Salus Cloud raises $3.7M to expand secure software delivery in Africa

Salus Cloud, an AI-native DevOps platform built for African developers, has raised $3.7 million in seed funding to accelerate product development and expand across the continent. The funding will support the growth of its customer base across growth regions, including Africa, the Middle East and underserved tech ecosystems, while enhancing the onboarding experience for both self-service and enterprise users.

Atlantica Ventures and P1 Ventures led the round, including participation from Idris Bello of Lofty Inc. Capital, Everywhere Ventures, and angel investor Timothy Chen of Essence VC.

Founded in 2024 by Andrew Mori, a seasoned cloud entrepreneur and group CEO of Deimos, Salus is tackling a blind spot in global tech infrastructure: the lack of secure and automated CI/CD pipelines in emerging markets. While less than a third of global enterprises succeed in implementing secure delivery pipelines, most African startups and SMEs don’t even have one. Salus solves this with AI-powered developer agents, automated security fixes, and enterprise-grade DevOps features all tailored for lean teams and priced for growth markets.

“Startups shouldn’t be burning capital building infrastructure that’s not core to their mission, said CEO and co-founder Andrew Mori in an interview with Condia.

“We built Salus so a fintech can focus on loans, an e-commerce company on logistics not on securing Kubernetes or building core banking from scratch. Salus was built to remove that burden and let you focus on what truly matters.”

Already used by some fintechs across the continent, Salus offers both a self-service cloud version and a managed enterprise edition. Pricing starts at $9/month for developers, while enterprise plans begin at $5,000/month, which is less than the cost of hiring a single DevOps engineer, Mori notes. The company reports it has already secured five enterprise clients and is seeing strong traction across Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.

The fresh capital will fuel Salus’s go-to-market strategy, including partnerships with developer communities and tech hubs. The team, currently based in Cape Town, is focused on driving adoption among Africa’s rapidly growing software workforce. Mori sees Salus becoming a foundational layer in the continent’s tech infrastructure, especially as more startups aim to scale securely and quickly.

“Our ambition is to support 50–500 enterprise teams and tens of thousands of African developers by 2026,” said Mori. “We’re not just building tools. We’re enabling a new way of thinking about software delivery in Africa — faster, leaner, and laser-focused on outcomes.”