Best Environment Companies in Nairobi, Kenya
The 35 best Environment companies in Nairobi, Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sun King.
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 Nairobi
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun King Provider of designing, distributor, installing, and financing services for solar home energy products | $337M | 9 mo ago | 282 | — | WordPressMySQLZoho+28 | Top 500k | — |
| 2 | M Kopa Provider of affordable solar power for households | $241M | 27 mo ago | 2,000 | Chad Larson Co-Founder | WebflowZohoTikTok Pixel+15 | Top 500k | — |
| 3 | d light Provider of affordable solar energy solutions and financing. | $118M | 31 mo ago | 5 | Nedjip Tozun Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyVisa+18 | Top 100k | — |
| 4 | Serengeti Energy Developer of renewable energy projects | $82M | 51 mo ago | — | Anton Louis Olivier CEO | — | — | — |
| 5 | Sanergy Provider of sanitation and waste management services | $35M | 51 mo ago | 287 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 50M | — |
| 6 | responsAbility Renewable Energy Holding Renewable energy development company | $19M | 109 mo ago | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Solarise Africa Provider of solar financing and leasing solutions | $10M | 45 mo ago | 27 | Jan Valk Co-Founder and CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | Top 50M | 1 job opening |
| 8 | Premier Solar Group Developer of solar energy projects | $10M | 45 mo ago | — | — | RaphaelBootstrapApache HTTP Server+7 | Top 50M | — |
| 9 | Solar Panda Manufacturer of solar powered products | $8M | 50 mo ago | 295 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 500k | — |
| 10 | PowerGen Renewable Energy Micro-girds in off-grid areas | $4M | 8 mo ago | 137 | Aaron Cheng Chief Executive Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+9 | Top 10M | 1 partnership |
| 11 | Pawame Microfinancing solutions for providing access to power through solar energy | $3M | 63 mo ago | 76 | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Raino Provider of cold chain solutions for agriculture and fisheries sectors | $450K | 31 mo ago | — | Francis Nderitu Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | Top 10M | — |
Top 12 Environment companies in Nairobi
#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
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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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
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