Kenya Climate Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($10K–$20K Checks)
Kenya Climate Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in Climate / Energy. The firm typically writes $10K–$20K checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $10K–$20K
- Portfolio
- 19 companies on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Climate / Energy
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-11-12
Pre-Seed, Seed
$10K – $20K
19+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Kenyan climate-focused fund backing very early-stage companies with tiny checks and a strong adaptation/resilience angle. Best suited for signaling, validation, and catalytic capital rather than leading the full round.
How Kenya Climate Ventures invests
Kenya Climate Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Climate / Energy.
Kenya Climate Ventures typically writes checks of $10K–$20K per investment.
Kenya Climate Ventures has backed 19 companies in our records, including Acacia, Botanic, Elgon.
Partners & Team
Kenya Climate Ventures leadership
GP
Eric Kimani, MBS
Board Chairman
Listed on the Our Board Directors section as Board Chairman; the page also lists him as Board Chair.
Risper A. Mukoto
Board Vice Chairman
Ian Cooke
Board Director
Joseph Murabula
Board Director
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (19)
Other
Acacia
Botanic
Elgon
EPZ
Hydronics
Kings
Macefoods
Noza
OFGEN
Provides captive solar energy systems for commercial and industrial customers.
Rafode
Microfinance provider that also offers solar products on credit.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $10K – $20K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Fidelis Mutua, Finance & Administration Manager.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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