Investors in Kenya

1000 Alternatives (Kenya) LTD is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, startup, growth, pilot, scale up and early stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in education, health, housing, technology, agribusiness and trade sectors. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. 1000 Alternatives (Kenya) LTD is based in Nirobi, Kenya with additional offices in Singapore; Kigali, Rwanda; Lekki, Nigeria; Jakarta, Indonesia and Mombasa, Kenya.

XSML is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and funds of funds investments. Within the direct investments, it specializes in seed, start up, SMEs, early venture, emerging growth, growth capital, mid venture, later stage, buyout, and mezzanine investments in small and medium-sized companies. The firm also specializes in venture debt investments and offers loans. For fund of fund investments, it seeks to invest in mezzanine funds. It primarily invests in agribusiness, electronic/ electrical equipment, education, healthcare, financial services, information communications and technology (ICT), transportation, hospitality, warehousing, tourism, and retail & wholesale, manufacturing, business support service sector. The firm seeks to invest in emerging markets with a focus on Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central and East African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm invest between $0.3 million and $10 million. It prefers to make equity investment between $0.1 million and $7.5 million and debt investments between $0.2 million to $5 million with sales range between $1 million to $25 million. For fund of fund investments, it typically invests between $5 and $25 million. The firm prefer to take a majority stake. XSML was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with additional offices in Kampala, Uganda; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Launda, Angola; and Nairobi, Kenya.

The Abraaj Group is a private equity, venture capital, and real estate investment firm specializing in early venture, seed, growth capital, emerging growth, mid venture, late venture, expansion capital, industry consolidation, mezzanine, subdebt, PIPES, buyouts, bridge, recapitalization, infrastructure, and buy and build in mature companies. It seeks to invest in small and medium sized enterprises in emerging markets. The firm typically invests in oil, gas and consumable fuels, metals and mining, agricultural machinery and equipment, agricultural services, auto parts and equipment, leisure facilities, pharmaceuticals, services outsourcing, water utilities, real estate, health care and clean energy, manufacturing, food products, FMCG, construction, healthcare services, industrials, telecommunications, resource and infrastructure services, education, information technologies, aviation, materials and logistics, agribusiness, energy, and food industries. It focuses on consumer goods and services, within which it also focuses on fast moving consumer goods manufacturing, retail, and food & beverage. Within financial services it also focuses on banking, non-bank financial institutions (such as mortgage or consumer finance specialists), insurance companies (life, general and reinsurance), and payments and fintech businesses. Within healthcare it focuses on hospitals & clinics and other type of service providers in the healthcare domain. Within education, it focuses on private K-12 schools and traditional graduate and post-graduate, campus-based universities. We are also investing in clean energy power generation, i.e., renewable power generation assets. We will also selectively invest in base-load gas-fired power generation assets and select midstream and downstream energy infrastructure assets including transmission and distribution assets that complete the value chain. It invests in companies based in Far East, the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, North Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Asia with a focus on Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Algeria, Pakistan, Turkey, the Palestinian territories and the six Gulf Arab nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. The firm also seeks to invest globally with a focus on Sub Saharan Africa including Ivory Coast region; Latin America including Argentina, Brazil; Central Asia; and Southeast Asia including India and the Philippines. The firm seeks to make equity investments between $0.5 million and $100 million; typically investing $10 million to $100 million in private equity investments as well as in real estate. It prefers to invest between $100 million and $300 million in its portfolio companies. It prefers to invest in companies with revenue between $6 million to $35 million. The firm acquires controlling or significant interest and seeks board representation in its portfolio companies. It typically exits its investments within a period of three years to five years through structured exits to strategic and trade buyers or onto public markets in the region. The firm seeks majority and minority positions in public enterprises ranging between 10% and 49%. The Abraaj Group was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with additional offices across Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Equator is a venture capital firm specializing in seed/ startup and series A investments. The firm invests in tech-enabled ventures in the sectors of energy, agriculture and mobility. It prefers to invest in companies based in Sub-Saharan Africa. It seeks to invest between $0.75 million and $6 million in equity transactions. Equator is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Fort Collins, Colorado; Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya.

Akili is a long Africa permanent capital vehicle and operating company that builds, buys, and invests in a diversified portfolio of high-growth African companies across climate, health, media, and commerce.

Over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa lacks access to reliable sources of energy. The Off-Grid Energy Access Fund, OGEF, helps tackle this challenge by providing local currency financing solutions to companies bringing affordable solar energy to communities living off the grid in the region.

Lendable is a technology-enabled investment platform providing debt and financing solutions to high-growth fintech companies and impact alternatives in emerging and frontier markets.

