Ampersand
A company focused on electric mobility solutions in Africa, offering battery swapping for electric motorcycles.
Agent readinessTop 25% Open the scores section.Agent Readiness: 49/100. Top 25%. Measured by StartupHub.ai. Median 41.50/100Trust scoreBelow median Open the scores section.Data Trust: 56/100. Below median. Measured by StartupHub.ai. Median 61.About
Ampersand is Africa's leading EV energy tech company, creating a cleaner and more profitable motorcycle transport system. They provide purpose-built electric motorcycles, durable battery packs, swap stations, and proprietary fleet management software, aiming to reduce operating costs and carbon emissions.
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Key facts
- Website
- ampersand.africa
- Headquarters
- Kigali, Rwanda
- Founded
- 2014
- Total funding
- $42M (Series A)
- Business model
- B2C
Funding rounds
- $2M29 Aug 2024
Led by Beyond Ventures
- $20M31 Dec 2023
- $20M4 Feb 2014SeedLargest round
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2024 | Series A | $2M | Beyond Ventures |
| 31 Dec 2023 | Debt Financing | $20M | |
| 4 Feb 2014 | Seed | $20M |
Tech stack
Detected on ampersand.africa, last scanned 21 Sept 2026. Run your own scan
- Frontend
- Bootstrap
- CDN
- Cloudflare
Measured, not editorial
Agent Readiness
Measured by StartupHub.ai
How well an AI agent can read and use this site: structured data, clean markup, and whether key facts are reachable without running JavaScript. We scan the live site.49/100
Top 25%
Site Speed
Measured by Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed mobile performance for the company’s own site. Measured by Google, not by us.50/100
Below median
Data Trust
Measured by StartupHub.ai
Whether this company is a safe place to put your data: security posture, privacy signals, and reputation evidence we could verify.56/100
Below median · 1,337 scored
API & MCP Security
Measured by StartupHub.ai
What this company’s API or MCP server gives an anonymous stranger: transport, whether anything answers without credentials, CORS, response headers and, when an MCP server replies, which of its tools can be called with no key. Scanned live, on request, because a security verdict months old is worse than none.Test your Agent Readiness
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Frequently asked
Is Ampersand trustworthy and reputable?
StartupHub's Data Trust & Reputation score for Ampersand is 56 out of 100, a use-caution rating, based on site security posture, privacy practices, malware and phishing checks, and public reputation signals.
How much funding has Ampersand raised?
Ampersand has raised a total of $42M in funding. The most recent round on record is Series A.
SEC filings, insider activity, nonprofit links and pay benchmarks for Ampersand:
Company details: from public sources. Funding: no announced round on file. Ownership: not yet claimed by the company. Scores: measured by named tools; each links to its method. Our rules
