Dennis Karani
Managing Partner

Specialization

  • Dennis Karani is a corporate and technology lawyer whose work spans a company’s entire corporate life cycle—from entity selection and corporate structuring to employee and founder share schemes. He advises on technology licensing, intellectual property creation and monetization, venture financing, mergers and acquisitions, and securities transactions, supporting businesses as they grow, raise capital, and execute strategic deals.
    He has a deep understanding of how tech startups and social enterprises are formed, financed, grown, taken public and acquired or merged. While at StrathAfrica , he has played a crucial role in promoting growth of Tech startups through targeted legal solutions that create value in industries including fintech, drones & robotics, creative media & entertainment, renewable energy, agribusiness & precision agriculture and biotech & medical devices.

Experience

  • 7 years advising founders, venture-backed startups, and investors on company formation, funding rounds (seed to Series B), governance, and regional expansion across Rwanda and Kenya.

Quote

“Innovation moves fast—our role is to clear the path, structure smart deals, and help visionary founders build empires that last.”