Top Funded Kenya Startups of 2024
Ranked by total funding announced in 2024 (USD).
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25 companies in this list
d.light is an international Energy startup that serves people without access to reliable electricity.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Receivables Financing
- Latest tracked round
- July 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $186.8M
- Backers
- 32
CrossBoundary Energy offers fully financed, customized clean energy solutions for business.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Venture
- Latest tracked round
- August 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $140M
- Backers
- 7
TerraPay simplifies global money movement – by providing a single connection to the most expansive cross-border payments network.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Debt Financing
- Latest tracked round
- July 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $95M
- Backers
- 7
BasiGo is a Kenyan early-stage e-mobility start-up creating the future of clean, electric public transit in Africa.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Expansion
- Latest tracked round
- November 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $54.7M
- Backers
- 25
M-KOPA has connected more than 500,000 homes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to solar power, with over 500 new homes being added every day.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Debt Financing
- Latest tracked round
- May 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $51M
- Backers
- 28
Roam provides accessible, low-cost, and low-emission transport solutions for the vast population across Kenya and the greater African continent.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- June 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $34M
- Backers
- 11
BURN is a Kenyan clean energy startup working to create the world’s most efficient biomass, liquid fuel, and electric cookstoves.
- HQ Location
- Riuru, Kenya
- Stage
- Venture
- Latest tracked round
- July 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $27M
- Backers
- 15
Mawingu uses high-performance low-cost wireless technology and solar power to build fast internet networks in rural areas.
- HQ Location
- Nanyuki, Kenya
- Stage
- Expansion
- Latest tracked round
- October 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $15M
- Backers
- 9
Sistema.bio is a hybrid reactor biodigester that transforms the manure of animals into biogas and a potent, natural fertilizer.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- March 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $15M
- Backers
- 28
SunCulture is a Kenyan startup that empowers smallholder farmers with solar irrigation
- HQ Location
- Lavington, Kenya
- Stage
- Debt Financing
- Latest tracked round
- September 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $12M
- Backers
- 17
Apollo Agriculture is a technology company based in Nairobi, Kenya that helps small-scale farmers maximize their profits.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- May 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $10M
- Backers
- 25
Mogo is a Kenyan vehicle financing company.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- February 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $10M
- Backers
- 2
Hydrobox is a Kenyan Energy startup aiming at powering up Africa through a renewable energy revolution
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Debt Financing
- Latest tracked round
- November 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $9M
- Backers
- 3
Sun King designs, distributes and finances Sun King solar home energy solutions to households and businesses who lack reliable access to the grid.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Expansion
- Latest tracked round
- December 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $7M
- Backers
- 31
Conduit enables businesses to simply and cheaply move money between Latin America, Africa, China and the US at scale.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- May 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $6M
- Backers
- 17
WorkPay is an end to end HR and payroll system offering time tracking, payroll management, and payouts to all banks in Kenya plus M-Pesa.
- HQ Location
- Thika, Kenya
- Stage
- Non-equity Assistance
- Latest tracked round
- November 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $5M
- Backers
- 19
Ilara Health provides Affordable technology-powered diagnostics for Africa
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Debt Financing
- Latest tracked round
- January 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $4.2M
- Backers
- 21
Octavia Carbon is using Direct Air Carbon Capture to stop climate change and reinvent humanity's relationship with carbon.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Early Stage
- Latest tracked round
- October 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $4.2M
- Backers
- 10
Shamba Pride is a one-stop online-to-offline platform that connects smallholder farmers to services and information through tech-powered “DigiShops”.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- January 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $3.7M
- Backers
- 4
Buying and selling pre-owned smartphones made easy for Kenyans.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Debt Financing
- Latest tracked round
- March 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $2M
- Backers
- 13
One Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to grow more food and earn more money.
- HQ Location
- Bungoma, Kenya
- Stage
- Grant
- Latest tracked round
- September 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $1.9M
- Backers
- 5
Kubik is a Kenyan startup that turn hard-to-recycle plastic waste into low-cost, low-carbon building materials.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- April 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $1.9M
- Backers
- 13
Jacaranda Health delivers sustainable solutions in partnership with government hospitals to improve quality of care for moms & newborns.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Grant
- Latest tracked round
- October 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $1.7M
- Backers
- 5
Sukhiba is a conversational chat based platform for businesses looking to leverage the popularity of WhatsApp.
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- July 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $1.6M
- Backers
- 12
Uncover is revolutionising self-care in Africa, starting by building the continent's most trusted skincare brand
- HQ Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Stage
- Secondary Market
- Latest tracked round
- July 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $1.4M
- Backers
- 10
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