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MarketForce

The SuperApp for neighbourhood merchants in Africa.

ActiveChecked 16h ago

Batch: S20
Status, per YC: Active
Team size: 400
HQ: Nairobi, Nairobi County

In S20209 companies, 28% AI

marketforce.io YC profile

Founders

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Competitors

Closest in what they build, same category.

Adjacent

Overlapping tags, a different niche.

Also from S20

Batchmates in Summer 2020.

About MarketForce

MarketForce empowers neighbourhood merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently, access a banking wallet with credit facilities, collect digital payments and earn extra income by offering agency baking services and reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments in their communities. Incorporated in 2019, MarketForce is a fast-growing company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 180 consumer brands trading on the platform.

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

MarketForce: questions

Which YC batch was MarketForce in?

MarketForce was in Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch (S20).

Is MarketForce still active?

Y Combinator lists MarketForce as active.

Where is MarketForce based?

MarketForce lists Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya as its location on YC's directory.

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