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Turaco: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.

www.turaco.insure LinkedIn Westlands, Kenya 101-250 employees Founded 2019
Financial Services Health Insurance Insurance InsurTech Internet Life Insurance
Total raised
$1.3M
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
Sep 2026

Turaco has raised $1.3M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round announced in Sep 2026.

Turaco Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$1.3M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
Sep 2026
Employees
101-250
reported band
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Westlands, Kenya
Investors on record
18
5 named below

Latest funding round on record: Sep 2026.

Turaco Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Undisclosed round
$1.3M

1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Turaco raised $1.3M in an undisclosed round announced in Mar 2026.

6 months later, an undisclosed round was announced in Sep 2026 with no disclosed amount.

Turaco Investors

3IF Ventures Novastar Ventures Catalyst Fund AfricInvest 4DX Ventures

18 investors are recorded in total; the 5 named above are those the record identifies.

Turaco Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Mercy Kiprono
Co-founder
Locked
Ted Pantone
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Turaco team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file, 2 have a LinkedIn profile.

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Turaco Funding FAQs

What does Turaco do?

Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.

How much funding has Turaco raised?

Turaco has raised $1.3M across 2 rounds on record.

When did Turaco last raise funding?

Turaco's most recent funding round on record was announced in Sep 2026. The amount was not disclosed.

Who has invested in Turaco?

Investors on record for Turaco include 3IF Ventures, Novastar Ventures, Catalyst Fund, AfricInvest, 4DX Ventures. FundedIQ records 18 investors in total.

Who founded Turaco?

FundedIQ lists Mercy Kiprono (Co-founder), Ted Pantone (Founder) at Turaco.

Where is Turaco headquartered?

Turaco is based in Westlands, Nairobi Area, Kenya.

How many employees does Turaco have?

Turaco is in the 101-250 employee band.

When was Turaco founded?

Turaco was founded in 2019.

About FundedIQ's Turaco 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 Turaco is left off this page rather than filled in.

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