Akinyi Kariuki

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Founder at Helix Health | ex-McKinsey & Company

Helix Health
Nairobi, Kenya · EAT (UTC+3)
7+ years experience
GIBS
English, Swahili
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Helix Health (B2B payments). 7 years of building before that. Raised $7 million across 2 rounds.

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  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Working sessions on fintech
  • Questions about B2B payments
  • Early customers and design partners
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Skills
fundraisingproductB2B salesfintech
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Pre-seed round open - cash-flow forecasting for Indian SMBs, 22% month-on-month growth

Stage
Pre-seed
Raising
$1.5M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$558k from angels
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
22% month-on-month growth after 20 months
Use of funds
Product and compliance

22% month-on-month growth after 20 months. Looking for investors who know mobility and can help with hiring.

Nairobi, Kenya · remote OKb2b salesfundraisingproduct
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Dec 2022 - Present
    Helix Health · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Nairobi, Kenya
    • Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company.
    • Grew the team to 56 people across 5 countries.
  2. Software Engineer
    Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
    McKinsey & Company · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Nairobi, Kenya
    • Moved 74% of product security traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
  3. Engineering Manager
    Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
    Absa · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Nairobi, Kenya
    • Grew the search team from 3 to 12 engineers.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 27 minutes to under 2.

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Education

  1. GIBS
    MBA, Business Administration
    2021 - 2023
  2. Covenant University
    BEng, Business Administration
    2014 - 2018

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