Spiro raises Sh7bn to expand e-motorbike production, battery-swapping

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Spiro CEO Kaushik Burman at one of the battery swapping stations during a company event in Nairobi on January 23, 2025. 

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Electric motorcycle company Spiro has raised $55 million (Sh7 billion) in fresh funding to accelerate its local manufacturing plans and expand its battery-swapping network across Africa.

The capital injection comes from Chinese investment fund NewTrails Capital. It follows the e-mobility company’s $215 million (Sh27.8 billion) funding earlier this month, bringing the total equity round to $270 million (Sh35 billion), one of the largest recent capital injections into the region’s e-mobility sector.

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