Transaction

Truvalu invests in GrowPact Kitale's operations in Kenya

Announced

1 January 2026

Target

GrowPact Kitale Limited

Value

Undisclosed

Asset class

Private Equity

Type

Investment

Instrument

Ordinary Shares (Equity)

Lead investors

Truvalu

Investors

Truvalu

Sector

Agriculture and food / Crop Production, Fertilisers Pesticides and Seeds

Markets

Kenya

About the target

GrowPact Kitale Limited (GrowPact Kenya) is a Kenyan agribusiness company founded in 2016 by Joshua Mugendi and Maicy Mugendi. Headquartered in Kapkoi, Kitale, the company produces and supplies high-quality crop seedlings to small, medium, and commercial-scale farmers across Kenya. GrowPact Kenya core product offerings include vegetable seedlings (tomatoes, cabbage, onions, kales, capsicum), fruit seedlings (avocado, mango, passion fruit, citrus), herbs (stevia, rosemary, mint), and orphan crops (sweet potato, cassava). The company produces over 750,000 seedlings weekly as of 2025, operating from approximately 8,000 square metres of production area with greenhouse facilities and a tissue culture laboratory established in 2022. The company provides agronomic training through GrowPact Academy, operates demonstration farms, and partners with Dutch technology provider Viscon Group for smart-tech propagation solutions.