NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 13 – The UK–Kenya Tech Hub has partnered with Viktoria Ventures and other ecosystem players to roll out a new programme aimed at strengthening Kenya’s early-stage investment ecosystem and expanding cross-border deal flow.
The initiative, dubbed Startup 360 Connect, seeks to train and activate a new generation of angel investors while improving access to early-stage capital for Kenyan startups. The programme is aligned with the UK–Kenya Strategic Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation, which focuses on supporting high-growth enterprises and attracting sustainable investment.
At the core of the programme is an angel investor training initiative led by Viktoria Ventures, which targets individuals and investment groups seeking to participate more actively in early-stage startup financing. Participants will receive training on deal evaluation, syndication and capital deployment, and will collectively invest in selected startups at the end of the programme.
The initiative also includes a founder development component delivered by Anza Village, which focuses on preparing startups for investment through training in business development, governance and financial readiness. Startups emerging from this pipeline will be matched with trained angel investors through structured syndication processes.
A third pillar, led by advisory firm POV, will expose participants to international market and venture capital linkages, particularly between Kenya and the United Kingdom. The component is designed to enhance investor understanding of cross-border expansion and market entry, rather than guarantee funding outcomes.
The angel investor programme is scheduled to run from February to June 2026 and will bring together individual investors, members of investment groups, professionals and impact-focused financiers. Each participant will commit $1,000 towards a syndicated investment selected by the group.
The partners say the initiative is intended to address gaps in early-stage funding by broadening participation in angel investing and encouraging more structured capital deployment. Kenya remains one of Africa’s most active startup hubs, but early-stage financing is still concentrated among a limited pool of investors.
Applications for the angel investor programme close on January 30, 2026.
