RankingKenya · 2025 Funding
Top Funded Kenya Startups of 2025
25 companies with $944.6M in 2025 funding between them. d.light leads with $300M, followed by Sun King ($276M) and BURN ($90M).
- 2025 Funding
- $944.6M
- 25 companies
- Median per company
- $10M
- average $37.8M
- Top 3 share
- 71%
- d.light alone 32%
- Backer relationships
- 326
- across the 25
| # | Company | 2025 Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  d.light is an international Energy startup that serves people without access to reliable electricity. | $300M |
| 2 |  Sun King designs, distributes and finances Sun King solar home energy solutions to households and businesses who lack reliable access to the grid. | $276M |
| 3 |  BURN is a Kenyan clean energy startup working to create the world’s most efficient biomass, liquid fuel, and electric cookstoves. | $90M |
| 4 | CrossBoundary Energy offers fully financed, customized clean energy solutions for business. | $80M |
| 5 |  Mawingu uses high-performance low-cost wireless technology and solar power to build fast internet networks in rural areas. | $40M |
| 6 |  Conduit enables businesses to simply and cheaply move money between Latin America, Africa, China and the US at scale. | $36M |
| 7 |  SunCulture is a Kenyan startup that empowers smallholder farmers with solar irrigation | $20M |
| 8 |  ARC Ride is providing the electric solution to mass-transportation in rapidly-growing African cities. | $15M |
| 9 | Hakki Africa is a Kenya-based FinTech startup that provides microfinance services for small and medium-sized enterprises. | $12.7M |
| 10 |  Peach Cars is a Kenyan e-commerce solution revolutionizing car ownership in sub-Saharan Africa. | $11M |
| 11 |  Hewatele is a registered social enterprise setup with a key mandate to ensure oxygen is available, affordably to all needy patients. | $10.5M |
| 12 |  Lendable is the leading provider of debt to fintechs in emerging and frontier markets. | $10M |
| 13 |  StockApp is an AI-powered retail tech platform built to digitize and empower Africa’s small businesses. | $10M |
| 14 |  Leta builds supply chain & logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods in Africa. | $5M |
| 15 |  Financing and operational support platform helping low‑cost private schools grow and improve education quality. | $5M |
| 16 |  HoneyCoin is building tools to help people move & spend money anywhere, affordably and at the speed of the internet. | $4.9M |
| 17 |  Poa Internet is a Kenyan startup that provides affordable internet to individuals and small businesses. | $4M |
| 18 |  Sistema.bio is a hybrid reactor biodigester that transforms the manure of animals into biogas and a potent, natural fertilizer. | $3.5M |
| 19 |  Enzi Mobility provides electric motorcycles, battery-swapping, and clean energy solutions for Africa. | $3.5M |
| 20 |  Lori has built a logistics platform that is revolutionising the cargo-transport value chain in Africa – from the ground up. | $2M |
| 21 |  Roam provides accessible, low-cost, and low-emission transport solutions for the vast population across Kenya and the greater African continent. | $1.7M |
| 22 |  Enhancing nutrition accessibility and affordability, while fighting climate change. | $1.5M |
| 23 |  Ilara Health provides Affordable technology-powered diagnostics for Africa | $1M |
| 24 |  Jahazii provides Africa’s 260 million formal workers with access to their earned wages before payday. | $800K |
| 25 |  Sanivation is a Kenyan startup that provides solution for sanitation problems. | $540K |
All 25 shown · generated 16 Feb 2026
Missing a company? Submit itFrequently asked about Top Funded Kenya Startups of 2025
- Which company leads Top Funded Kenya Startups of 2025?
- d.light, with $300M, 32% of the $944.6M on this list. Sun King is second ($276M).
- How much did the companies on this list raise?
- $944.6M across 25 companies. The median company raised $10M. The top three took 71% of the total.
- Which cities are they based in?
- Nairobi (20 companies), Lavington (1) and Mombasa (1).
- How is this list built?
- This cohort contains startups classified as startup in Kenya and is ranked by total USD funding announced in 2025. Funding values are limited to 2025; latest-round and company details reflect the most recent tracked data.
