Top 10 Startup Investors in Kenya in September 2025

Last updated: Sep 2025 A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Venture capital startups based in Kenya. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Venture capital companies from Kenya. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Startup Investors in Kenya in September 2025

Investor	Venture Capital Kenya investments
Ground Squirrel Ventures	2
Federico Pirzio-Biroli	2
Autodesk Foundation	1
Clear Creek Investments	1
Ian McCaig	1
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	1
Helena Riese Harstad	1
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners	1
Klister Credit	1
Jim Villanueva	1

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Seed round investment in frontier markets and clean energy

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Kenya, Zambia

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.

Investment focus

Software, Venture Capital, Non Profit
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Kenya, Sweden

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.
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

Autodesk Foundation is the first foundation to focus investment exclusively on the people and organizations using design for impact.

Investment focus

Energy, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Kenya, Uganda

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.

CCI is a multi-stage investor that deploys capital as a long-term, patient investor through a partnership approach to create value in portfolio companies. We invest in companies across the Food, Water, and Energy (transition & transformation) sectors via a lens of innovation and sustainability that drive climate solutions and climate resiliency.

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Seed
Kenya

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

Ian McCaig is the CEO of lastminute.com.

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Seed
Kenya

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

The premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Kenya, Israel

Portfolio highlights

nChroma Bio — nChroma Bio's integrated product engine allows for safe, accurate, and targeted in vivo administration, addressing major shortcomings of current genetic medicine techniques.
General Proximity — General Proximity is a pioneering future-oriented proximity medicine that envisions the future of medicine.
SingleFile Technologies — SingleFile Technologies automates secretary of state filings with our cloud based, filing platform using AI technology. From business formations to foreign qualifications, and many other filing documents, the SingleFile platform saves time, eliminates confusion, and reduces cost.

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.

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, Venture Capital
Pre-Seed
Kenya

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.