About Nuru Solutions Pre-Seed Round
In 2015, Malawi faced its worst drought in 35 years, wiping out 40% of maize harvests. Farmers had no insurance and no credit to recover; not because the risk wasn't insurable, but because these farmers were invisible. There was no data to measure and price the risk. That moment set our founder on a 12-year journey across 18 countries to solve this problem.
Today, across sub-Saharan Africa, only 6% of smallholder farmers access formal credit and 3% have insurance. The barrier is a data gap and Nuru is building the infrastructure to close it. We use satellite imagery, ground-truth data and machine learning/ AI and to turn invisible farms into quantifiable risk profiles that banks and insurers can act on.
When a lender can see a farmer's creditworthiness for the first time, that farmer gets a loan. When an insurer can price the risk, that farmer gets coverage. That is what Nuru unlocks.
We have moved beyond concept to a validated, revenue-generating operation across Kenya, Malawi, and Somalia. We have $132K in contracted revenue, a $2M+ active sales pipeline, and a pilot with DigiFarm/Safaricom, Kenya's largest telco, with the potential to scale to 1 million farmers.
Our proprietary ML models achieve 80–98% accuracy, and our B2B data licensing model will deliver 90%+ gross margins at scale, with a clear path to breakeven by Q1 2027.
This is not a bet on an idea. It is an investment in a proven team executing against validated demand; building the data backbone that makes financial inclusion possible at continental scale.
Your investment directly accelerates credit, insurance, and climate resilience for the communities that need it most.
Themes & SDGs Supported
Mission and Vision
Nuru's mission is to make every smallholder farmer in Africa visible to the financial system. We believe that the data gap (not the risk itself) is what excludes 200 million farmers from credit, insurance, and the tools they need to build resilient livelihoods. By building the agricultural data infrastructure that financial institutions trust, we are unlocking a $1 trillion agricultural economy while ensuring that climate resilience and financial inclusion reach the farmers who need it most.
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