Renew Capital

Renew Capital is an investment firm focused on Africa, bridging critical gaps for growing African businesses by connecting them with global impact investors.

Adam Abate

Principal

Matthew Davis

Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer

Esther Mwikali

Senior Investment Manager

Diana N Njuguna

Investment Manager

Past deals in Africa

Tendo

Venture Round in 2025
Founded in 2019 and based in Accra, Ghana, Tendo operates an online platform that facilitates reselling. It sources products from various suppliers and delivers them directly to customers of its resellers, enabling independent entrepreneurs to start their own e-commerce businesses without initial capital investment.

Dabchy

Seed Round in 2025
Dabchy SARL, established in 2016 by Ameni Mansouri, Ghazi Ketata, and Osama Mahjoub, operates an online peer-to-peer fashion marketplace based in Tunis, Tunisia. The platform facilitates the buying, selling, exchanging, and reviewing of new and used clothing items, shoes, jewelry, accessories, bags, and beauty products. It combines elements of a social network and forum, allowing users to interact through likes, comments, and fashion tips.

ENAKL

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Enakl is a tech mobility company based in Africa, specializing in bus sharing solutions for commute rides. It uses data-driven technology to predict demand, pool users, and create efficient routes operated by professional drivers. Enakl's innovative model offers affordable pricing, promoting social inclusion while reducing congestion and improving transport access in African cities.

Octavia Carbon

Seed Round in 2024
Octavia Carbon is a pioneering company based in Kenya that specializes in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. It designs, builds, and deploys proprietary systems to filter CO2 from the atmosphere, aiming to reverse climate change and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. The company uniquely leverages Kenya's geothermal energy and talent to accelerate DAC technology development and lower costs.

Level Africa

Angel Round in 2024
A digital investment platform empowering global investors to confidently explore African markets. It offers diverse investment options such as treasury bonds, unit trusts, corporate bonds, and asset-backed securities.

Tappi

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Tappi is a SaaS company focused on empowering small businesses in Africa to acquire customers online. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including messaging, payments, and AI-driven customer profiling, to help these businesses enhance their online presence, engage with customers, and build reputation.

Badili

Seed Round in 2024
Badili is a Nairobi-based company established in 2021 that specializes in the buying and selling of used and refurbished mobile phones. The company operates a re-commerce platform aimed at making affordable, high-quality used phones accessible to a broad audience. By providing a diverse selection of renewed mobile devices, Badili enables customers to save money while also contributing to the reduction of electronic waste by extending the life cycle of used phones.

Octavia Carbon

Venture Round in 2024
Octavia Carbon is a pioneering company based in Kenya that specializes in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. It designs, builds, and deploys proprietary systems to filter CO2 from the atmosphere, aiming to reverse climate change and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. The company uniquely leverages Kenya's geothermal energy and talent to accelerate DAC technology development and lower costs.

Flexpay

Venture Round in 2023
Flexpay operates a digital payment platform that facilitates electronic transactions. Its services include Flex Rent for commercial and residential rent payments, Flex Travel for holiday packages, and Flex Retail for payments at partner merchants.

AkelloBanker

Venture Round in 2023
AkelloBanker is a data-driven digital finance technology company. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Makerere, Kampala, Uganda.

BuuPass

Pre Seed Round in 2023
BuuPass operates a transportation marketplace and ticketing platform that simplifies booking for bus, shuttle, and train services in Kenya and other markets. The company partners with transport operators to provide digital solutions that enable commuters to search, reserve seats, and pay conveniently, often via mobile and SMS channels. As one of the early movers in digital transport booking in Kenya, BuuPass aims to connect travelers with available departures, helping users save time and choose options that fit their schedules and budgets. The platform supports local urban travel by enabling automated ticketing and easy payments, with a focus on reliability, accessibility, and seamless user experience for everyday mobility.

Teraki

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Teraki App is an East-African that does audio streaming platform which hosts audiobooks, podcasts, and radio shows. Everyone can use Tereki. It is the app Which brings interactive and entertaining content to the Ethiopian and East African Diaspora Community, for the Young Generation, Adults, Children, and the Visually Impaired.

Inputi

Seed Round in 2022
Inputi is a Kampala-based online marketplace, aggregator, and distributor of farm inputs that serves smallholder farmers. It operates a digital platform that connects farmers to access quality, genuine inputs at affordable prices through a single portal, and it includes insurance coverage to cushion farmers against unexpected events. The company supplies fertilisers, fungicides, and pesticides, consolidating procurement and distribution to streamline input supply for agricultural producers.

AkelloBanker

Debt Financing in 2022
AkelloBanker is a data-driven digital finance technology company. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Makerere, Kampala, Uganda.

Deliver Addis

Seed Round in 2020
Deliver Addis is an Ethiopian startup specializing in online food delivery. It operates a platform that facilitates food ordering in three simple steps: selecting a restaurant, choosing dishes, and submitting orders for delivery directly to customers' locations.

ET Fresh

Venture Round in 2018
ET Fresh is focus on increasing the export of high-quality, processed and branded meat products from Ethiopia.
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