Top 5 Climate VC Funds &amp; Investors in Sierra Leone (June 2026)

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.

Investment focus

Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

Total investments: 168
Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M; Series A $1.6M–$13M
Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

BharatRohan — Nurturing empathy, tech, and impact for a revitalised agri value chain.
Yellow — Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.
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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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.

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 156
Round size: Post-IPO Debt $25M–$420M; Debt Financing $3M–$178M
Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% 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.
SolarSaver — SolarSaver offers customized solar photovoltaic and solar-battery hybrid solutions.
Coris Holding —

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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.

Investment focus

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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Triodos Investment Management focuses on investments in various areas, including renewable energy, microfinance, and real estate.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Solar
Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
Geography: India, Germany, Kenya

Investor stats

Total investments: 44
Round size: Series A $12M–$12M; Debt Financing $3.6M–$365M
Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.
axio — Capital Float is an online platform that provides working capital finance to SMEs in India. It offers flexible, short-term loans that can be used to purchase inventory, service new orders or optimize cash cycles. Borrowers can apply online in minutes, select desired repayment terms and receive funds in their bank accounts in 7 days with minimalhassle.Capital Float was founded in 2013 by Gaurav Hinduja and Sashank Rishyasringa.
Samunnati — Driven by a passion to become enablers of the value chain of the agricultural finance sector, Samunnati offers advisory support and agriculture loans.

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