
Vula builds AI infrastructure for the African SME funding ecosystem. We help African SMEs with a free AI funding assistant to find and apply to their best funding options across grants, debt, and…

Vula builds AI infrastructure for the African SME funding ecosystem. We help African SMEs with a free AI funding assistant to find and apply to their best funding options across grants, debt, and…
What they do: AI infrastructure and tools to match African SMEs to grants, loans, accelerators and equity (includes VulaOS and a free AI funding assistant)
Stage & HQ: Private, Seed-stage; headquartered in London, United Kingdom
Founders: Nicholas (Nic) Rawhani and Alexander (Alex) Goff
Team size: Reported ~11–50 employees (site lists 17)
Investor signals: Entrepreneur First–backed; investors listed include Katha
SME funding gap in Africa; matching and application processes for grants, loans, accelerators and equity
Financial technology / Funding infrastructure
Company described as Entrepreneur First–backed; third-party listings name Katha and Entrepreneurs First among investors.
“Entrepreneur First–backed; Katha listed among investors”
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Role Overview
Vula is seeking a visionary Head of Engineering to lead our technical evolution as we build Africa's AI-powered open finance infrastructure. Having grown to a team of 20 and serving 10 of the continent's leading financial institutions, we are at a critical inflection point. You will be the technical conductor responsible for transitioning our platform from bespoke, sales-led implementations to a scalable, self-serve Product-Led Growth (PLG) model.
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