Kotani Pay - About the company
Kotani Pay is a seed company based in Nairobi (Kenya), founded in 2021 by Samuel Kariuki and Brian A K. It operates as an AI-backed payroll management platform for gig workers. Kotani Pay has raised $2M in funding from P1 Ventures. The company has 302 active competitors, including 45 funded and 15 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Simplex, OpenFX and Bridge.
Company Details
AI-backed payroll management platform for gig workers. It is a technology stack that enables blockchain protocols, dapps, and blockchain fintech companies to integrate seamlessly into local payment channels. It helps provide payments to annotators and other artificial Intelligence workers.
- Website
- kotanipay.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@kotanipay.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2021
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$2M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
15th among 302 active competitors
Employee Count
21 as on Sep 30, 2026
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Kotani Pay's funding and investors
Kotani Pay has raised a total funding of $2M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 08, 2021. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Oct 21, 2025 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Kotani Pay has 12 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Kotani Pay:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Oct 21, 2025 | 8695775 | Seed | 4195878 | 9826756 | 8714763 | 2819501 |
Sep 05, 2023 | 4373377 | Seed | 3601089 | 9949158 | 9038096 | |
Jan 20, 2022 | 6856343 | Seed | 9479034 | 1242234 | 6586249 |
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Kotani Pay's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Kotani Pay are Samuel Kariuki and Brian A K. Felix Macharia is the CEO of Kotani Pay.
Here are the details of Kotani Pay's key team members:
- Samuel Kariuki: Co-Founder & COO of Kotani Pay. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Brian A K: Co-Founder, CMO of Kotani Pay.
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Kotani Pay's employee count trend
Kotani Pay has 21 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Kotani Pay's employee count trend over the years:
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Kotani Pay's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Kotani Pay include Simplex, OpenFX and Bridge. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Kotani Pay, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | AI-based crypto payments and fraud prevention solutions for businesses | $19M | 73/100 | ||
2nd | OpenFX 2024, Miami (United States), Series A | Provider of infrastructure for instant, low-cost, cross-border foreign exchange liquidity | $117M | 71/100 | |
3rd |  Bridge 2022, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Developer of infrastructure and application programming interfaces for stablecoin transactions | $58M | 68/100 | |
4th |  Zero Hash 2017, Chicago (United States), Series D | Embedded crypto solutions for financial institutions | $286M | 66/100 | |
5th |  BVNK 2016, London (United Kingdom), Acquired | Online platform offering multiple crypto services | $93.2M | 65/100 | |
6th | CoinPayments 2013, Vancouver (Canada), Series A | Payment gateway solutions for cryptocurrencies | $30.1M | 63/100 | |
7th | Provider of platform enabling multi-currency swaps and digital payment solutions | $51.5M | 61/100 | ||
8th |  Flexa 2018, New York City (United States), Series B | Provider of digital asset payment processing and merchant settlement tools | $14.1M | 58/100 | |
9th |  Conduit 2021, Kalispell (United States), Series A | Provider of cross-border payment solution for businesses | $59M | 57/100 | |
10th |  Coinflow 2022, Chicago (United States), Series A | Platform offering payment solutions to web3 companies | $28.7M | 57/100 | |
15th |  Kotani Pay 2021, Nairobi (Kenya), Seed | AI-backed payroll management platform for gig workers | $2M | 52/100 |
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Kotani Pay's Investments and acquisitions
Kotani Pay has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Kotani Pay
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News related to Kotani Pay
Media has covered Kotani Pay for a total of 2 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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Tether Invests in Kenyan Crypto Startup Kotani Pay to Expand Stablecoin Access in AfricaBitcoinke•Oct 21, 2025•Kotani Pay, Tether
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Billionaire-Backed P1 Ventures Bets on Africa’s Untapped MarketsFinancial Post•Feb 07, 2025•P1 Ventures, Nuitee Travel, Kotani Pay, Gameball and 3 others
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ICP Hub Kenya Partners With Kotani Pay For Olympus Accelerator ProgramSoko Directory•Jun 17, 2024•Kotani Pay, icpkushite.com
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Kenyan Crypto Payment Startup, Kotani, Secures $2M in Pre-Seed FundingTech In Africa•Sep 16, 2023•Kotani Pay, Flori Ventures, P1 Ventures, Luno and 1 other
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Kotani Pay receives a $2m pre-seed to support offline cross-border crypto payments in AfricaTechpoint.Africa•Sep 05, 2023•Kotani Pay, Flori Ventures, P1 Ventures, Digital Currency Group and 1 other
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Celo, Mercy Corps Ventures, Cinch and Kotani Pay team up to launch DeFi employer-based lending pilot in KenyaKenyan Wall Street•Jun 16, 2022•Celo, Mercy Corps, cinch, Kotani Pay
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