# FSD Africa Investments

> FSD Africa Investments is a VC fund in Nairobi backing Energy and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

FSD Africa Investments is a VC fund in Nairobi focused on Energy and Financial Services. FSD Africa Investments is the investing arm of FSD Africa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Africa Climate Ventures | Africa Climate Ventures is a venture capital firm that supports early-stage climate-positive businesses. | $1.2M | Convertible Note | May 22, 2023 |  |
| Persistent Energy Partners | Persistent Energy Partners (PEP) focuses on providing off-grid households with access to basic energy services: electric light, mobile phone charging, fans, radios, TV and Internet. PEP has invested in and incubated businesses with a commercial approach to providing such energy services to low-income customers in sub-Saharan Africa. | $10M | Series C | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| IMFact | IMFact is a non-deposit-taking financial institution that uses supply chain financing to provide working capital to SMEs. | $4M | Seed | Dec 20, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FSD Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fsd-africa) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- BK Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Dream Project Incubators — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Kyuden International — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does FSD Africa Investments invest in?

FSD Africa Investments invests primarily in Energy and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did FSD Africa Investments last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for FSD Africa Investments closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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