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Top 10 Sports VC Funds & Investors in Kenya (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Kenya Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Kenya Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Debt Financing round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
3 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Series A, Series B Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech $1M–$42M
Social Venture Fund
VC Fund
1 United States, Kenya Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, mHealth $225k–$5M
Resilience17
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $100k–$12M
RippleWorks
VC Fund
1 Ghana, Kenya, South Africa Debt Financing, Corporate Round Mobile, FinTech, Fitness $1.7M–$6.5M
Hooge Raedt Social Venture
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Tanzania, United States Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Agriculture, Organic Food, Social Entrepreneurship $48k–$1.5M
FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Seed, Grant, Series A Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech $40k–$4.2M
Talanton
VC Fund
1 Kenya Series A, Debt Financing, Seed Shoes, Retail, Sports $1.1M–$23M
Umoja Rubber Products
VC Fund
1 Kenya Seed Shoes, Sports, Fashion
Mizizi Africa Consumer Holdings
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Canada Seed E-Commerce, Shoes, Retail
British International Investment
VC Fund
1 India, Kenya, United Kingdom Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Financial Services, Banking, Finance $2.5M–$126M
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 3 investments in Kenya Sports startups

For the many, not just the few. For good.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$23M; Series B $3.5M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $147M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • MAX — Make mobility accessible, safe, reliable, and sustainable for 1 billion Africans
  • ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
  • Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
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Social Venture Fund
VC Fund · Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

Social Venture Fund, an impact investment fund at the University of Michigan, finances companies based on social and environmental impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, mHealth
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $225k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rhaeos — Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need.
  • Hydrosat — Hydrosat provides daily, high-resolution thermal and multispectral infrared imagery of the entire Earth. Leveraging our first-in-history thermal capabilities, we also provide analytics solutions to solve climate and agriculture issues.
  • Chirps Chips (Six Foods) — As seen on Shark Tank. Delicious soy, grain, and gluten free snacks made from high protein cricket flour. Non-GMO, gluten-free, and great for kids!
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Resilience17
VC Fund · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

Resilience17 is an Investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pewbeam — Pewbeam provides AI-powered church presentation software that displays Bible verses, manages slides, and supports worship presentations.
  • Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
  • Aeon Cyber Defense — Aeon is a cybersecurity company focused on securing cloud, code, runtime, and AI environments.
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RippleWorks
VC Fund · California City, California, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

RippleWorks pairs the most promising social ventures with Silicon Valley expertise to jointly identify and address immediate and critical scaling challenges. RippleWorks' volunteer program provides a high-skilled opportunity for tech executives and successful entrepreneurs to apply their domains of expertise and drive meaningful impact aroundthe world. RippleWorks is a non-profit that operates with a heightened sense of urgency to drive business results faster, which in turn will accelerate social and economic impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, FinTech, Fitness
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Ghana, Kenya, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Debt Financing $1.7M–$6.5M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zoona — Zoona is an interoperable payments business that enables the drive of young entrepreneurs and the power of cutting-edge technology to bring a large variety of safe and reliable financial services to underserved communities in Zambia.
  • Farmerline — 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.
  • Penda Health — With medical centres throughout Nairobi, Penda provides healthcare you can trust.
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Hooge Raedt Social Venture
VC Fund · Baarn, Utrecht, The Netherlands · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

Our goal is to create opportunities and choices for underserved people in East Africa through investments in socially-minded and viable businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Organic Food, Social Entrepreneurship
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Tanzania, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $67k–$1.3M; Debt Financing $104k–$540k; Venture - Series Unknown $48k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BioBuu — BioBuu focuses on the development of manufacturing capacity and environmentally sustainable production.
  • Farmoja — FarmMoja builds integrated, seedling-to-export value chains for global markets.
  • YYTZ Agro-Processing — YYTZ Agro-Processing specializes in sourcing and processing cashew nuts.
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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

FINCA Ventures is an impact investing initiative of FINCA International that provides patient capital and support to early-stage social enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Grant $40k–$100k; Series A $1.1M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cladfy — Cladfy is a data analytics company that creates tools to assist lenders, merchants, and individuals in making informed loan, savings, and expenditure decisions.
  • Karpolax — Offering innovative fruit preservation products! For the grower, the packer, and the retailer.
  • Affinity — Join over 145,000 who trust the Affinity to manage their personal and business banking needs, from payments to savings, as well as loans
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Talanton
VC Fund · Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

Talanton helps you combat poverty in developing countries by creating jobs. You can free those in poverty by coming alongside them through investments in growth-stage businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Shoes, Retail, Sports
  • Stage:Series A, Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$23M; Debt Financing $3M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
  • ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
  • MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is your plug for Modern Sofas, Quality Mattresses, Beds & affordable home furniture in Kenya. Order furniture online and we deliver
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Umoja Rubber Products
VC Fund · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

Umoja Rubber Products is an investment Firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Shoes, Sports, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enda Sportswear — Kenyan running shoes that reward a natural midfoot landing and match the way runners train. Proudly made in Kenya and certified Climate Neutral. The most socially conscious running shoes in the world.
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Mizizi Africa Consumer Holdings
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

A world-class house of African-inspired lifestyle brands

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Shoes, Retail
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bôhten Eyewear — Bôhten Eyewear is a manufacturer of eyewear products. They intended to provide designer prescription eyewear and sunglasses. They offer eyeglasses, sunglasses, lenses, blue-light-filter lenses, and 3D virtual try-on, enabling customers to optimize their viewing experience.
  • Enda Sportswear — Kenyan running shoes that reward a natural midfoot landing and match the way runners train. Proudly made in Kenya and certified Climate Neutral. The most socially conscious running shoes in the world.
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British International Investment
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Kenya Sports startups

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: India, Kenya, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 429
  • Round size: Series B $13M–$70M; Debt Financing $6.8M–$100M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$126M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2009

Portfolio highlights

  • Mettle.net — Mettle was established in 1995 as a specialist financial services company and has, since its inception become recognised for innovation in the creation of specialised financial solutions.With clients ranging from international corporates to small and medium enterprises and individuals, clients experience a different kind of insight from Mettle.This level of vision and considered intuition can also be found in Mettle’s investments.
  • Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
  • mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Sports VC funding in Kenya at a glance

Stats across 7 deals from 9 investors.

9
investors
in Kenya Sports startups
7
deals
in Kenya Sports startups
$300k
median round
in Kenya Sports startups
56%
lead investors
lead at least one round
29%
Seed
most common funding stage

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