Kamau Mwangi

Principal, Juniper Venture Partners - brands · marketplaces · venture capital

Juniper Venture Partners

Nairobi, Kenya · EAT (UTC+3)

10+ years experience

University of Cape Town

English, Swahili

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Overview

Principal at Juniper Venture Partners, backing consumer companies. Led or co-led 33 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later. Backed 56 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: Safaricom and Dangote Group.

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developer toolsmarketplacesbrandsventure capital

InvestingLooking to invest

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Writing $25k cheques into Series A consumer in the Nordics

Cheque size: $25k
Stages: Series A
Sectors: Consumer
Geographies: LatAm
Lead or follow: Any
Decision time: 10 business days
How I help: Hiring the first ten people

Happy to follow a strong lead. Decisions within 3 weeks.

Nairobi, Kenya · remote OKmarketplacesbrandsventure capital

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Office hours for angels writing a first cheque: consumer and developer tools

Topics: consumer, marketplaces, developer tools
Format: Office hours
Terms: Open to discuss
Capacity: A few async reviews a month
Best for: Engineers moving into leadership

10 years of consumer. One call a month or async reviews.

Nairobi, Kenyaventure capitalbrandsdeveloper tools

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Experience

Principal
Oct 2025 - Present
Juniper Venture Partners · 1 yr · Contract · Nairobi, Kenya
- Sit on 6 boards.
- Led or co-led 22 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
- Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.
Senior Financial Analyst
Nov 2023 - Oct 2025
Safaricom · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Nairobi, Kenya
- Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
FP&A Manager
Dec 2019 - Sep 2023
Dangote Group · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Nairobi, Kenya
- Closed the books in 3 days, down from 17.
- Ran diligence on 6 acquisitions.
FP&A Manager
Apr 2018 - Dec 2019
Meta · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Nairobi, Kenya
- Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 5 straight quarters.
Finance Manager
Oct 2016 - Apr 2018
GTBank · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Nairobi, Kenya
- Closed the books in 6 days, down from 14.

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Education

University of Cape Town
BSc, Finance
2012 - 2016

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