Transaction

Cloud9 acquires Chpter

Announced

6 August 2026

Target

Chpter Holdings, Inc.

Value

Undisclosed

Asset class

Venture Capital

Type

Merger/Acquisition(M&A), Exit

Instrument

Ordinary Shares (Equity)

Lead investors

Cloud Nine Payments Ltd

Investors

Cloud Nine Payments Ltd

Sector

Consumer / E-Commerce

Markets

Kenya

About the target

Chpter Holdings, Inc. (Chpter) is a Kenya-based technology company providing an AI-powered conversational commerce platform. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company enabled businesses to sell, market and process payments through automated chat conversations on WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, charging a monthly subscription plus a per-transaction fee. Chpter maintained an active presence in Kenya and South Africa, serving more than 4,500 businesses across e-commerce, retail, financial services, education, media and hospitality sectors, and had processed over one million transactions since inception