Solar Capital Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($50K–$150K Checks)
Solar Capital Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in Other, Consumer, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $50K–$150K checks and has 29 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$150K
- Portfolio
- 29 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Consumer, Healthcare, EdTech, AI / ML
- HQ
- Nairobi, Kenya
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed
$50K – $150K
29+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests early in companies revolutionizing energy access using renewable solutions in Africa.
How Solar Capital Ventures invests
Solar Capital Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Consumer, Healthcare, EdTech, AI / ML. It does not invest in SaaS.
Solar Capital Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$150K per investment.
Solar Capital Ventures has backed 29 companies in our records, including Northwood Space, Apex Space, Varda Space.
Partners & Team
John Mwangi
Partner
Michael Gross
Co-Founder
Bruce Spohler
Co-Founder
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (29)
Other
Northwood Space
A company in the space sector.
Apex Space
A company in the space sector.
Varda Space
A company in the space sector.
Base Power
A company in the energy sector.
Giga Energy
A company in the energy sector.
Atoms
A company in the consumer goods sector.
General Biological
A company in the biotechnology sector.
Irradiant Technologies
A company in the technology sector.
Suno
A company in the technology sector.
General Medicine
A company in the healthcare sector.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $150K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as John Mwangi, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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