Top 15 CleanTech VC Funds & Investors in Africa (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Acumen
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Agriculture, Health Care, Financial Services | $300k–$13M |
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At One Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Energy, Manufacturing, Agriculture | $2.9M–$70M |
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Delta40
VC Fund
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1 | Uganda | Seed | CleanTech, Manufacturing | |
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Equator
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Renewable Energy, Agriculture | $1.8M–$15M |
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Ambo Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed | CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics | |
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Mercy Corps Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, AgTech | $600k–$12M |
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
VC Fund
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1 | Ghana | Seed | CleanTech, Smart Cities, Electric Vehicle | |
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GAIA Impact Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, South Korea, France | Series A, Seed | Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy | $100k–$4.3M |
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Azur Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Morocco, France | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | SaaS, Retail, FinTech | $1.1M–$1.9M |
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Autodesk Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Uganda | Seed, Series A, Series B | Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing | $2.1M–$40M |
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Shell Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Kenya | Grant, Seed | Energy, Solar, Finance | $150k–$10M |
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Wangara Green Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Ghana, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Agriculture, AgTech, Energy | |
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Witamax
VC Fund
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1 | Morocco | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $204k–$1.9M |
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Factor E
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture | $20k–$10M |
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FMO
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, The Netherlands | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy | $3M–$159M |
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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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- Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 157
- Round size: Seed $300k–$4.2M; Series A $1.6M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- AgroEknor — AgroEknor provides agricultural research, integration, technology based optimization & global delivery of the agro superfoods.
- Juhudi Kilimo — Juhudi Kilimo is a social enterprise that provides asset financing and technical assistance to smallholder farmers and small-to-medium agro-businesses.
- Gulu Agricultural Development Company — GADC was established in northern Uganda in the aftermath of the LRA-instigated war which devastated the region for nearly 20 years.
At One Ventures finds, funds, and grows teams to catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature.
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- Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $2.9M–$15M; Series A $6.6M–$45M; Series B $17M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Temo — Looking for an electric motor for your tender, or a practical outboard for your sailboat? Discover TEMO's range of electric motors for boats
- Relectrify — Unlocking extra lifetime and performance of batteries via advanced battery management (BMS) technology.
- Inlyte Energy — Inlyte Energy is a company that creates batteries for grid storage. Inlyte Energy's grid battery uses the most abundant commodities - iron and salt - to create an energy storage solution with the unique combination of high efficiency, long lifetime, competitive energy density, and exceptional safety.
Delta40 is the venture studio that invests in African female entrepreneurs involved in energy, agriculture and mobility sectors.
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- Industry: CleanTech, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Uganda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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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- Industry: Software, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M; Series A $14M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% 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.
Ambo Ventures is a new fund dedicated to launching sustainable ecosystems in Africa.
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- Industry: CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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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- 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–$4.2M; 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
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is a government organization.
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Singapore, South Korea, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.7M; Series A $1.1M–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ecoligo — With ecoligo's sustainable investments - you benefit twice: protect the climate & receive attractive returns.
- 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.
- MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.
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- Industry: SaaS, Retail, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Morocco, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% 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.
- Tookeez — Fill your life
Autodesk Foundation is the first foundation to focus investment exclusively on the people and organizations using design for impact.
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- Industry: Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Uganda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- 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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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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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Finance
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $790k–$1.1M; Grant $150k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% 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.
Wangara Green Ventures is a climate-focused impact investment asset manager in Ghana, West Africa.
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Morocco
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $204k–$1.9M; Pre-Seed $220k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZSystems — ZSystems is a transformative super app designed to redefine B2B trade.
- 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.
- ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App
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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- 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
- Roam — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
- 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.
- 60Hertz Energy — Unify asset management with asset monitoring, enhance scheduling, and facile communication. Book a Demo Now!
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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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Round size: Series B $4.5M–$41M; Debt Financing $3M–$159M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ecofy — Ecofy is a green-only NBFC in India, offering financial solutions for eco-friendly initiatives, including loans, leases, and insurance.
- Atome Energy — Atome Energy is the green hydrogen and ammonia project development company to create a greener, cleaner environment.
- Ace International — ACE International manufactures and distributes dairy powders, milk proteins, and other food grade components.
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