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Top 15 Clean Energy VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in December 2024

A list of 15 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Clean energy startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Clean energy companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 15 Clean Energy VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in December 2024

Investor Clean Energy Africa investments
Novastar Ventures 5
Acumen 4
E3 Capital 4
Kepple Africa Ventures 3
GAIA Impact Fund 3
Global Partnerships 3
Mani Kapital 2
Aster 2
Anaxago 2
Persistent 2
AXA Investment Managers 2
Persistent Energy Partners 1
FMO 1
Aster Capital 1
Colam Impact 1
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Novastar Ventures VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
For the many, not just the few. For good.
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Investment focus
  • Agriculture, Internet, Clean Energy
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
  • Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
  • MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is Kenya's one-stop furniture company specializing in comfort & smiles, having served over 10000 smiley homes to date. Will yours be next?
Acumen VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Health Care, Agriculture
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United States, India, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.
  • Suma Wealth — SUMA is a revolutionary financial wellness company with the mission to engage, educate, and empower the Latinx community via a holistic approach of Digital Media, Experiences, and FinTech. By creating culturally relevant content, virtual experiences, and providing financial tools that demystify and reimagine financial wellness throughentertainment, we aim to become the trusted source to help Latinos own their economic power, overcome financial challenges, and better prepare for a more prosperous future.
  • Reema Health — Transforming the way people navigate the gaps between health care and social care. Reema combines a 24/7 AI-based confidant with in-person community guides to help people meet their social needs.
E3 Capital VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 4 investments in the past 12 months
E3 Capital invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors.
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Investment focus
  • Solar, Energy, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Kenya, United States, Mali
Portfolio highlights
  • Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
  • YoLa Fresh — At YoLaFresh, our mission is to revolutionize the fresh produce supply chain in Africa by leveraging technology and data to disrupt traditional distribution models. We strive to create a more efficient and transparent system that benefits all stakeholders, from farmers to retailers and consumers. Our vision is to create a world where access tofresh, high-quality produce is a universal right. We believe that by empowering farmers and retailers with innovative technology solutions, we will improve their livelihoods and make a positive impact on their communities.
  • Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Kepple Africa Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
  • Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
  • Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.
GAIA Impact Fund VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Gaia Impact Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in renewable energy that builds long-term partnerships with startups operating in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia with a strong environmental and social focus. The firm supports businesses enabling sustainable and affordable energy provision to local communities. In regions where energymixes are highly carbonized, it supports technological innovations and business models enabling a cost-efficient diffusion of renewable energy on a large scale.
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Investment focus
  • Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Singapore, South Korea, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Candi — Combining the best of its roots in Switzerland, and extensive local presence, candi offers companies of all sizes the simplest, most efficient way to take advantage of solar power for their business.
  • Ecoligo — Mit den nachhaltigen Investitionen von ecoligo profitieren Sie doppelt: Klimaschutz leisten & attraktive Rendite erhalten.
  • Agros — Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions.
Global Partnerships VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States
Global Partnerships is an impact-first investor dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. For 25 years GP has invested in sustainable solutions that help impoverished people increase their incomes and improve their lives, with core investments in livelihoods, education, health, energy, housing, and sanitation. Since inceptionGP has deployed $356.5 million in impact investments to 135 partners, bringing meaningful impact to over 14.7 million lives in 21 countries.What is Impact-First Investing?Impact-first investing means investing in a way that seeks the highest possible social impact, while seeking to preserve capital with a modest financial return for investors.Impact-first investing is distinctly different from return-first investing, which seeks the highest possible financial return (often without consideration of social or environmental consequences), and from philanthropy, which seeks the highest social impact without any preservation of capital.We believe that impact-first investing has an essential role to play in advancing sustainable solutions to poverty for millions of people worldwide.What Does Impact Mean to Global Partnerships?All of our impact-first investing is aimed at empowering poor and marginalized people to earn a living, provide the basic necessities of life for their families, and improve their lives. We seek social impact on four dimensions:Broadening Opportunity – We have a holistic understanding of poverty, so we invest across all facets of poverty: livelihoods, education, energy, health, housing, sanitation, and water.Deepening Inclusion – We invest at the edge of the market, emphasizing approaches that include people marginalized by depth of poverty, gender, and/or geography, including women and the rural poor.Serving Millions – We believe that every person matters, and want to expand opportunity for as many people as possible. We therefore focus on sustainable approaches that can, over time, scale to serve millions of people living in poverty.Improving Lives – We only invest where evidence convinces us that people living in poverty value the opportunity being delivered and are empowered by it – economically or otherwise – to improve their lives.
