Pezesha

Pezesha is a B2B lending infrastructure provider founded in 2017 in Nairobi by Hilda Moraa. The company offers affordable working capital to financially excluded SMEs in Africa, combined with financial literacy education and debt counselling. Pezesha enables any business platform (e-commerce operators, logistics platforms, gig economy apps) to embed working capital lending into their products. In February 2025, Pezesha raised USD 11 million in a pre-Series A round (USD 6 million equity plus USD 5 million debt) led by Womens World Banking Capital Partners II, with participation from Verdant Frontiers Fintech Fund, cFund, IOG, Talanton, and Verdant Capital Specialist Funds.