# Kibo Capital Partners

> Kibo Capital Partners is a VC fund in Ebène backing Manufacturing and Food and Beverage. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ebène, Mauritius
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Fund size: $50M
- Last fund: Jun 2014
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/tabvn
- Website: http://www.kibo-capital.com

Kibo Capital Partners is a private equity management company, domiciled in Mauritius and licensed by the FSC as CIS Manager.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 27% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 27% |
| Wholesale | 2 | 18% |
| Coffee | 1 | 9% |
| Drones | 1 | 9% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 8 | 73% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 2 | 18% |
| Mauritius | 2 | 18% |
| Mozambique | 2 | 18% |
| Latvia | 1 | 9% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 9% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saviu Ventures | Saviu is a venture capital fund focusing on African early-stage startups. |  | Private Equity | Mar 23, 2019 | https://www.saviu.vc/ |
| Dough Works | Dough Works is the operator of Pizza Hut in Tanzania, offering quality pizzas across the country through its chain of restaurants. |  | Private Equity | Feb 01, 2019 | http://www.doughworks.co.tz/ |
| METAD | METAD produces and exports coffee beans. |  | Private Equity | Feb 01, 2019 | https://www.metadplc.com |
| I&M Bank | I&M Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of I&M Holdings Limited.I&M Bank was founded in 1974 as a financial services company and later converted to a commercial bank. |  | Private Equity | Nov 01, 2018 | https://www.imbank.com |
| Merec Industries | Merec Industries is a miller and packaged food manufacturer in Mozambique.This family-owned company aims to strengthen its footprint in the SADC region and become an integrated multinational packaged food group |  | Private Equity | Jul 24, 2018 | https://www.merecindustries.com/ |
| Tropigalia | Tropigalia distributes Food and Non-Food products to stores with focus on strong customer support and advertising. |  | Private Equity | Nov 08, 2017 | https://www.tropigalia.co.mz/en/ |
| Blowplast | Blowplast Limited specializes in manufacturing plastic packaging containers for various industries, including food and petrochemicals. The company focuses on continuous innovation to provide effective packaging solutions. With a workforce of 74 employees, Blowplast Limited is committed to meeting the diverse needs of its clients through quality andsustainable products. |  | Private Equity | Jul 02, 2017 | https://blowplastkenya.com |
| I&M Bank | I&M Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of I&M Holdings Limited.I&M Bank was founded in 1974 as a financial services company and later converted to a commercial bank. |  | Private Equity | Apr 10, 2017 | https://www.imbank.com |
| Airdog | We build smart robots that bring unprecedented value to its owners. | $3.5M | Series A | Jul 01, 2016 | https://www.airdog.com/ |
| CIEL Healthcare | Ciel Healthcare Limited (‘CHL’) invests in and manages secondary and tertiary healthcare assets across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). CHL’s objective is to build a strong healthcare regional platform through the implementation of a ‘Buy and Build’ strategy. In line with this strategy, CHL and its investment partners have acquired majority stakes inFortis Clinique Darne (Mauritius), International Medical Group (Uganda) and Hygeia Nigeria Limited (Nigeria). |  | Private Equity | Apr 01, 2016 | http://www.cielhealthcare.com/ |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sway Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swayvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amethis Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amethis-finance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Base Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elysium Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysium-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [F50](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f50) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kibo Capital Partners invest in?

Kibo Capital Partners invests primarily in Manufacturing, Food and Beverage and Wholesale startups, most often at Private Equity and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kibo Capital Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kibo Capital Partners closed in Mar 2019. Shizune tracks 11 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 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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