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Investment focus
  • Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Kenya, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
  • Eneza Education — Eneza Education, a.k.a. MPrep, was founded in 2011 by Kenyan teachers and educators serious about making technology useful for their students. From the rural areas of Nyanza to Wajir Town and the Mombasa Coast, Kenyan teachers united to create the content of our initial Class 7 and Class 8 study tool. We wanted a tool that combined the best ofgreat teaching practices: scaffolded assessments, direct feedback, and high engagement. And we wanted to make sure ALL kids had access to our system. What better way to start than with a simple SMS-based system?
  • Sun King — Sun King solar lanterns and home systems enables underserved communities to achieve more with inclusive distribution and flexible financing options.
Mani Kapital VC Fund
Mani Kapital is an investment management firm.
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Investment focus
  • Communities, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Funding Round
  • Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Sanergy — The Sanergy Collaborative is a partnership of 3 independent companies, who are united by a common vision. Explore more about our vision here!
Aster VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).
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Investment focus
  • Software, Energy, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
  • Neural Concept — Neural Concept is the first AI software for enhanced engineering. Leverage your historical CAD and CAE data to drastically shorten and improve your design cycles.
  • LevelTen Energy — LevelTen Energy provides transaction infrastructure for buyers, sellers, advisors, and financiers in the renewable energy economy.
Anaxago VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Anaxago is a brand new crowdfunding platform dedicated to innovative companies. Anaxago aims at changing the traditional equity capital investment model. Their goal is to forget about the capitalistic-only and go for a truly sharing and participative investment model. Thanks to Anaxago, entrepreneurs can benefit from the financial support oftheir investors but also learn from the shareholders' experience, expertise and network. Each investor can take an active part to the company life and so be a part of a lively entrepreneurial adventure.They offer a small range of companies each month to their investors community. Startups and small companies are chosen with good care and have to go through a whole process of financial analysis. They also prefer to select companies with a real innovative value added. With Anaxago, young and small companies can find funding and support to grow and develop. They give them a chance to be the actors of tomorrow's growth and reboost their economy.Since its launch, Anaxago gathered 100 000 members and invested more than 130M€ funding more than 200 businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Food and Beverage
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • France, Belgium, Cameroon
Portfolio highlights
  • Xenothera — Xenothera is a xenotherapy platform with embedded technology that renovates immunological treatments. Xenothera creates new therapeutic modes in numerous domains from immunomodulation to infectious diseases.Xenothera's technological platform is built on a double expertise of animal genetics and mastery of immunology processes. It renovatespassive immunotherapy by marketing a new generation of hyperimmune polyclonal sera.Xenothera’s platform ensures short-time development thanks to their mastery of the entire process, from animal genetics, choice of the immunogen, selection, and purification of interesting immunoglobulins, and access to market authorization in accelerated timescale.
  • Check & Visit — In Brittany, in Rennes Check & Visit was born from the desire to help the owners of the whole world to realize the conditions of their apartment. In France each year, there are over 3,400,000 inventories made. For the 2,500,000 owners, which they are part of it is not always easy to make the inventory of his apartment. Whether due to lack ofavailability, legal knowledge, or the reliability of paper status reports. The inventory quickly becomes a tedious and time-consuming task that any owner would like to do without.
