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Top 25 CleanTech Startup Investors in Africa (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Africa CleanTech startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Africa CleanTech startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Acumen
VC Fund
3 United States, India, Kenya Seed, Series A Agriculture, Solar, Health Care $300k–$12M
Shell Foundation
VC Fund
2 India, United States, Kenya Grant, Seed Energy, Solar, Finance $300k–$5.5M
At One Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Energy, Manufacturing, Agriculture $2.9M–$70M
Equator
VC Fund
2 Kenya, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Renewable Energy, Agriculture $1.8M–$15M
Standard Chartered Women in Technology
VC Fund
1 Kenya Seed, Grant Health Care, Information Technology, AgTech $9.7k–$121k
U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund
1 India, Kenya, United States Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant Financial Services, Finance, FinTech $328k–$500M
The World We Want
VC Fund
1 Kenya Series A CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics
Wangara Green Ventures
VC Fund
1 Ghana, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed Agriculture, AgTech, Energy
UNCDF
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Bangladesh, United States Grant, Debt Financing Solar, AgTech, Energy $50k–$5M
E3 Capital
VC Fund
1 Kenya, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy $900k–$40M
Azur Innovation Fund
VC Fund
1 Morocco, France Seed, Venture - Series Unknown SaaS, Retail, FinTech $819k–$2.3M
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
VC Fund
1 Ghana Seed CleanTech, Smart Cities, Electric Vehicle
Factor E
VC Fund
1 Kenya, United States, India Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture $20k–$10M
Witamax
VC Fund
1 Morocco, France Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $204k–$2.3M
GAIA Impact Fund
VC Fund
1 Singapore, South Korea, France Series A, Series B, Seed Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy $100k–$40M
Mercy Corps Ventures
VC Fund
1 Kenya, United States, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, AgTech $600k–$12M
Autodesk Foundation
VC Fund
1 United States, Kenya, Uganda Seed, Series A, Series B Energy, Renewable Energy, CleanTech $2.1M–$40M
Tamwilcom
VC Fund
1 Morocco Pre-Seed CleanTech, Customer Service
Delta40
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Ghana, Uganda Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Agriculture, Solar, AgTech $1.3M–$2.3M
Ambo Ventures
VC Fund
1 Kenya Seed CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics
Injaro Investments
VC Fund
1 Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire Seed, Secondary Market CleanTech, Smart Cities, Manufacturing
Triodos Investment Management
VC Fund
1 India Series A, Series C Agriculture, AgTech, Energy
FMO
VC Fund
1 India, Kenya, The Netherlands Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy $4M–$420M
Cygnum Capital
VC Fund
1 Sierra Leone Solar, Energy, Retail
Richard Thwaites
Angel
1 Ghana Seed, Pre-Seed CleanTech, Solar, Software
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Acumen
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

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

  • Industry: Agriculture, Solar, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 178
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M; Series A $1.6M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Bintix — Bintix averts landfill waste ... one household at a time.
  • EduBridge — EduBridge is an organization started by a group of alumni and professors from IIM Bangalore & Lucknow in 2009. EduBridge works towards transforming the lives of the unemployed youth in the country across urban, semi-urban and rural areas. EduBridge provides them with a commercially relevant training at their doorstep and arm them with thenecessary skill sets and mindset to succeed in their professional careers and thus help transform their lives.
  • Energy Assured Nigeria — Energy Assured is an energy and utility procurement market provider for smaller businesses ranging from independent retailers and local franchisees to affinity group members in any sector. Users and customers benefit from economies of scale, more agile energy purchasing, and consistently lower gas, electricity, and water costs. Their expertsunderstand the pressures that small and medium-sized businesses face: they work to provide clients with exactly what they require so that clients can use energy as an asset to propel their business forward.
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Shell Foundation
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Shell Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that enables millions of people in Africa and Asia to increase their incomes with clean energy solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Finance
  • Stage:Grant, Seed
  • Geography: India, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $790k–$1.1M; Grant $300k–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
  • Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
  • Mufin Green Finance — Mufin Green Finance is an NBFC that specialises in the electric vehicle (EV) market.
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At One Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

