Top 15 Clean Energy Startup Investors in Kenya (October 2026)
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E3 Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Kenya, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy | $900k–$40M |
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech | $1M–$42M |
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Global Partnerships
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, United States | Series A, Seed | Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar | $1.7M–$10M |
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AXA Investment Managers
VC Fund
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3 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Medical, Renewable Energy | $2.6M–$100M |
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$23M |
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Mani Kapital
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya | Venture - Series Unknown | Communities, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy | |
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Acumen
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Agriculture, Solar, Farming | $300k–$7.4M |
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Aster
VC Fund
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2 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Energy, Software, Manufacturing | $281k–$27M |
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Proparco
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, India, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, Energy, Finance | $400k–$206M |
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Bamboo Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, France | Series A, Series B, Private Equity | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $500k–$30M |
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D-Prize
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Zimbabwe, United States | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy | $250k–$1.4M |
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bettervest GmbH
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Zambia, Belgium | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Social Entrepreneurship, Solar, Energy | $100k–$1.4M |
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Japan International Cooperation Agency
VC Fund
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1 | India, Japan, Vietnam | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series C | Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy | $3M–$692M |
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Aster Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Kenya, France | Series A | Automotive, Sensor, Battery | $3.5M–$30M |
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Clean Energy and Energy Inclusion for Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Convertible Note | Solar, Energy, Finance | $404k–$582k |
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E3 Capital invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors.
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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $900k–$8M; Series A $1.8M–$7.5M; Series B $9M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- GoCab — GoCab is fintech solution providing Drive-to-own option for vehicle purchase in Emerging markets, helping to bridge the gap between mobility entrepreneurs and financial services.
- Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
- Open Access Energy — South Africa's first multilateral wheeling software platform that automates energy transactions.
For the many, not just the few. For good.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Series A $1M–$23M; Series B $3.5M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $147M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- MAX — Make mobility accessible, safe, reliable, and sustainable for 1 billion Africans
- ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
Global Partnerships is an impact-first investor dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. For 25 years GP has invested in sustainable solutions that help impoverished people increase their incomes and improve their lives, with core investments in livelihoods, education, health, energy, housing, and sanitation. Since inceptionGP has deployed $356.5 million in impact investments to 135 partners, bringing meaningful impact to over 14.7 million lives in 21 countries.What is Impact-First Investing?Impact-first investing means investing in a way that seeks the highest possible social impact, while seeking to preserve capital with a modest financial return for investors.Impact-first investing is distinctly different from return-first investing, which seeks the highest possible financial return (often without consideration of social or environmental consequences), and from philanthropy, which seeks the highest social impact without any preservation of capital.We believe that impact-first investing has an essential role to play in advancing sustainable solutions to poverty for millions of people worldwide.What Does Impact Mean to Global Partnerships?All of our impact-first investing is aimed at empowering poor and marginalized people to earn a living, provide the basic necessities of life for their families, and improve their lives. We seek social impact on four dimensions:Broadening Opportunity – We have a holistic understanding of poverty, so we invest across all facets of poverty: livelihoods, education, energy, health, housing, sanitation, and water.Deepening Inclusion – We invest at the edge of the market, emphasizing approaches that include people marginalized by depth of poverty, gender, and/or geography, including women and the rural poor.Serving Millions – We believe that every person matters, and want to expand opportunity for as many people as possible. We therefore focus on sustainable approaches that can, over time, scale to serve millions of people living in poverty.Improving Lives – We only invest where evidence convinces us that people living in poverty value the opportunity being delivered and are empowered by it – economically or otherwise – to improve their lives.
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- Industry: Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
- Eneza Education — Eneza Education, a.k.a. MPrep, was founded in 2011 by Kenyan teachers and educators serious about making technology useful for their students. From the rural areas of Nyanza to Wajir Town and the Mombasa Coast, Kenyan teachers united to create the content of our initial Class 7 and Class 8 study tool. We wanted a tool that combined the best ofgreat teaching practices: scaffolded assessments, direct feedback, and high engagement. And we wanted to make sure ALL kids had access to our system. What better way to start than with a simple SMS-based system?
- Sun King — Sun King is a solar company that designs, distributes, installs, and finances solar home energy products across Africa and Asia. Sun King produces solar home systems, inverter systems, and portable lanterns, providing a solution for communities that live without reliable energy access. Sun King also offers pay-as-you-go financing options, furtherallowing consumers to access energy without high up-front costs. Sun King works with their network of international distribution partners to expand the off-grid market.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Series A $8M–$26M; Series B $16M–$100M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.6M–$49M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.5B in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Meva Energy — Meva Energy provides gasification technology for the development of renewable energy from small fraction fuels. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Sweden.
- Latour Capital — In creating the VCF Latour Capital at the request of some great French entrepreneurs, we wanted to build a new tool entirely focused investment , majority LBO in business to potential.
- Hayfin Capital Management — Hayfin is one of Europe's leading alternative private debt asset management firm, providing finance to companies and superior risk-adjusted returns...
Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series A $1.1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
- Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
- TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
Mani Kapital is an investment management firm.
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- Industry: Communities, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sanergy — The Sanergy Collaborative is a partnership of 3 independent companies, who are united by a common vision. Explore more about our vision here!
Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Solar, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 209
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $1000k–$7.4M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $123M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- PrePex — Non Surgical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention and social enterprise, offering innovative, affordable and scalable public healthcare solutions
- Orb Energy — Orb Energy is a vertically integrated solar company that manufactures solar panels, design, install, and services complete system, and finance C&I customers.
