Top 5 Fitness VC Funds & Investors in Kenya (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech | $1.4M–$42M |
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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Grant, Series A | Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech | $40k–$4.2M |
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RippleWorks
VC Fund
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1 | Ghana, Kenya, South Africa | Debt Financing, Corporate Round | Mobile, FinTech, Fitness | $1.7M–$6.5M |
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Social Venture Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, mHealth | $225k–$5M |
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Hooge Raedt Social Venture
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Tanzania, United States | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Agriculture, Organic Food, Social Entrepreneurship | $48k–$1.5M |
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- Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$24M; Series B $3.5M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $147M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Soko — SOKO produces innovative, ethical jewelry and accessories from sustainable materials in Nairobi, Kenya
- 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.
FINCA Ventures is an impact investing initiative of FINCA International that provides patient capital and support to early-stage social enterprises.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Grant $40k–$100k; Series A $1.1M–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cladfy — Cladfy is a data analytics company that creates tools to assist lenders, merchants, and individuals in making informed loan, savings, and expenditure decisions.
- Karpolax — Offering innovative fruit preservation products! For the grower, the packer, and the retailer.
- Affinity — Join over 145,000 who trust the Affinity to manage their personal and business banking needs, from payments to savings, as well as loans
RippleWorks pairs the most promising social ventures with Silicon Valley expertise to jointly identify and address immediate and critical scaling challenges. RippleWorks' volunteer program provides a high-skilled opportunity for tech executives and successful entrepreneurs to apply their domains of expertise and drive meaningful impact aroundthe world. RippleWorks is a non-profit that operates with a heightened sense of urgency to drive business results faster, which in turn will accelerate social and economic impact.
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- Industry: Mobile, FinTech, Fitness
- Stage:Debt Financing, Corporate Round
- Geography: Ghana, Kenya, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Debt Financing $1.7M–$6.5M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zoona — Zoona is an interoperable payments business that enables the drive of young entrepreneurs and the power of cutting-edge technology to bring a large variety of safe and reliable financial services to underserved communities in Zambia.
- Farmerline — The Farmerline vision is to see an Africa where Agriculture NGO’s are not a functioning force in the market. Farmerline provides paid services that allow farmers to have the information and access they need to employ an entrepreneurial method of farming. Input dealers and traders pay for more efficient communication channels to farmers andfarmers pay for information packages and services. In this vision, more food is produce, more food gets to market, and GDP from cash crop export soars.
- Penda Health — With medical centres throughout Nairobi, Penda provides healthcare you can trust.
Social Venture Fund, an impact investment fund at the University of Michigan, finances companies based on social and environmental impact.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, mHealth
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $225k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rhaeos — Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need.
- Hydrosat — Hydrosat provides daily, high-resolution thermal and multispectral infrared imagery of the entire Earth. Leveraging our first-in-history thermal capabilities, we also provide analytics solutions to solve climate and agriculture issues.
- Chirps Chips (Six Foods) — As seen on Shark Tank. Delicious soy, grain, and gluten free snacks made from high protein cricket flour. Non-GMO, gluten-free, and great for kids!
Our goal is to create opportunities and choices for underserved people in East Africa through investments in socially-minded and viable businesses.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Organic Food, Social Entrepreneurship
- Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Tanzania, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Debt Financing $104k–$540k; Venture - Series Unknown $48k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BioBuu — BioBuu focuses on the development of manufacturing capacity and environmentally sustainable production.
- Farmoja — FarmMoja builds integrated, seedling-to-export value chains for global markets.
- YYTZ Agro-Processing — YYTZ Agro-Processing specializes in sourcing and processing cashew nuts.
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