At One Ventures finds, funds, and grows teams to catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Seed $2.9M–$15M; Series A $6.9M–$23M; Series B $17M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cruz Foam — Cruz Foam offers certified compostable, protective packaging foam and other solutions. Let us help you transition to compostable foam packaging solutions, today.
  • Modern Hydrogen — Modern Electron is a breakthrough energy technology company. Their mission is to provide affordable electricity to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
  • Colossal Biosciences — The science of genetics. The business of discovery.
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Equator
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 2 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

A venture capital firm investing in tech-enabled, early-stage ventures that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M; Series A $14M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
  • Open Access Energy — South Africa's first multilateral wheeling software platform that automates energy transactions.
  • SHYFT Power Solutions — SHYFT builds industrial-grade IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in markets that struggle with resiliency. SHYFT is pioneering the development of integrated decentralized power systems in emerging markets like Nigeria, leapfrogging over traditional central infrastructure and enablingDERs to scale and support existing but unreliable grids.
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Standard Chartered Women in Technology
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator Kenya is Africa’s leading incubator programme for female founded businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $10k–$10k; Grant $9.7k–$121k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tuwe Bora — Tuwebora, we do more than just make clothing—we're building futures and revolutionizing the global fashion industry.
  • UzimaNexus — UzimaNexus is a cutting-edge healthcare platform that links pharmaceutical corporations, biomedical companies, and research institutions worldwide with healthcare facilities throughout Africa. Combining AI and blockchain technology.
  • Timao Group — Timao Group is a clean tech company that recycles waste and produces plastic constructive systems.
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U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant
  • Geography: India, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 126
  • Round size: Grant $328k–$5M; Post-IPO Debt $18M–$500M; Debt Financing $5.5M–$410M
  • Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Kodak — A global technology company providing industry-leading products and services for commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.
  • Bayport Management — Bayport Management Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides retail financial services in the Republic of Mauritius and internationally.
  • Pela Global — Pela Global Limited is an Australian company focused on critical and precious metals mining, primarily advancing projects in North Macedonia's Tethyan Belt. It specializes in antimony and gold resources, emphasizing sustainable development and global supply chain contributions.
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The World We Want
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

The World We Want develops strategic actions and creates global connections to achieve social impact. It aims to promote sustainability on various businesses and organizations to change the world. The World We Want is based in London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Roam — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
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Wangara Green Ventures
VC Fund · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Wangara Green Ventures is a climate-focused impact investment asset manager in Ghana, West Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Ghana, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wami Agro — Revolutionizing agriculture with cutting-edge digital solutions and sustainable practices.
  • Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
  • Northlite Solar — NorthLite Solar is a renewable energy provider that delivers solar power solutions for both commercial and residential sectors.
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UNCDF
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

The UN Capital Development Fund is providing public and private finance work for the poor in the least developed countries.UNCDF provides grants, loans, and technical support to ensure that more households and small businesses gain access to financial services. With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models thatunlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development. UNCDF’s financing models work through two channels: financial inclusion that expands the opportunities for individuals, households, and small businesses to participate in the local economy, providing them with the tools they need to climb out of poverty and manage their financial lives; and localized investments that show how fiscal decentralization, innovative municipal finance, and structured project finance can drive public and private funding that underpins local economic expansion and sustainable development.The New York, New York-based fund was founded in 1966.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, AgTech, Energy
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Kenya, Bangladesh, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Grant $50k–$5M; Debt Financing $500k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iFarmer — iFarmer connects farmers, agri-suppliers and funders with technology, financing, and advisory to boost agricultural productivity and sustainability.
  • SokoFresh — SokoFresh is a social enterprise that offers cold storage solutions and a digital market linkage platform to small and medium-scale farmers. It provides access to reliable, off-grid, first-mile cold storage facilities and digital market linkage services to farmers and buyers in fruit and vegetable value chains.
  • Omia Agribusiness Development — The mission of Omia Agribusiness Development is to provide African farmers with the tools they need to achieve maximum productivity, profitability, and sustainability.
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E3 Capital
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

