Top 5 Food and Beverage VC Funds & Investors in Ethiopia (August 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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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech | $1.7M–$42M |
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DEG
VC Fund
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1 | India, South Africa, Ghana | Debt Financing, Grant | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $100k–$33M |
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Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme
VC Fund
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1 | Uganda, Tunisia, Ethiopia | Seed, Grant, Series A | AgTech, Retail, Software | |
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KFW DEG
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, United States | Debt Financing, Grant, Private Equity | Financial Services, Energy, FinTech | $100k–$350M |
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Norfund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria | Private Equity, Debt Financing | Financial Services, Energy, Renewable Energy | $2.2M–$156M |
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- Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$24M; Series B $3.5M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $108M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Soko — SOKO produces innovative, ethical jewelry and accessories from sustainable materials in Nairobi, Kenya
- 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.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
DEG, a Merkle Company is a full-service digital agency purpose-built to meet clients in the moment with data-driven marketing, commerce, and collaboration solutions.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Debt Financing, Grant
- Geography: India, South Africa, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Grant $100k–$800k; Debt Financing $6.5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SUN Energy — SUN Energy - Pengembang Proyek PLTS Terkemuka untuk Mendukung Perjalanan Keberlanjutan Perusahaan Anda.
- Turnkey Lender — Turnkey Lender is a Commercial lending software that can improve efficiency and reduce costs for financial services companies.
- Naked Insurance — The new way to cover your stuff: savings & convenience through AI. Naked Insurance offers online insurance for car, home and contents. Get a quote in 90 seconds!
Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) is an innovative model that provides support to entrepreneurs in some of the world’s poorest countries to help them create and build viable, sustainable businesses. The resulting jobs and associated opportunities provide benefits for both the employees and the wider communities around them, liftingsome of the world’s poorest families out of poverty.
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- Industry: AgTech, Retail, Software
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
- Geography: Uganda, Tunisia, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Farm Trust — Farm Trust is an E-commerce platform for fruits and vegetables that provide traceability through blockchain.
- GreenPath Food — Greenpath Food is a worldwide food supplier of the highest quality organic, regeneratively-grown produce from small-scale East African Farms.
- River Poultry — River Poultry is addressing a critical gap in Uganda's poultry industry. Consumers struggle to differentiate between fresh, high-quality eggs and those that are potentially spoilt. Simultaneously, farmers grapple with low profitability due to inefficient production and limited market information.To tackle these challenges, we'vedeveloped Kuevos-AI, an advanced egg-scanning technology that accurately detects defects and determines egg freshness. This ensures consumers receive only the highest quality products while empowering farmers to make data-driven decisions. Additionally, our AI-powered systems predict market demand, enabling us to optimize production and reduce waste. By combining these innovative solutions, River Poultry is enhancing food safety, increasing farmer incomes, and building a sustainable poultry value chain.
KFW DEG offers financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries. Their customers can rely on their expertise: They can benefit from their market knowledge, their 21 locations worldwide, and their international network. For entrepreneurial success and development.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Grant, Private Equity
- Geography: India, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Grant $100k–$1.1M; Debt Financing $10M–$350M; Private Equity $11M–$274M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fibra Nova — Fibra Nova is a real estate investment trust that specializes in the acquisition, management, and development of properties for leasing.
- Combio Energia — ComBio Energia Provide energy generation solutions with renewable sources, creating, growing, and long-term economic value. They develop projects for steam generation and cogeneration of electricity with biomass, which promote environmental improvements and significant cost reductions for customers in the industrial segment. They offer, based on adetailed analysis of the needs of each customer, a dedicated energy solution, adapted to their consumption profile.
- IPT PowerTech — IPT PowerTech coverage, coupled with our extensive expertise in supply chain management, field implementation, and power systems, has made us one of the most capable companies in handling the most complicated and versatile projects in the MEA region and its neighboring countries.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Private Equity, Debt Financing
- Geography: Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Debt Financing $2.2M–$156M; Private Equity $7.4M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2009
Portfolio highlights
- CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
- mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Yarych Confectionery — Yarych Confectionery operates as a packaged biscuits producer. Yarych Confectionery provides packaged biscuits market with its branded Maria, petit beurre and The Crackers biscuits.
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