Best Environment Companies in Kenya
The 39 best Environment companies in Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sun King.
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Our analysis of 309 Environment companies
$75.8b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Environment companies in Kenya
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Africa Collect Textiles Waste textiles and footwear recycling company | — | — | Funding Raised | — | Alex Musembi Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — |
| 2 | Afrigen Energy Renewable energy focused IPP | — | — | Unfunded | — | Philip Mutevu Co-Founder & MD | — | — |
| 3 | chemolex Chemolex has developed an method for capturing plastic waste in rivers through clean energy and waste… | — | — | Private | 5 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Climate Evolution Africa Provider of ventilation services | — | — | Unfunded | — | David Ochieng Nyawir CEO | — | — |
| 5 | gjenge Gjenge is a recycling ecosystem solution for urban and peri-urban sustainability. | — | — | Private | 112 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+17 | — |
| 6 | Helios Developer of small and medium scale hydro, solar and wind power plants | — | — | Unfunded | — | Andrew Njoba CEO | — | — |
| 7 | InspCorp Research-based technology focused on developing solutions in the energy and environmental sectors | — | — | Funding Raised | — | Nickson Mwanake Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | IPBES IPBES Home page | IPBES secretariat | — | — | Unfunded | 117 | — | DrupalSentryApple iCloud Mail+17 | — |
Top 12 Environment companies in Kenya
#1
Series D · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2007 · 282 employees$337Mraised▾
Provider of designing, distributor, installing, and financing services for solar home energy products
#2
Series C · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2011 · 137 employees$4.5Mraised▾
PowerGen Renewable Energy (founded as WindGen Power East Africa) installs commercial scale solar, energy storage, and hybrid systems across East Africa including micro-grids in off-grid communities. The company offering includes solar/wind power systems, solar water pumping, solar water heating, LED lighting, battery-generator hybridization, inverter backup, and micro-grids. As of June 2016, the company has installed over 100 renewable energy systems across East Africa. The company is backed by Tomorrow Ventures.
- Dec 2025Series C$50M
- May 2021Grant (prize money)$6.9M
- Nov 2019Series B—
- Dec 2016Series A$4.5M
#3
Series D · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2011 · 2000 employees$240.7Mraised▾
Provider of affordable solar power for households
#4
Series E · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2004 · 5 employees$118Mraised▾
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#5
Series C · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013$82Mraised▾
Operator of run-of-river hydropower projects in Southern Africa. The company focuses on the development, construction and operation of green-field and refurbished independent power plants (IPPs).
#6
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2009 · 287 employees$34.6Mraised▾
Provider of sanitation and waste management services. It also provides collect, treats, and converts waste streams into regenerative agricultural and energy products.
#7
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 27 employees$10Mraised▾
Solarise Africa provides solar financing and leasing solutions to the commercial and industrial sector. Offers smart financing solutions, leasing, power purchase agreements and others for rooftop and ground-mounted solar PV systems from 100kW to 3MW.
#8
Late Stage · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2015$10Mraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects
#9
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 295 employees$8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of solar devices focused on providing low-cost, clean, sustainable, and reliable means of energy through solar power. The company offers home solar kits, solar TVs, lamps, mobile phone charging, a radio, a flashlight, and a portable lantern, enabling customers to purchase low-cost solar gadgets on credit.
#10
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2013$19Mraised▾
Renewable energy development company
#11
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2014$450Kraised▾
Provider of cold chain solutions for agriculture and fisheries sectors. The company offers refrigeration and logistics services designed to reduce post-harvest losses and improve market access. It utilizes a technology platform to connect supply and demand, supporting small-scale producers. The company provides cooling boxes and transport, aiming to enhance supply chain efficiency.
#12
Acquired · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2016 · 76 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Microfinancing solutions for providing access to power through solar energy
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Environment coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Environmental Monitoring is moving in Kenya
A read on the academic research around Environmental Monitoring — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 124 Kenya-affiliated papers.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention12
- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology9
- University of Nairobi9
- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology8
- Moi University7
- Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer2
- Radiometer2
- Satellite2
- Microwave2
- Earth observation2
- Citizen science11
- Pollution7
- Air quality index6
- Pesticide6
- Water quality6
- Biodiversity1→4
Where environmental monitoring is researched across Kenya
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.