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Kyle Schutter

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CEO at Kuzana · Member at Nairobi Business Angel Network

Kenya

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About

Founder and CEO of Kuzana with a biomedical engineering degree from Brown University. Over 15 years in East Africa he started a biogas company, a Nairobi Thai restaurant, and other ventures, and later helped raise around $20M for regional companies before creating Kuzana.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

Experience

  1. Kuzana Education & InvestmentsCEO & Foundercurrent2024 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
  2. Grant & CoTransaction Advisorcurrent2019 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
  3. Nairobi Business Angel NetworkMembercurrent2025 — present
  4. Finca LLCCo-Founder2019 — 2025Medellin, Colombia
  5. Nomad AbodeOwner2017 — 2019Medellin, Colombia
  6. b8taSales2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  7. LeadColdTransaction Advisor2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Takamoto BiogasFounder and Managing Director2011 — 2015Kenya
  9. TheThaiPlaceChef/Owner2014 — 2015Nairobi
  10. Village CapitalEntrepreneur2012
  11. UEnergySelf-Unemployed2010 — 2011
  12. Brown University - Istrail LabResearcher2008 — 2010

Skills & more

SalesInvestmentsEducationFinance1Agribusiness1Fundraising3Grant Writing2Capital Raising1Energy25Waste Management10Management18Biogas7
+12 moreBusiness StrategyStart-upsRenewable EnergyResearchInternational DevelopmentMicrosoft OfficeEntrepreneurshipProject ManagementMatlabStrategic PlanningLeadershipPublic Speaking

Languages English · Spanish · Swahili

  • Duolingo

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Colleagues at Kuzana

Dickson Ayuka
CEO, BELFEEDS at Kuzana
Farhan Qureshi
co-Director at Kuzana
Felicity Sangona
Executive Assistant at Kuzana
Joy Obuya
CEO, NAWIRI at Kuzana

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kyle Schutter?
Founder and CEO of Kuzana with a biomedical engineering degree from Brown University. Over 15 years in East Africa he started a biogas company, a Nairobi Thai restaurant, and other ventures, and later helped raise around $20M for regional companies before creating Kuzana.
Where does Kyle Schutter work?
Kyle Schutter is CEO at Kuzana.
Where did Kyle Schutter go to school?
Kyle Schutter studied at Brown University (ScB, Biomedical Engineering); Strathmore University (Owner Manager Program, Business Administration and Management); Landmark (Introduction Leaders Program).

Founder mafias

Kuzana mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Farhan Qureshico-DirectorFounded Kuzana

Same school

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