AHL Venture Partners is one of the largest and most successful impact-focused venture capital firms in Africa, with an award-winning team on the ground across West, East and Southern Africa.
AHL Venture Partners enjoys long-term support from mission-aligned investors.
Since 2008, we have committed more than US $75M to 35 impact-focused businesses and funds that operate across 27 different African countries.
To date, our investments have produced strong financial returns while employing over 11,000 people and providing access to improved goods and services to more than 9,500,000 people at or near the bottom of the economic pyramid.
AHL Venture Partners enjoys long-term support from mission-aligned investors.
Since 2008, we have committed more than US $75M to 35 impact-focused businesses and funds that operate across 27 different African countries.
To date, our investments have produced strong financial returns while employing over 11,000 people and providing access to improved goods and services to more than 9,500,000 people at or near the bottom of the economic pyramid.
Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2008
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 16
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 26.07.2018 | tulaa.io | tulaa.io | $1.25M | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Zoona | ilovezoona.com | $15M | Zambia, Lu... |
| - | Rent to Ow... | rtoafrica.com | - | Zambia |
| - | Twiga Food... | twigafoods.com | - | - |
| - | Honey Care... | honeycareafrica.com | - | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | Home | schulzeglobal.com | - | - |
| - | BURN | burnstoves.com | $27M | Kenya |
| - | EthioChick... | ethiochicken.com | - | Ethiopia, ... |
| - | Central af... | xsmlcapital.com | - | Netherland... |
| - | PowerGen R... | powergen-renewable-energy.com | - | Kenya, Nai... |
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Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.05.2025 | Everything I heard at the AVCA Conference | Last week, the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) brought its flagship VC Summit back to Lagos, the home of Africa’s unicorns, for the first time in a decade, and the timing could hardly have been more charged. Against a backdrop of... |
| 30.04.2020 | Catalyst Fund welcomes four African investors into its exclusive fintech fold | Catalyst Fund, the global inclusive fintech accelerator managed by BFA Global, today welcomed six leading fintech investment firms into its fold which already makes up over 55 leading fintech investors in emerging markets. Four of the six ... |
| 30.04.2020 | Catalyst Fund welcomes four African investors into its exclusive fintech fold | Catalyst Fund, the global inclusive fintech accelerator managed by BFA Global, today welcomed six leading fintech investment firms into its fold which already makes up over 55 leading fintech investors in emerging markets. Four of the six a... |
| 05.07.2019 | Eight Kenyan fintech startups to keep an eye on | With the 2007 launch of mobile-money transfer service M-Pesa by Vodacom for Safaricom, Kenya has led the world in mobile money. Inspired by this revolutionary fintech solution — which is used by 30 million users in 10 countries — a crop of... |
| 05.07.2019 | Eight Kenyan fintech startups to keep an eye on | With the 2007 launch of mobile-money transfer service M-Pesa by Vodacom for Safaricom, Kenya has led the world in mobile money. Inspired by this revolutionary fintech solution — which is used by 30 million users in 10 countries — a crop of ... |
| 18.04.2019 | Sidai Is Revving Up Kenyan Farming with Fleets of Motorbikes and a Fresh Round Of Funding | Silicon Valley’s tech giants have been eagerly taking stock of the growing numbers of motorbikes speeding through the streets of Kenya. When Google launched a ‘Motorbike Mode’ on its Maps in Kenya last October, the company noted on its Afri... |
| 13.03.2019 | Here are the 20 startups selected for the World Bank’s L’Afrique Excelle accelerator | L’Afrique Excelle, the francophone adaptation of the World Bank’s XL Africa tech accelerator, has announced the names of the 20 startups selected to participate in the first such edition of the programme. The World Bank initiative is suppor... |
| 13.03.2019 | Here are the 20 startups selected for the World Bank’s L’Afrique Excelle accelerator | L’Afrique Excelle, the francophone adaptation of the World Bank’s XL Africa tech accelerator, has announced the names of the 20 startups selected to participate in the first such edition of the programme. The World Bank initiative is suppo... |
| 05.03.2019 | Beyond Capital finalises Tulaa seed round with $25k capital injection | Impact investment fund Beyond Capital has finalised its participation in Nairobi-based agritech and fintech startup Tulaa‘s seed round with a $25 000 capital injection. Tulaa was founded in 2017 by CEO Hillary Miller-Wise (pictured above).... |
| 05.03.2019 | Beyond Capital finalises Tulaa seed round with $25k capital injection | Impact investment fund Beyond Capital has finalised its participation in Nairobi-based agritech and fintech startup Tulaa‘s seed round with a $25 000 capital injection. Tulaa was founded in 2017 by CEO Hillary Miller-Wise (pictured above). ... |
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