East Africa Ventures
East Africa Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 8 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-20
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.0M
8+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in local startups that utilize AI to enhance business operations and service delivery in East Africa.
How East Africa Ventures invests
East Africa Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech, Developer Tools.
East Africa Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.
East Africa Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including KiswahiliTech, d.light, PEG Africa.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (8)
Other
KiswahiliTech
d.light
Designs, manufactures, and distributes affordable solar lanterns and solar home systems for off-grid households.
PEG Africa
Provides pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar home systems to off-grid customers in West Africa.
InspiraFarms
Produces energy-efficient, modular cold storage and food processing technology for agricultural supply chains in Africa.
PayGo Energy
Develops smart metering IoT hardware and software to enable pay-as-you-go liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for clean cooking.
Altech Group
Distributes clean energy products, including solar home systems and clean cookstoves, to off-grid communities in the DRC.
Nuru
Builds and operates commercial-scale, hybrid solar mini-grids to provide reliable electricity to urban areas in the DRC.
Wananchi Group (Zuku)
A leading provider of cable television, broadband internet, and VoIP services in East Africa.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Eva Himanshu, Head Of Strategy And Executive Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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