- Gramalaya Urban And Rural Development Initiatives And Network — Gramalaya Urban And Rural Development Initiatives And Network (GUARDIAN) is addressing the complex water and sanitation problems faced by low-income communities in India through its innovative water credit solution. GUARDIAN provides microloans to low-income families seeking to install water and sanitation facilities in their households.
Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).
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- Industry: Energy, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 171
- Round size: Series A $1.8M–$20M; Series B $7M–$27M; Venture - Series Unknown $281k–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $283M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
- Aether Fuels — Enabling a net zero world through sustainable liquid fuels.
- Neural Concept — Neural Concept is the first AI software for enhanced engineering. Leverage your historical CAD and CAE data to drastically shorten and improve your design cycles.
Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 141
- Round size: Debt Financing $400k–$206M; Private Equity $10M–$60M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
- Ecoener — Ecoener is a renewable energy company that develops, builds, operates, and maintains electricity generation projects based on clean energy sources. The company works across hydropower, wind, and solar photovoltaic technologies, managing the full lifecycle of energy facilities from early development and engineering to construction and long-termoperation. It also engages in energy commercialization activities that support the sale and distribution of electricity generated from its assets. Ecoener handles project planning, permitting, environmental assessment, and technical design as part of its infrastructure development process. The company operates and expands renewable energy plants across multiple international markets while integrating maintenance and operational management services for its facilities. It also participates in storage-related and hybrid energy projects that combine different renewable technologies to support grid stability and energy supply efficiency.
- Farm to Feed — One third of all food is lost or wasted, enough to feed the number of hungry people twice worldwide. Food loss and waste contributes to 10% of greenhouse gases globally. We aggregate and repurpose imperfect and surplus produce to create a healthier planet.
Bamboo Capital Partners is a commercial private equity firm making investments that matter. We find game-changing businesses then applies a mix of geographical and sector expertise to deliver financial and social returns.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Private Equity
- Geography: India, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Series A $4M–$7.5M; Series B $3M–$28M; Private Equity $500k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Movii — Movii aims to reduce inequality by providing access to financial services to the unbanked population through the use of new technologies.
- SMALA — SMALA is a used online clothing platform for children. They are the operator of an e-commerce clothing platform intended to offer quality second hand clothes. Their platform provides an integrated platform where clothes are selected carefully.
- Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Zimbabwe, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PayGo Energy — Globally, three billion people cook with biomass. The use of open fires and inefficient cookstoves with fuels such as wood, charcoal, and kerosene causes serious environmental and health impacts that disproportionately affect underserved communities. PayGo Energy is a revolutionary cookstove solution and distribution system that enables consumersto access clean and efficient fuel at a price point that is within their daily energy budget.
- Sun Plugged Energy — Sun Plugged Energy is a renewable energy solutions company focused on achieving SDG7, by delivering low cost renewable energy solutions to the last mile users
- Deevabits Green Energy — Deevabits Green Energy sources and distributes the highest quality solar lanterns and home systems based on needs of the community and businesses we serve.
bettervest is a crowdinvesting platform that enables people to jointly invest individual sums of money – from as little as 50€ onward – in renewable energy, energy and resource efficiency projects initiated by established enterprises, NGOs and local municipalities. In return, investors benefit financially from the resulting cost and energy savings.The bettervest platform has thus opened up the energy efficiency market to private investors. With these targeted investments ecologically and economically viable energy efficiency measures are able to be implemented, leading to cost, energy and CO2 reductions.
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- Industry: Social Entrepreneurship, Solar, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, Zambia, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Debt Financing $100k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BURN — Experience clean, safe, and affordable cooking with BURN's innovative cookstoves. Impact lives, reduce emissions, and enjoy delicious meals. Shop now!
- Hydrobox — Hydrobox transforms communities and empowers people using the most affordable, reliable, and sustainable power.
- Emerging Cooking Solutions — Emerging Cooking Solutions' mission is to improve health and stop deforestation caused by poor cooking conditions in developing countries
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency and speed.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series C
- Geography: India, Japan, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Series C $3M–$40M; Post-IPO Debt $20M–$350M; Debt Financing $13M–$692M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Coelba — Coelba is an energy distribution company.
- Infinity Power — Infinity Power is the largest African renewable energy company, offering innovative solutions in solar power, wind energy, and low-carbon hydrogen technologies. Discover our projects and commitment to sustainable energy solutions.
- ANSA McAL — ANSA McAL specializes in automotive, beverage, manufacturing, financial services and retail.
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- Industry: Automotive, Sensor, Battery
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Kenya, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $3.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hadean — Synthetic Environments that provide cutting edge training, real-time situational understanding and predictive intelligence for Governments, National Security and Commercial Enterprises
- Warehousing1 — Warehousing1 is building the number one warehousing and distribution network in Europe. Companies can utilize the innovative platform to find ideal warehousing solutions anywhere, manage them digitally and optimize processes by gaining real-time visibility and data transparency.
- Eatron Technologies — Delivering AI-powered Battery Optimisation Software that Enhances Safety, Extends Lifetime, and Boosts Performance for Lithium-ion Batteries.
Clean Energy and Energy Inclusion for Africa provides investment solutions and financing to bridge the access to energy gap.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Convertible Note
- Geography: Kenya, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Debt Financing $404k–$582k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- InspiraFarms — InspiraFarms provides on-and-near farm, grid & solar powered Cold Rooms & Packhouses for agribusinesses & distributors. Reduce energy costs & food losses!
- Ariya Finergy — Ariya Finergy, your leading service provider for energy solutions, focusing on solar PV, solar thermal, batteries and energy stabilisation.
- MPower Ventures — MPower Ventures finances and distributes a powerful combination of software and solar products to improve energy access in emerging markets.
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