Amka Data

What I do

I connect founders with reputable buyers of business data.

Amka Data works with founders of software startups that are closing or have recently closed, mainly in the UK and US. If your data is likely to interest a buyer, I make the introduction, so the work your team did earns something before the company is gone.

A short conversation

We look at which systems your company used and whether the data is likely to interest buyers.

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An introduction

If it's a fit, I introduce you to a buyer. They assess the data, handle de-identification, and make you an offer.

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You decide

The licence is between you and the buyer. You stay in control throughout, and nothing moves without your agreement.

What data qualifies

The everyday records of how your team worked.

Buyers are most interested in real working history: how problems were discussed, planned, built and fixed. If your company used tools like these for a few years, there may be something worth looking at.

Code

GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket: commits, pull requests, reviews

Tickets

Jira, Linear, Asana: issues, sprints, project history

Docs

Notion, Confluence, Google Drive: specs, wikis, processes

Chat

Slack, Teams: working conversations between the team

Support

Zendesk, Intercom: customer issues and how they were solved

Sales

HubSpot, Salesforce: pipeline and account workflows

Product

Analytics events, logs, design files

Something else?

Ask. Specialised datasets can be valuable too.

Customer names and personal details are stripped out by the buyer before any data is used. Companies in regulated or sensitive sectors are only considered with their own lawyer's sign-off.

How I work

Clear terms, from the first conversation.

I never touch your dataI don't hold, copy or process it. It goes from you to the buyer under your licence.
Nothing upfrontI don't charge you anything to start. Any commission is agreed with you in writing before an introduction.
Careful with sensitive sectorsI don't work with companies in regulated or sensitive sectors unless their own lawyer has signed off.
No pressureIf a sale isn't right for you, we stop there. You owe nothing.

Why I'm doing this

Hi, I'm Paul Kidero.

I believe data matters. For years, the Slack threads, tickets and code of a closed company were worth nothing once the doors shut. They sat in an archive until someone deleted them.

AI has changed that almost overnight. The records of how real teams worked are now some of the most useful material for training and testing AI, and companies are paying for them. I want to play a small part in making sure founders get something back from that work, instead of it quietly disappearing.

I'm based in Nairobi and work with founders in the UK, US and East Africa. I'm also Kenya Lead at Intro Africa. Amka means "wake up" in Swahili: waking up data that would otherwise go to waste.

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Paul Kidero speaking at an event — Paul Kidero, founder of Amka Data

Common questions

What founders usually ask.

What could my data be worth?

It depends on how much history there is, how complete it is, and what buyers want at the time. Published buyer ranges start in the tens of thousands of dollars. Some companies won't qualify, and I'll tell you honestly if yours is unlikely to.

Who are the buyers?

Companies that license business data to AI developers. I talk to several, so I can introduce you to whichever fits your data best. You'll know exactly who they are before you share anything.

What about personal data and confidentiality?

Buyers de-identify the data, removing names, emails and customer details, before it's used. You agree the terms of the licence, including what's excluded. If something is too sensitive to share, it stays out.

What does it cost me?

Nothing upfront. If a sale happens, any commission is agreed with you in writing before I make the introduction. If you decide not to go ahead, you owe nothing.

My UK company is being struck off. Is it too late?

Not if you move quickly. Once a company is dissolved, its assets pass to the Crown, so a sale needs to complete before then. Dissolution usually follows about two months after the Gazette notice. The earlier we talk, the more options you have.

A second life for the data your company leaves behind.