Antler East Africa Founder Residency

Run by Antler.

Antler runs a ten-week residency in Nairobi twice a year, in person, serving East Africa. The initial ticket is $100k for 10% equity, with a pre-committed $150k that matches the next VC-led round on its own terms — up to $250k in all.

Investment

US$250,000 (Above Sub-Saharan Africa median $54.5k · Above global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

10% (Above global median 6%)

Duration

10 weeks (Shorter than Sub-Saharan Africa median 26 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

biannual

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Sectors

• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.antler.co/location/kenya read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, equity pct, duration weeks, format, batch cadence, application url

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Compare all 25 Antler programmes.

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Last verified 2026-09-05.