Investors · Private company

Invest in Nyungu Afrika.

Nyungu Afrika is a privately held, early-stage company. If you want to invest and back the company building tree-free absorbent pulp: the material inside every pad and diaper, made from local ,abundant and underutilized pineapple leaves and maize husk fibres instead of felled trees reach out directly to us.

01 The opportunity

Why Nyungu.

Every pad and diaper on earth is built on an absorbent core, and today that core means felled trees and imported, dollar-priced wood pulp. We make the same core from agricultural waste that already grows beside us, and the model is built to travel across a multi-billion-dollar hygiene industry.

1.5B
trees cut every year for wood-pulp cellulose
$10B+
global fluff-pulp market, the exact core we replace
5
countries where our material has been independently lab-tested
65%
of women & girls in Kenya can’t afford period products (FSG)
01

A near-zero-cost feedstock

Pineapple leaves and maize husks are agricultural waste, abundant, local, and co-located with our supply. No tree farming, no new land, no exposure to global pulp-price shocks.

02

Cost, not a green premium

Our pulp is designed to cut manufacturers’ raw-material costs by up to 40% versus imported wood pulp, sustainability without the price penalty that kills most eco-material deals.

03

A platform, not a pad brand

We sell the material inside the pad. Every manufacturer, from global brands to local factories, is a customer, not a rival. The bigger the category grows, the more pulp they buy.

04

A regulatory tailwind

Because our pulp comes from crop waste, not trees, it sits outside the EU Deforestation Regulation that competitors relying on wood must comply with, turning their compliance headache into our sales pipeline.

02 Recognition & support

Multi-award winning company.

Nyungu Afrika has been recognised and supported through respected programmes in climate, deep-tech and women’s innovation. Our founder sits on the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Technical Committee writing national biodegradable-hygiene standards. Specific investors are shared privately with qualified parties.

TotalEnergies · Best Female Entrepreneur in Africa 2022
Savant-Build Programme Deep-Tech Startups 2026
Deep Tech Summit · Most Promising African Startup 2025
Techstars Sustainability Paris
Circular Valley Accelerator
NIRI Nonwovens Innovation
USADF
What Design Can Do · No Waste Challenge
Bestseller Foundation
Delta40
KEBS Technical Committee (TC 069)
PCT Published Process Patent
TRL 6 · 5-country validated

Request the investor brief.

Tell us a little about your fund or mandate, and we’ll set up a call with our founder and share the materials relevant to where the company is today.

This page is information about Nyungu Afrika, not an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security. Any investment would be made only by eligible investors through formal documentation. All figures relating to future performance are projections contingent on successful pilot validation and are not guarantees. Detailed financials and valuation are shared under NDA.

03 Investor FAQ

You asked.

How do I invest in Nyungu?
Request the investor brief via the button above and tell us briefly who you are (angel, fund, family office, strategic partner). We’ll follow up with what’s currently available and the next steps.
Is Nyungu raising money right now?
Yes. We are raising a USD 500,000 pre-seed round, structured as a convertible note, to fund the pilot that takes our patent-pending pulp from lab-validated (TRL 6) to real-world production (TRL 7). Register your interest and we’ll share the current status and terms directly.
What is Nyungu’s valuation?
There is no public valuation because Nyungu is not listed. Valuation and detailed financials are discussed privately with qualified investors under a non-disclosure agreement.
What is the minimum investment?
It depends on the instrument and the stage of the round at the time, so there’s no single fixed figure. The note is structured to accept multiple cheques on identical terms. Request the brief and we’ll share the relevant details.