We are an East African fund that invests in the transformative social and economic potential of the creative economy sector in the East African region. Since 2013, HEVA has innovated financial models specifically for the East African creative economy and has invested in more than 20 creative businesses in the fashion, digital content, crafts and decor value chains. From Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, Arusha, Lamu to Dar es Salaam, the creative sector is where the creation of new products and new cultural experiences is happening. We want to be in the forefront of helping producers of cultural goods and services to build high-value, profitable businesses where new ideas will come to life, and where the highest potential for great profits, great jobs and happy people will be found.

SunFunder is a mission-driven solar finance business based in Nairobi unlocking debt capital for solar energy in emerging markets, where over 2.2 billion people live without access to reliable energy. We offer borrowers a deep solar market expertise, an efficient due diligence process and strong customer partnerships, while simultaneously providing investors with diversified, high-impact, fixed income debt offerings of emerging market solar investments. We have unlocked a total of $62 million for the sector through our Beyond The Grid Solar Fund and other debt facilities. To date we have made over $64 million of loans in 60 debt facilities to 45 solar companies.

E3 Capital is a Private equity and Venture capital firm specializing in Seed, Series A stage, startup, early venture, emerging growth in growth capital companies. The firm focuses on energy, industrial, consumer discretionary, consumer durables and Apparel, information technology, software, communication services, climate-smart services, lighting, commercial and industrial (C&I) solar space, clean cooking, digital content, cold storage, connectivity, and ag tech solutions, such as low-carbon productivity and irrigation, digital connectivity, and applications. The firm typically invests in companies involved in solar home systems, mini-grids – both off-grid and grid-extensions – distribution of electricity access products, data management and novel financing techniques. tech-enabled, Digitised, Decentralised and Decarbonised, Digital Energy Services, Carbon, Industry & Prop-Tech, E-mobility, Logistics, Food & Ag-Tech, Circular Economies, Data Services, Connectivity The firm considers investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. E3 Capital was founded in 2015 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

GE Energy Financial Services is a private equity and venture capital arm of General Electric Co. specializing in investments in growth capital, bridge financing, acquisition, buyout, and recapitalization. It prefers to make mid venture, late stage, emerging growth, middle market, and mature transactions. The firm also provides project debt transaction, asset backed revolvers, and leveraged leases. It invests across the capital spectrum in the form of structured, common and second and third stage venture equity and private equity, debt products such as: leases, debt financing, preferred limited partnerships, limited partnerships, and project equity and finance. Within debt, the firm provides project, working capital, acquisitions, and capital expenditure financings to energy companies around the world. It provides structured project finance using debt and equity and also construction loans, lease financing, funding for late stage project development efforts, and venture capital for businesses. It typically invests in natural resources from its exploration, production, transportation, consumption; power generation, transmission, and distribution, vehicle fueling, oil and gas reserves and infrastructure, water, telephone and communications equipment repair, renewable energy, pipelines and storage, refining and distribution systems. Within water, the firm seeks to provide equity and customized debt finance for existing assets and projects under development in the commercial, industrial, and government infrastructure markets. It typically invests in water treatment, reuse, desalination, waste water treatment, and water transmission projects and assets globally. For renewable energy, the firm invests in wind, solar, hydro, and thermal power. Within private equity, the firm prefers to makes equity investment in private companies in energy technologies and services sector. Within coal, the firm provides tailored financial solutions like equipment leases and loans, senior secured debt, recapitalization, or acquisition financings. The firm primarily invests in Europe, North America, Latin America, Middle East, Australia, India, Southeast Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and China. It invests up to $5 million in each company and can also consider larger amounts. It invests a combination of equity and debt investments, from $25 million to $200 million per company. It seeks to lead transaction of $20 million or more. It provides lease financing for a variety of capital equipment utilized in the energy industry. The firm can provide 100 percent financing using a single investor or leverage lease structure. It prefers to invest common equity alone or co-invest in a wide variety of energy assets and projects. In venture investing, the firm makes minority or majority equity investments in private companies. It also makes selective investments in also publicly traded companies. GE Energy Financial Services was founded in 1980 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut with additional offices in Vancouver, Canada; Sydney, Australia; Singapore; New York, New York; Montreal, Canada; Los Angeles, California; London, United Kingdom; Houston, Texas; Gurgaon, India; Chicago, Illinois; Calgary, Canada; Nairobi, Kenya and Hong Kong.

We are a multi-stage venture investor in category-defining founders and teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa. We back founders and teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa. We back African technology companies that are organising the offline online, digitizing key industries, and redefining the way Africans live, earn, work, and do business. Our core thesis is driven by identifying verticals in Africa where the problems are large and meaningful, which can be solved commercially, and where technology is core.

From Here Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that provides equity and venture debt to entrepreneurs in Africa, focusing on infrastructure solutions, human wellbeing, and women in leadership.

Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa.

Zephyr Acorn invests in and actively supports innovative early-stage companies across sectors in East Africa that have the potential to scale across the continent and beyond. A global emerging markets investment manager, specializing in the creation and management of highly focused private equity funds

Ariya Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm focusing on sustainable investments in frontier markets and small to mid-market opportunities. It does not invest in startups but can consider investments in early-stage companies. It seeks to invest in cleantech, telecommunications, information and communication technology, energy, and microfinance institutions. In cleantech sector, it seeks to invest in clean technology, renewable energy, water and sanitation, clean energy generation, energy efficiency, and sustainable housing. The firm prefers to invest in Sub Saharan Africa. It seeks board representation and equity positions. It will also promote small to medium sized companies and will focus on markets serving consumers at the Bottom Of the Pyramid (BOP). Ariya Capital was founded in 2008 and is based in St Helier, Jersey with additional offices in Gaborone, Botswana, London, United Kingdom and Nairobi, Kenya.

Beta.Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in Pre-Seed, Series A, startups and early-stage investments. It seeks to invest in digital technology with focus on finance, pure tech, logistics, education, agriculture, web3, climate/clean energy and healthcare; scaling tech and tech-enabled companies. The firm typically invests in Africa with a primary focused on Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana and South Africa and often globally. The firm typically invests between invest $0.1 million to $0.5 million. Beta.Ventures is based in Lagos, Nigeria with an additional office in Manhattan, New York.

Catalyst Fund is a pre-seed VC fund and venture builder focused on backing founders building tech solutions for climate adaptation and resilience across Africa.

Kuria Capital is a venture capital and accelerator firm specializing in incubation and seed stage businesses. The firm typically invests in Kenya. The firm takes minority equity positions in its investee companies. Kuria Capital is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Asime Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in angel, pre-seed and seed investments. The firm prefers to invest in East and West Africa, notably Ghana, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Togo, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa. It typically invests between $0.05 million and $0.1 million. Asime Ventures was founded in 2020 and is based in Accra, Ghana with additional offices at Nairobi, Kenya and Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Chanzo Capital is a growth capital firm investing both capital and mentoring in high-tech startups and scaleups in Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa (KINGS) – these countries make up the "KINGS" of Africa's digital economy.

Fanisi Venture Capital Fund S.C.A., SICAV-SIF is a US50M fund which makes direct investments (private equity and venture capital) in businesses with potential for substantial growth. Fanisi Capital was founded in 2009 by the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) and Amani Capital Limited. The Fund focuses on a segment of the market that has to date been outside the ambit of most venture capital funds in the East African market (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda). Fanisi makes direct investments in high growth businesses across diverse industry sectors with emphasis on: Agri-Business Healthcare Retail & Consumer Education We focus principally on companies that are post revenue with profits or clear path towards profits.

Triple Jump BV is a. specializing in seed stage, early stage, growth stage and fund of funds investments in local small and medium-sized enterprises. It typically focuses on mezzanine structures as well as equity and debt investments. The firm invests in mainly locally operating, existing or new funds and financial intermediaries. The firm invests in agriculture, housing, microfinance, sustainable energy and energy sector with focus on off-grid energy. Within fund of funds investments it seeks to invest in funds which then invest in businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Asia, Europe, Central America and South America. Triple Jump BV was founded in 2006 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands with additional office in Bangkok, Thailand; Tbilisi, Georgia; Lima, Peru; Nairobi, Kenya and Mexico, Mexico.

Villgro Africa is an incubator and impact investor that supports emerging healthcare and life science startups across Africa through seed funding, technical assistance, and business incubation.

Abler Nordic AS is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct, and fund of funds investments in emerging, early stage, mature, and startup companies. The firm also prefers to invest in Debt, Sub-Debt and Equity instruments of microfinance institutions. It prefers to invest in young & emerging MFIs that have a clearly stated social mission and that have reached financial sustainability or have good prospects for attaining financial sustainability within the next few years. The firm also invests in other institutions providing financial inclusion to the poor in developing countries. It may in special cases invest in MIVs that focus on such institutions. The firm typically invests in companies based in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa with focus on Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Madagaskar, Zambia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Asia focusing on South and Southeast Asia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, Indonesia, India, and Pakistan. It may also consider investments outside of these focus countries. The firm prefers to invest between $1 million and $8 million in companies with minimum total assets of $1 million. It prefers to take both minority positions in its investments and be an active investor. For equity investments, it prefers to take a stake of 10-30% in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to take up governance positions in the board of the MFI or committees under the board. Abler Nordic AS was established in October 2008 and is based in Oslo, Norway with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark; Nairobi, Kenya, Tangerang, Indonesia & Bengaluru, India.