# Villgro Africa

> Villgro Africa is a VC fund in Nairobi backing Health Care and Baby. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/villgroafrica/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/villgroafrica
- Website: https://villgroafrica.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VillgroAfrica/

Villgro Africa is an impact investor and incubator. It helps new businesses successfully scale their ideas and traverse the African startup environment, we provide a personalised incubation experience.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Villgro Africa. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Villgro Africa. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/villgro-africa?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 33% |
| Baby | 1 | 17% |
| Solar | 1 | 17% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 2 | 33% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rob Beyer | Co-founder & Exec. Chairman | 1 | — |
| Robert Karanja | CO-Founder | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dawa Mkononi | We are a pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving access to medicine in East & Central Africa. We mainly focus on data-driven healthcare solutions that increase access and quality of information as well as facilitate safe, effective, and sustainable pharmaceutical supply chains across the industry. Our mission is to increase access tohigh-quality medicines, services, and information via technology solutions that improve affordability, health outcomes, and ease of use. |  | Seed | Jan 12, 2024 |  |
| Drop Access | Drop Access is a women-led and youth-led NGO. They are encouraging the use of clean and climate-smart technologies in rural and off-grid communities to increase energy availability and combat climate change. |  | Seed | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| Drop Access | Drop Access is a women-led and youth-led NGO. They are encouraging the use of clean and climate-smart technologies in rural and off-grid communities to increase energy availability and combat climate change. |  | Seed | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| Drop Access | Drop Access is a women-led and youth-led NGO. They are encouraging the use of clean and climate-smart technologies in rural and off-grid communities to increase energy availability and combat climate change. |  | Seed | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| Neopenda | Neopenda innovates needs-based medical technologies for high-growth emerging markets. Their solution reduces response time to newborns in distress and helps healthcare workers to save more lives. | $100K | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| 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. | $3.4M | Series A | Nov 10, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AfricInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afric-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AXIAN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axian-fb5f) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [54 Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GAN Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gan-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mercy Corps Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercy-corps-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Musha Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/musha-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Villgro Africa invest in?

Villgro Africa invests primarily in Health Care, Baby and Solar startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Villgro Africa?

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### Who are the partners at Villgro Africa?

The team at Villgro Africa includes Rob Beyer (Co-founder & Exec. Chairman) and Robert Karanja (CO-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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