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

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$8M; Series A $1.8M–$7.5M; Series B $9M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • GoCab — GoCab is fintech solution providing Drive-to-own option for vehicle purchase in Emerging markets, helping to bridge the gap between mobility entrepreneurs and financial services.
  • 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.
  • SolarX Africa — SolarX commercial and industrial (C&I) solar company that provides clean and efficient solar solutions, through leasing options in frontier markets.
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Azur Innovation Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Retail, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Morocco, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $819k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ENAKL — Enakl, is a tech mobility company providing bus sharing solutions for commute rides in Africa. Our technology allows us to collect data to predict demand for commute rides, pool users per destination and create routes that will be operated by professional drivers. Our innovative business model enables affordable pricing, promoting socialinclusion. By offering flexible, safe and convenient transport options, Enakl is helping to solve the problems of congestion and access to transport in Africa.
  • GoSwap — GoSwap is an automated battery swapping solution for electric scooters.
  • Weego — Transport prive par navette pour employes et evenements. Itineraires personnalises, suivi en direct et appli voyageur.
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is a government organization.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Smart Cities, Electric Vehicle
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
  • SOLshare — Sustainable, affordable energy access for low income rural people is possible right now. Their decentralised peer-to-peer microgrids deliver solar power to households and businesses, and enable them to trade their (excess) electricity for profit.SOLshare has created a revolutionary new approach to bring affordable solar electricity toeveryone in Bangladesh and beyond through its peer-to-peer solar energy trading platforms based on distributed ledger technology. They believe the smart peer to peer grids they are building in Bangladesh can be the future for utilities globally. SOLshare pioneers a micro-energy transition model 3.0 by interconnecting solar home systems in peer-to-peer networks, monetizing excess solar energy along the value chain in real time with mobile money and empowering communities to earn a direct income from the sun.
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Factor E
VC Fund · Fort Collins, Colorado, United States · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Factor E is a finance company that impacts venture builders, dedicated to supporting the people and ideas that will turn the tables in the global battle for sustainable solutions to energy, agriculture, mobility, and waste challenges in emerging and frontier markets. It serves as a conduit between philanthropic and commercial investors throughmarket-driven forces.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.6M; Series A $1.3M–$10M; Convertible Note $20k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ferntech — Take control of your decentralized power system with Odyssey's FernTech software and hardware. Get real-time insights and automate operations with our reliable data collection, system automation, and range of controllers and IoT gateways. Explore the FernTech product suite and see how it works in action. Contact us to learn more.
  • Open Access Energy — South Africa's first multilateral wheeling software platform that automates energy transactions.
  • 60Hertz Energy — Unify asset management with asset monitoring, enhance scheduling, and facile communication. Book a Demo Now!
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Witamax
VC Fund · Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Witamax is Startup investment firm managed by WITA Ventures. As the first club-deal-focused and family office-backed VC in the country, it operates with a "smart capital" approach filling a niche by blending private investment and strategic advisory to early-stage startups. Witamax focuses on seed and pre-seed rounds, making it one ofthe primary players supporting Moroccan startups at their earliest stages, especially those with potential for regional or international expansion.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Morocco, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $204k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $220k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ENAKL — Enakl, is a tech mobility company providing bus sharing solutions for commute rides in Africa. Our technology allows us to collect data to predict demand for commute rides, pool users per destination and create routes that will be operated by professional drivers. Our innovative business model enables affordable pricing, promoting socialinclusion. By offering flexible, safe and convenient transport options, Enakl is helping to solve the problems of congestion and access to transport in Africa.
  • ZSystems — ZSystems is a transformative super app designed to redefine B2B trade.
  • ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App
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GAIA Impact Fund
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

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

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, South Korea, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.7M; Series A $1.1M–$9.1M; Series B $3M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.
  • 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.
  • Innovex — Innovex specializes in IoT solutions for monitoring solar energy systems and robotic applications.
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Mercy Corps Ventures
VC Fund · Portland, Oregon, United States · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Our impact investing arm, Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV), invests in and fuels high-impact enterprises that increase the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $600k–$4.1M; Series A $2.5M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
  • Pivo — Pivo is an all-in-one financial services platform for businesses in the supply chain. Set up accounts, access credit and manage your finances in one simple application.
  • Open Forest Protocol — With Open Forest Protocol (OFP), measure, report, verify and fund forestation projects with digital transparency
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Autodesk Foundation
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Autodesk Foundation is the first foundation to focus investment exclusively on the people and organizations using design for impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, CleanTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Uganda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Series A $5M–$20M; Series B $40M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • M2X Energy — M2X Energy is a scalable methane conversion technology company that provides automated gas-to-product systems for methane conversion.
  • Last Energy — Last Energy is creating a new system for the development and delivery of small modular nuclear power plants. Combining proven reactor technology with a first-of-its-kind delivery model and fully modular plant design, Last Energy aims to decarbonize energy production and increase access to clean, affordable power.
  • Found Energy — Found Energy's aluminum-thermal power systems extract renewable energy from aluminum at double the energy density of diesel and at a competitive cost. Compact, modular, safe, and carbon-free, our technology makes industrial decarbonization practical.
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Tamwilcom
VC Fund · Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

