Top 5 Biotechnology VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Kenya in January 2026
A list of 5 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Biotechnology startups based in Kenya. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Biotechnology companies from Kenya. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Biotechnology VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Kenya in January 2026
| Investor | Biotechnology Kenya investments |
|---|---|
| GreenTec Capital Partners | 2 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | 1 |
| ShEquity | 1 |
| Finnfund | 1 |
| Opes Impact Fund | 1 |
GreenTec Capital Partners is Germany's premier investor into African start-ups and SMEs. GreenTec invests through its unique Results4Equity model, acting as a co-founding partner that is only compensated on business success.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco
Portfolio highlights
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
- ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.
Standard Chartered Bank offers personal and business banking services. Their solutions for companies include transaction banking and financial markets solutions. They also offer current accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and mortgage services.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Internet, FinTech
- Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
- Singapore, India, United Kingdom
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- BW LPG — BW LPG is a leader in LPG shipping with the world's largest fleet of Very Large Gas Carriers. We are listed in Oslo and have offices worldwide
- Space Tech Innovation Co. — Space Tech Innovation Co. operates as a space technology company.
- Fosun Tourism Group (FOLIDAY) — Fosun Tourism Group provides a one-price, all-inclusive leisure and vacation experience. Their tourist destinations include one-stop entertainment and comprehensive tourism and vacation destinations operated by a company that provides resort operations, tourism destination development, and other related services.
ShEquity is to provide smart and sustainable investments for African female entrepreneurs and innovators.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Finance, Ride Sharing
- Seed, Funding Round
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Owoafara — Financial Technology providing access to loans, savings and insurance for the underbanked
- Shuttlers — Book safe, reliable, and affordable transportation services with Shuttlers across Lagos and Nigeria.
Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Energy
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
- Kenya, India, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- AwanTunai — AwanTunai seek to reinforce Indonesian needs and productivity by providing digital loan for a better financial freedom and capability to micro-entrepreneurs
- Access Bank — Access Bank provides banking products and services to individual and business customers in Ghana. It offers standard savings and current, access advantage, solo, and premier accounts. The company also provides online banking services that include ATM, online access, and point-of-sale terminal services; and bills payment and Western Union moneytransfer services.
- Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.
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Investment focus
- Communities, Agriculture, Service Industry
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Italy, Kenya, India
Portfolio highlights
- Refolo — Refolo is a type B social cooperative that sees social agriculture as having a dual impact: social and environmental. Refolo was created with the aim of creating an agro-ecological and social corridor that runs through the province of Brescia from north to south with the hope that administrations and other communities will come together to generatea positive impact on the environment and the community.Refolo operates in an area located between the municipalities of Brescia, Collebeato, Villa Carcina and Montirone, territories that share the presence of agricultural areas that over the years have been abandoned due to their unsuitability for intensive agriculture and lack of interest by new generations and that are now ready to start again.
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
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