Best Sustainability Tech Companies in Kenya
The 39 best Sustainability Tech companies in Kenya in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SunCulture.
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Our analysis of 293 Sustainability Tech companies
$38.4b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Sustainability Tech companies in Kenya
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SunCulture Solar irrigation solutions empowering smallholder farmers with sustainable technology and financial access | $42M | 18 mo ago | Series B | Charles Nichols Co-Founder & CTO | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | 1 launch |
| 2 | Powerhive Provider of cloud-based asset intelligence solutions for microgrids | $34M | 53 mo ago | Series B | — | 2011 | TurbopackNode.jsUbuntu+11 | 4 partnerships |
| 3 | Octavia Carbon Developer of direct air capture technology for carbon dioxide removal | $4M | 22 mo ago | Seed | Duncan Kariuki Co-Founder & CTO | 2022 | PrismicNode.jsRadix UI+15 | — |
| 4 | Powwater Online platform offering water delivery solutions | $2M | 46 mo ago | Seed | Alec Bernstein Co-Founder | 2018 | Turbopackstyled-componentsNode.js+16 | — |
| 5 | Futurepump Designs, develop, and manufacture solar powered irrigation pumps | $974K | 66 mo ago | Seed | Toby Hammond CEO & MD | 2012 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+35 | — |
| 6 | HydroIQ Developer of a water monitoring system for residential users and utilities | $20K | 93 mo ago | Seed | Brian Bosire Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 7 | UkulimaTech Design and supply of hydroponic farming systems and garden automation products in Kenya | $3K | 123 mo ago | Funding Raised | Elizabeth Achieng Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 8 | KOKO Networks Provider of assisted purchase platform providing access to multi-category products | — | 17 mo ago | Deadpooled | Greg Murray Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | WeeblyMySQLPHP+21 | — |
Top 12 Sustainability Tech companies in Kenya
#1
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2012 · 191 employees$41.5Mraised▾
Solar irrigation solutions empowering smallholder farmers with sustainable technology and financial access. The company addresses the challenges faced by smallholder farmers by providing reliable access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging through off-grid solar technology. They offer solar irrigation pump packages that include consultation, installation, training, and customer support. The company's mission is to develop and commercialize life-changing technologies that solve the daily challenges of smallholder farming households, promoting sustainable agriculture and economic empowerment. They provide a Pay-As-You-Grow option with flexible monthly installments. The company utilizes IoT-enabled solar irrigation equipment bundled with tailored advice and generates unique intelligence around usage/needs. The company claims carbon credits from the sale of solar pumps used for irrigation.
- Feb 2025Series B$4M
- Apr 2024Series B$27.5M
- Sep 2023Series A—
- Feb 2021Conventional Debt$11M
#2
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2022 · 8 employees$4Mraised▾
Developer of direct air capture technology for carbon dioxide removal. The company designs modular systems to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It focuses on durable geological storage, transforming resources into a climate solution. The company aims to scale direct air capture technology for effective carbon removal.
- Oct 2024Seed$3.9M
- Jan 2024Seed—
- Jan 2023Seed$100K
#3
Series B · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2011 · 5 employees$34.3Mraised▾
Provider of cloud-based asset intelligence solutions for microgrids. It offers a cloud-based software platform Honeycomb - that remotely monitors and controls microgrid operations, and runs real-time data analytics.
#4
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2018 · 31 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Developer of a water delivery mobile application designed to empower the world through sustainable and safe drinking water. The company vets vendors by testing and verifying their water quality weekly and delivers water through a trained delivery team, Also its application allows selecting locations and volumes of water for delivery, enabling users to order safe and clean drinking water at their doorstep.
#5
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2012 · 33 employees$973.7Kraised▾
Futurepump designs develop and manufacture solar-powered, compact designed, and portable irrigation pumps for small-scale farmers in Africa. Though focused on Kenya for now, it aims to cover the whole population of one-acre farmers across the world.
- Mar 2021Seed$973.7K
#6
Seed · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2017 · 7 employees$20Kraised▾
Developer of a smart water leak detection system designed to manage and understand household water usage. The company's system is a GPS and internet-enabled device that is plugged into existing water supply systems, in homes or businesses and along water distribution networks to automatically monitor water use, water quality and water leakages using sensors and send the data to an online platform in real-time, enabling users to utilize an easy-to-understand and real-time monitoring of their water usage.
#7
Deadpooled · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2015 · 80 employees—raised▾
Provider of assisted purchase platform providing access to multi-category products. It allows users to purchase different products ranging from apparel, beauty, lifestyle, products, and more.
- Mar 2025Conventional Debt—
- Jan 2024Seed—
#8
Funding Raised · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2015$3Kraised▾
Ukulima Tech designs, fabricates, and supply hydroponic farming systems to the urban population. The product portfolio has vertical farming systems, kitchen gardens, tower gardens, planting bins etc. It also provides LED lighting and farm inputs such as hydroponic nutrient and seeds for the farming. Moreover, it also develops garden automation products such as integrated hardware and software solution for irrigation scheduling.
- Jun 2016Grant (prize money)$3K
#9
Funding Raised · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2002 · 10000 employees—raised▾
Provider of microfinance lending intended to provide emergency loans to civil servants and small and medium-sized enterprises. The company's services include asset finance logbook loans, personal loans, import duty finance and landlord loans, thereby providing a wide range of tailor-made lending to meet its customer's financial needs.
#10
Funding Raised · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 1982—raised▾
Offers financing services to affordable homes
#11
Series A · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 2014 · 100 employees—raised▾
Provider of waste collection services. It provides metal and plastic recycling services. It specializes in the collection, conversion and selling of post-consumer plastic waste through its technology-driven plastics collection model.
#12
Funding Raised · Nairobi, Nairobi County · founded 1994—raised▾
Microcredit for micro small and medium entrepreneurs
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Sustainability Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Climate Adaptation is moving in Kenya
A read on the academic research around Climate Adaptation — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 268 Kenya-affiliated papers.
- University of Nairobi23
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture21
- Stockholm Environment Institute19
- Kenyatta University17
- Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security15
- Climate change1→4
- Climate change7→29
- Agriculture5→16
- Sustainability1→11
- Livelihood2→11
- Resilience (materials science)2→9
- Climate change26→72
- Resilience (materials science)4→20
- Livelihood3→17
- Climate resilience6→20
- Vulnerability (computing)9→23
Where climate adaptation 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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