  • PEP-Therapy — PEP-Therapy is a French biotechnology company developing first-in-class peptides as targeted therapies in oncology
Persistent VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Ghana, Germany, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • EcoNetix — EcoNetix leads high-integrity carbon projects with a focus on Africa, fostering transparency in the carbon market and reducing global CO2 emissions. Discover our sustainable initiatives and AI-backed solutions for accurate carbon measurement and a greener future.
  • Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
  • Circadian Technologies GmbH — Circadian Technologies accelerates the energy transition in frontier markets with a SaaS business model, empowering solar developers & energy service companies to reduce operating costs and grow revenue with a data driven platform and proprietary IoT hardware.Circadian transforms the entire value chain of its customers by uniquely providingan end-to-end solution to better design, finance, operate and maintain decentralized renewable energy systems for commercial & industrial sites.
AXA Investment Managers VC Fund · Puteaux, Ile-de-France, France · 9 investments in the past 12 months
AXA Investment Managers is a global investment management firm that manages assets on behalf of its institutional and retail clients.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • United States, United Kingdom, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Novocuff — Novocuff is a medical device firm that aims to improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce preterm deliveries caused by PPROM and cervical shortening.
  • Switchee — Specifically designed for social housing providers, Switchee exists to improve the quality of life for people living in rented homes.
  • Rivage Investment — Rivage Investment offers asset and investment management solutions for private debt and equity derivatives along with advisory solutions.
Persistent Energy Partners VC Fund · New York, New York, United States
Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Solar, Software
  • Seed, Series B, Funding Round
  • Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe
Portfolio highlights
  • Oolu — Oolu is the fastest growing off-grid solar company West Africa. Our Vision is to be the leading energy and financial service provider to millions of customers in the developing world.Our model, developed with local communities, allows us to reach off-grid households in rural villages offering them modern energy access. With a monthly paymentmodel reducing barriers to access, as well as maintenance, parts and battery replacements included in our service, we save our clients money and assure them a continuous, dependable source of energy. In Wolof, a national language of Senegal, Oolu means ‘trust’. By building trust with the communities in which we work, we can grow together.
  • Ecobodaa
  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
FMO VC Fund · The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands · 12 investments in the past 12 months
FMO is a financial investment firm that specializes in financing businesses and projects FMO invests across the agribusiness value chain to enhance food security, support sustainability and promoting inclusive development.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
  • India, The Netherlands, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Paymob — Paymob runs millions of transactions for different business sizes across the Middle East and Africa. Start using Paymob’s solutions and API’s to accept and send payments for your online business now.
  • Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
  • Trans-Oil Group of Companies — TRANS-OIL GROUP is an agro-industrial holding with oilseeds crushing, grain handling, commodities trading, and exports. It produces vegetable oil, flour.
Aster Capital VC Fund · France, Idaho, United States
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Investment focus
  • Automotive, Sensor, Virtual Reality
  • Series A
  • United Kingdom, Kenya, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Hadean — Our spatial computing and AI-powered technology empowers leaders to simulate the unthinkable, grasp the competitive edge, and create without limits.
  • Warehousing1 — Warehousing1 is building the number one warehousing and distribution network in Europe. Companies can utilize the innovative platform to find ideal warehousing solutions anywhere, manage them digitally and optimize processes by gaining real-time visibility and data transparency.
  • Eatron Technologies — Intelligent Software Platform for Battery Management System & Intelligent Motion Control - Eatron Technologies
Colam Impact VC Fund
Colam Impact is a financial services company that aims to develop companies with a societal impact through financial investment in these companies and long - term support for the men and women who run them.
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Investment focus
  • Retail, Energy, Artificial Intelligence
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • France, Cameroon
Portfolio highlights
  • Pony — Instant city bike hire
  • Futura gaia — Futura gaïa is a food production company.
  • Tri’n’collect — Tri'n'collect provides a customized service for sorting, collecting, and recycling building trash. Tri'n'collect is a mission-driven corporation whose major goal is to protect the planet's natural resources by preventing building site waste and recycling it in a circular economic loop. T'n'C works with individualhome builders, developers, real estate developers, public works companies, and renovation and deconstruction sites.
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