As climate risks escalate across globe, the need for climate-resilient investment vehicles has never been more urgent. Kenya, at the intersection of climate vulnerability and green innovation offers a compelling frontier for climate finance. For investors seeking bankable opportunities aligned with global climate and sustainability goals, Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) invests in and supports a growing portfolio of enterprises that are delivering measurable impact across climate adaptation, mitigation, and inclusive development.
KCV’s approach is guided by global frameworks such as the Paris Agreement, which drives investment toward low-carbon, climate-resilient development; the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which provide a shared blueprint for prosperity and environmental stewardship; and the Just Transition framework, which ensures that climate action uplifts women, youth, and vulnerable communities. Now is the time to deploy blended capital that not only builds resilience, but also unlocks long – term value in climate – smart, gender-inclusive, and underserved markets.
Who We Are
Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) is a climate impact and gender lens investment company established in 2016 with anchor support from the World Bank, Danida, and FCDO, with a mission is to invest in, de-risk early growth-stage enterprises providing climate-smart, commercially viable and impactful solutions across most underserved markets in the Kenya and the region.
KCV offers more than just finance, but tailored, patient, and affordable capital coupled with technical support to help entrepreneurs enhance their managerial capacities, businesses gain market traction, scale sustainably, and attract follow-on capital. A strong gender lens focus has ensured that 55% of our portfolio investments are women-owned or led enterprises, in line with the 2X Global Criteria and SDG 5.
Why Invest with KCV?
At KCV, we serve as a trusted platform for catalytic capital to flow into emerging climate solutions. Our model blends financial discipline with measurable impact, positioning us as a key player in the local green investment ecosystem. Here’s why investors partner with us:
• Track Record of Impact: Over 23 investments made, over 501,272 individuals (125,318 households) supported with improved adaptive capacity, 527,057 tons of CO₂ emissions reduced, and 4.2 million tons of agri-waste recycled.
• Income Growth & MSME Opportunity Creation: KCV’s investments improve household incomes and unlock business growth for climate-smart enterprises. To date, over 3,306 MSMEs have accessed business opportunities within the supply chains we support, while 271 industries and institutions have gained access to energy-efficient briquettes, contributing to green job creation and enterprise expansion across multiple sectors.
• De-risked, High-Impact Pipeline: We’ve screened over 350 deals with a current live pipeline of 34 enterprises demanding $24.3 million in investment.
• Leveraged Capital: Our $3.1M revolving risk capital facility has catalysed over US$9.8M in follow-on investment from local and international investors.
• Strategic Post-Investment Support: We embed business growth services, unlocking operational scalability and financial sustainability for our investees.
Our Investment Opportunities
Kenya Climate Ventures strategically invests in high-impact enterprises that sit at the intersection of climate resilience, inclusive growth, and commercial viability. Our capital flows into five priority sectors: waste and circular economy, water resource management, climate-smart agribusiness, commercial forestry, and renewable energy. In the waste sector, for example, we support companies like Kings Biofuels, which manufactures and sells energy efficient cooking briquettes from agricultural waste, and Exotic EPZ, a leading macadamia processor and exporter that has embedded circularity and renewable energy into its supply chain. In water management, we have invested in solutions like Nazava Water Filters, which provides cost friendly, quality and affordable water filters.
In the agribusiness space, we have invested in enterprises such as Taimba Limited who work with rural small holder farmers to ensure they access consistency in market, fair prices by shortening the agriculture supply chain. and Botanic Treasures, a nutrition-focused business working with smallholder farmers to cultivate and process moringa for fortified products. Our renewable energy portfolio includes innovators like OFGEN, who deliver captive solar energy systems to the commercial and industrial sectors, enabling emissions reduction and energy cost savings. These enterprises represent scalable, climate-aligned solutions that deliver measurable environmental and social returns while driving inclusive market transformation in Kenya’s most vulnerable regions.
Partner With Us
Kenya Climate Ventures is raising US$ 23 – 25 million through its flagship Climate Ventures Impact Fund (CVIF) to scale its model and deepen impact in Kenya and the region. KCV is seeking strategic partnerships with Development Finance Institutions, impact-aligned corporates, family offices, ESG-focused funds, as well as philanthropic and commercial investors. This is a unique opportunity to deploy catalytic capital that delivers measurable environmental, social, and financial returns driving resilience, job creation, and inclusive growth in underserved markets. Let your capital be a catalyst.
Join us in transforming climate challenges into opportunities for prosperity, resilience, jobs, bankable enterprises, regeneration and impact.
Together, we can invest in a future that works for people, planet, and profit.
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