TAMWILCOM represents the sole intervenor of the state in matters of public guarantee of financing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Customer Service
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Morocco

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WashMinute — Washminute strives to transform car washing into a smart, eco-friendly service that saves resources, creates jobs, and sets a new standard for cleantech innovation in Morocco and abroad.
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Delta40
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Delta40 is the venture studio that invests in African female entrepreneurs involved in energy, agriculture and mobility sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Solar, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Ghana, Uganda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$2.3M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SunFi — SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans.
  • Farm to Feed — One third of all food is lost or wasted, enough to feed the number of hungry people twice worldwide. Food loss and waste contributes to 10% of greenhouse gases globally. We aggregate and repurpose imperfect and surplus produce to create a healthier planet.
  • Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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Ambo Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Ambo Ventures is a new fund dedicated to launching sustainable ecosystems in Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Roam — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
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Injaro Investments
VC Fund · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Injaro makes investments in debt, quasi-equity, and equity in small-and medium-sized enterprises along the agricultural value chain in designated countries of West Africa. The agriculture value chain encompasses the full range of activities and participants involved in moving agricultural products from input suppliers to farmers' fields, andultimately, to consumers' tables.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Smart Cities, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Secondary Market
  • Geography: Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
  • Nouvelle Mici Embaci — Nouvelle Mici Embaci manufactures corrugated cardboard packaging as well as polypropylene bags and provides industrial printing services.
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Triodos Investment Management
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Hivos-Triodos Fund is an investment Fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Energy
  • Stage:Series A, Series C
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Easy Solar — Easy Solar distributes solar energy solutions, life improving products and financial services to the households and businesses in Sierra Leone.
  • Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
  • GridBeyond Storage — GridBeyond Storage is a cooperative venture accelerating the adoption of behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage devices.
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FMO
VC Fund · The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

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

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B
  • Geography: India, Kenya, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 178
  • Round size: Series B $4.5M–$46M; Post-IPO Debt $25M–$420M; Debt Financing $4M–$195M
  • Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tagaddod — Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company, started in February 2013 and operating in Cairo –Egypt. Currently focusing on clean fuels, Tagaddod is working on Biodiesel production from Vegetable Oils. Biodiesel is a fuel alternative that is produced from waste vegetable oils and used in conventional diesel engines, whichcan directly substitute for or extend supplies of traditional petroleum diesel.
  • Coris Holding
  • Yednist' Group
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Cygnum Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

Cygnum Capital is a leading Investment Banking and Asset Management firm serving frontier and emerging markets. Cygnum Capital is a leading investment banking and asset management firm, specialising in tailored and innovative financial solutions across frontier and emerging markets globally. With offices in London, Nairobi, Lagos, Dubai and Amsterdam, our team of 80 finance professionals bring together deep sectoral knowledge with a broad product offering across corporate finance, asset management and financial advisory services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy, Retail
  • Geography: Sierra Leone

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Easy Solar — Easy Solar distributes solar energy solutions, life improving products and financial services to the households and businesses in Sierra Leone.
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Richard Thwaites
Angel · 1 investments in Africa CleanTech startups

CEO @ Penso Power

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Solar, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
  • GRYD Energy — GRYD is building the next-gen alternative to the energy grid. We fund, operate and optimise smart solar systems for homeowners100% decentralised and powered by clean solar energy. Our smart solar systems, underpinned by intelligent software, enables millions more homeowners access to the bill-saving benefits of solar. We partner with housebuilders to deploy our smart solar systems at scale, utilising the often unused roof space of the homes they build.
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