Kenyan neobank Cloud9 secures Alliance investment, takes total funding to $1m

What happened

Kenyan digital bank Cloud9, which enables cross-border payments and borderless banking for African consumers and businesses, has secured an undisclosed investment from crypto and fintech accelerator Alliance, taking the startup’s total funding to date to US$1 million. Disrupt Africa reported in late-2025 Tesh Mbaabu and Mesongo Sibuti were to launch a new digital banking platform [...] The post Kenyan neobank Cloud9 secures Alliance investment, takes total funding to $1m appeared first on Disrupt Africa .

Mbaabu and Sibuti are best known as founders of MarketForce, which began life in 2018 as a sales force automation software company, but soon pivoted to operate a B2B retail marketplace, RejaReja, where informal merchants in Africa could source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently, as well as other things. Disrupt Africa reported in late-2025 Tesh Mbaabu and Mesongo Sibuti were to launch a new digital banking platform called Cloud9.