Kenyan Firm Bags Ksh13M, Joins Top US Companies in Program Members of Kidato, a Kenyan ed-tech startup accepted into Y Combinator accelerator File Kenyan tech start-up, Kidato was named as one of the three African companies that joined the exclusive Silicon Valley Y Combinator - a US seed money startup accelerator that has helped launch thousands of top startups. Kidato, which offers online learning for K-12 students (2 to 18 years of age), joined the Y Combinator Winter cohort in January where it got Ksh13 million and will showcase its capabilities to global investors end of March 2021, with a possibility of getting more funding.