Top 10 Startup Investors in Kenya (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Ian McCaig
Angel
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2 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital | |
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Ground Squirrel Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Kenya, Zambia | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $400k–$5M |
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Federico Pirzio-Biroli
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Kenya, Sweden | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Non Profit, Venture Capital | $200k–$4.5M |
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Anthony Rock
Angel
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2 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital | |
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Helena Riese Harstad
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital | |
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ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, South Africa, United States | Series D, Debt Financing, Private Equity | Solar, Finance, Consumer | |
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Autodesk Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Uganda | Seed, Series A, Series B | Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing | $2.1M–$40M |
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Klister Credit
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Analytics, SaaS, Water | $250k–$13M |
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Biotechnology, Health Care | $250k–$55M |
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Jim Villanueva
Angel
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1 | Kenya, Uganda, Zambia | Series A, Series B, Seed | Agriculture, Energy, Travel | $2.1M–$10M |
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Ian McCaig is the CEO of lastminute.com.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Purple Elephant Ventures — We are Africa's first venture studio focusing on the travel & tourism sector. Our aim is to build businesses that will lead Africa's tourism industry to a greener future
Seed round investment in frontier markets and clean energy
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $400k–$3M; Series A $1.8M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.
- MindMics — Discover MindMics. The world's most accurate personal heart health monitor and well-being platform. Look after your heart health to live longer and better.
- Untapped Global — Untapped connects global investors, and foreign capital to opportunities in emerging markets. Delivering competitive returns, and measurable impact for global investors.
Fede started out as an angel investor in 2010. His portfolio quickly grew, so he built a team around him and thus Playfair Capital was born. We have since gone on to become one of Europe’s most active and well-known early-stage VC funds. Before becoming a technology investor Fede worked for several NGOs in Africa, with a particular focus on aidtransparency. He recently renewed his focus on Africa by relocating to Kenya and becoming an angel investor in East Africa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem. He maintains an active role at Playfair and continues to lead our investment team.
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- Industry: Software, Non Profit, Venture Capital
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Kenya, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bibblio — Conversion optimization, powered by AI. Increase user engagement, grow revenues and drive new audiences, for stronger site metrics and ROI.
- Brewbot — Brewbot is a multidisciplinary team of designers and developers based in Belfast, N. Ireland. They come from different backgrounds and experiences — music, design, code, and fine art — but they all share a common passion for brewing.
- CRE Venture Capital — Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.
Anthony Rock is the Founder and President of Enlightenment Wines. He previously worked at Investors' Circle-Social Venture Network as a Member. Anthony Rock attended Columbia Business School.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Purple Elephant Ventures — We are Africa's first venture studio focusing on the travel & tourism sector. Our aim is to build businesses that will lead Africa's tourism industry to a greener future
Helena Riese Harstad is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Optimizer Foundation. She previously worked at SBAB Bank as a Project Specialist. Helena Riese attended Stockholm University.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Purple Elephant Ventures — We are Africa's first venture studio focusing on the travel & tourism sector. Our aim is to build businesses that will lead Africa's tourism industry to a greener future
ARCH is a specialist emerging markets investment advisor with deep experience of emerging markets, private equity, asset management and legal and governance matters over many decades.
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- Industry: Solar, Finance, Consumer
- Stage:Series D, Debt Financing, Private Equity
- Geography: Kenya, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
- Sun King — Greenlight sells, installs and finances solar home systems for the 1.8 billion off-grid and under-electrified consumers in Africa and Asia.
- The Sun Exchange — We finance, install, and maintain the solar system. You simply pay for the power it generates and save from day one.
Autodesk Foundation is the first foundation to focus investment exclusively on the people and organizations using design for impact.
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- Industry: Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Uganda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Series A $5M–$20M; Series B $40M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- M2X Energy — M2X Energy is a scalable methane conversion technology company that provides automated gas-to-product systems for methane conversion.
- Last Energy — Last Energy is creating a new system for the development and delivery of small modular nuclear power plants. Combining proven reactor technology with a first-of-its-kind delivery model and fully modular plant design, Last Energy aims to decarbonize energy production and increase access to clean, affordable power.
- Found Energy — Found Energy's aluminum-thermal power systems extract renewable energy from aluminum at double the energy density of diesel and at a competitive cost. Compact, modular, safe, and carbon-free, our technology makes industrial decarbonization practical.
Klister Credit is an investment and consulting corporation.
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- Industry: Analytics, SaaS, Water
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Canada, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $250k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shopify — Try Shopify free and start a business or grow an existing one. Get more than ecommerce software with tools to manage every part of your business.
- WatrHub — WatrHub is a data and intelligence company that delivers predictive intelligence on infrastructure opportunities in the US and Canada. WatrHub is the only source of predictive market information on how, when, and why these water infrastructure investments will be made. Its AI engine transforms millions of public documents into actionable salesleads and market insights. Manufacturers subscribe to WatrHub to secure their next water utility clients and bring their advanced, efficient technologies to aging water infrastructure.It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
- Sparrow BioAcoustics — Sparrow BioAcoustics ,developers of a smartphone stethoscope designed to gather and collaborate on medical-grade cardiac and pulmonary data.
The premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $250k–$7.3M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $8.5M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sober Sidekick — Gamified peer to peer support
- General Radar Corp. — World's Highest Performance Digital Pulse Compression Radars
- Aeovian Pharmaceuticals — Aeovian is a San Francisco based biopharmaceutical company developing novel and highly selective therapeutics modulating mTORC1 pathway.
Jim Villanueva - Investment Director, Managing Director, Global Partnerships Social Venture Fund @ Global Partnerships
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- Industry: Agriculture, Energy, Travel
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Uganda, Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$6.3M; Series B $8.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Treasure8 — Through our commercial partnerships and USDA-patented dehydration technologies, Treasure8 transforms food streams and food waste into nutrient-dense elements that can be enhanced, shaped, shipped, and enjoyed almost anywhere and when needed most.
- Good Nature Agro — Their priority is to generate lasting income with small-scale farmers. They build local community leaders into qualified Private Extension Agents (PEAs) who oversee and train farmers throughout the growing season. They support PEAs to provide frequent trainings and personalized recommendations on how their growers can make their field healthier andmore productive. PEAs promote improved farm practices and deliver a farmer-friendly loan of seeds and additional inputs. At harvest, Good Nature is a guaranteed market for the certified legume seed that their growers produce. Choosing to produce these high-value crops over traditional cash crops - maize and cotton - more than doubles their income.
- Purple Elephant Ventures — We are Africa's first venture studio focusing on the travel & tourism sector. Our aim is to build businesses that will lead Africa's tourism industry to a greener future
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