Kiva
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Kiva is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Energy and Agriculture. Based in San Francisco, Kiva is an international non-profit organization that enables families to make small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries. It has crowdfunded over 705 million U.S. dollars in microloans to over one million entrepreneurs in 86 countries. Founded in 2005, Kiva covers its costs primarily through optional donations aswell as through support from grants and sponsors.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
- Fund size:
- $12M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Kiva invests in
Stages Kiva invests in
Countries Kiva invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 11 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Debt Financing
- $15k–$18M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 3 (21%)
- Agriculture 3 (21%)
- Renewable Energy 3 (21%)
- Solar 2 (14%)
- Software 2 (14%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 9 (64%)
- Seed 1 (7%)
- Series A 1 (7%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
Country
- Kenya 4 (29%)
- United States 2 (14%)
- Ghana 1 (7%)
- Uganda 1 (7%)
- Argentina 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Austin Choi
General Counsel
|
General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
David Mulligan
Business Development
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Business Development | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Fiona Ramsey
Public Relations Director
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Public Relations Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ken Leung
Vice President of Engineering
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Vice President of Engineering | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kiran Jain
Member of the Advisory Board
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Member of the Advisory Board | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let Me Snack is a Houston-based specialty snack company producing popped water lily seed snacks with clean ingredients. | $15K / Debt Financing / Jan 07, 2026 | ||
| Ilara Health brings accurate and affordable diagnostics to rural Africans through miniature, AI-powered diagnostic devices that are integrated via a proprietary technology platform and distributed directly to primary care doctors. | $1.7M / Debt Financing / Feb 12, 2024 | ||
| Nilus is an impact-driven company that aims to eradicate malnutrition by applying technology to deliver affordable and healthy food to low income people. Nilus is creating a new value chain for the base of the pyramid, based on food rescue, disintermediation and inclusive design. Our vision is to become the largest and most impactful food companyin the Americas, by servicing the more than 360 million people living in poverty. | Debt Financing / Sep 11, 2023 | ||
| Altech Group aims at expanding access to clean, renewable, and affordable energy both for poor-grid and off-grid households. | $18M / Debt Financing / Apr 18, 2023 | ||
| Deevabits Green Energy is a for-profit social enterprise headquartered in Kenya that distributes and finances essential products and services to rural customers through a team of commission-based village social entrepreneurs (VSEs). The VSEs form a robust distribution channel for improving energy access to underserved rural areas. At the same time,we finance customers through the pay-as-you-go model which enables the poorest households to own solar lighting products by paying for them in small installments hence removing the barrier for upfront payment. The company's vision is an Africa where everyone has equitable access to basic goods and services. | $200K / Debt Financing / Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| FINCA Guatemala is to reduce poverty by offering individuals long-term solutions that grow their wealth, create jobs, and enhance their quality of life. | $1.5M / Debt Financing / Sep 22, 2022 | ||
| 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. | $6.5M / Debt Financing / Apr 25, 2022 | ||
| Sistema.bio is a hybrid reactor biodigester that transforms the manure of animals into biogas and a potent, natural fertilizer. By inputting the manure in the system on a daily basis, you will be able to develop and grow your activities on the farm, improve your energy security, and protect the environment. Transforming your animals’ manure intoresource will provide you with a better quality of life! | $15.6M / Series B / Feb 03, 2022 | ||
| Accelerating new ideas testing by building software products using no-code technologies and saving thousands of dollars in between. | Debt Financing / Apr 01, 2020 | ||
| Deevabits Green Energy is a for-profit social enterprise headquartered in Kenya that distributes and finances essential products and services to rural customers through a team of commission-based village social entrepreneurs (VSEs). The VSEs form a robust distribution channel for improving energy access to underserved rural areas. At the same time,we finance customers through the pay-as-you-go model which enables the poorest households to own solar lighting products by paying for them in small installments hence removing the barrier for upfront payment. The company's vision is an Africa where everyone has equitable access to basic goods and services. | $38K / Debt Financing / Mar 06, 2020 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kiva invest in?
Kiva invests primarily in Energy, Agriculture and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kiva's check size?
Kiva typically joins rounds of $15k–$18M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kiva participates in.
How do I contact Kiva?
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Who are the partners at Kiva?
The team at Kiva includes Austin Choi (General Counsel), David Mulligan (Business Development) and Fiona Ramsey (Public Relations Director), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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