumer Goods companies on FundedIQ across 465 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Powered by People 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 Powered by People is left off this page rather than filled in.

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