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Top 50 Energy Startup Investors in Nigeria (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Nigeria Energy startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Nigeria Energy startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
All On
VC Fund
14 Nigeria, Kenya, France Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Grant Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar $50k–$4M
CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
4 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $250k–$21M
Norfund
VC Fund
4 Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown, Debt Financing Financial Services, Energy, Renewable Energy $2.2M–$156M
Kaleo Ventures
VC Fund
4 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Financial Services, Information Technology, Software $25k–$15M
Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund
4 Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon Pre-Seed, Grant Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Technovision Communications
VC Fund
3 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech $50k–$5M
LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Nigeria, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$37M
EDFI ElectriFI
VC Fund
2 United States, Kenya, France Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy $114k–$30M
Blue Rinc Capital
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Seed PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy $1.1M–$1.1M
Helios Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Private Equity, Series A, Series B Financial Services, Energy, Banking $4M–$179M
SMEFUNDS Capital
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States Seed, Private Equity Energy, Biofuel, FinTech $550k–$4M
Omidyar Network
VC Fund
2 United States, India, Kenya Series A, Seed, Series B Financial Services, Software, FinTech $700k–$34M
Sissili Limited
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Seed PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy $1.1M–$1.1M
Finnfund
VC Fund
2 Kenya, India, Nigeria Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Financial Services, Energy, FinTech $2.1M–$137M
Frankford Re
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Seed PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy $1.1M–$1.1M
Factor E
VC Fund
2 Kenya, United States, India Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture $20k–$10M
Proparco
VC Fund
2 Kenya, India, Nigeria Debt Financing, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, Energy, Finance $400k–$206M
Greenlabs Incubation Programme
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Pre-Seed AgTech, Waste Management, Food and Beverage
Acumen
VC Fund
2 United States, India, Kenya Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Agriculture, Solar, Farming $300k–$7.4M
African Export-Import Bank
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, Zimbabwe, United States Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Post-IPO Debt Financial Services, Banking, Energy $250k–$1.4B
Genesys
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed Consulting, Legal, Solar $57k–$57k
Seedstars Africa Ventures
VC Fund
2 Kenya, France, Rwanda Seed, Series A, Series C Energy, ISP, Credit $1.1M–$9.1M
Inspired Evolution Investment Management
VC Fund
1 Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria Private Equity, Series A Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar $7.4M–$60M
Zrosk Investment Management
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $200k–$33M
Origin Capital Management
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Health Care, Energy, Women's $2.7M–$3M
Persistent
VC Fund
1 Ghana, Germany, Switzerland Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy $500k–$1.3M
AfricInvest
VC Fund
1 Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech $2.1M–$20M
Yuzuru Honda
Angel
1 Japan, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, SNS, Internet $19k–$5.7M
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing $2M–$195M
Sovereign Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Nigeria, United States Private Equity, Seed Software, Consulting, Information Technology
Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$23M
Voltron Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Senegal Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $120k–$3M
Ventures Platform
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $100k–$4M
British International Investment
VC Fund
1 India, Kenya, United Kingdom Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Financial Services, Banking, Finance $2.5M–$122M
Adetayo Bamiduro
Angel
1 Ghana, Nigeria, United Kingdom Pre-Seed Solar, Software, Health Care $200k–$700k
Partech
VC Fund
1 France, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $1M–$56M
San Leon Energy
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Corporate Round Oil and Gas, Infrastructure
EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services $200k–$22M
On.Capital
VC Fund
1
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.4M–$184M
Echukwudi Daniel
Angel
1 Nigeria Angel Drones, Energy, Delivery
FSDH Asset Management
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Debt Financing Solar, Renewable Energy
Social Investment Managers & Advisors
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Kenya Debt Financing, Series C, Post-IPO Equity Solar, Renewable Energy, Energy $150k–$90M
Jua Fund
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria Non-Equity Assistance, Pre-Seed Agriculture, Renewable Energy, B2B $100k–$1M
Cascador
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, France, United States Debt Financing, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance Agriculture, Solar, Energy $146k–$1.8M
Ugochukwu Aronu
Angel
1 Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed Web3, Drones, Energy
SCM Capital Asset Management
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Seed Solar, Energy
Chibuzo Ujam
Angel
1 Nigeria Angel Drones, Energy, Delivery
Ardent Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Software $100k–$15M
Chinedu Azodoh
Angel
1 Nigeria Pre-Seed Solar, Renewable Energy
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All On
VC Fund · Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria · 14 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

All On: Energy Innovations. Powerful Collaboration. Our mission is to increase access to commercial energy products and services for under-served and un-served off-grid energy markets in Nigeria, with a special focus on the Niger Delta sources in Nigeria.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.5M; Grant $50k–$395k; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Maskh Nigeria — Maskh Nigeria Limited is an infrastructure firm composed of professionals with experience in renewable energy, construction, engineering, electrification, and procurement services. Spanning decades of operations, the company delivers efficient solutions for both government ministries and private sector clients.
  • Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
  • Powergen Renewable Energy — PowerGen is leading the clean energy transition in Africa as a developer, builder, and operator of solar mini-grids throughout the continent. PowerGen is backed by sector leaders including Shell, Acumen, Omidyar Network, Sumitomo, DOB Equity, ElectriFI, REPP, and the Rockefeller Foundation. PowerGen has pioneered the solar mini-grid sector inAfrica and is a founding member of the Africa Mini-grid Developers Associaiton (AMDA).
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 4 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$4M; Pre-Seed $250k–$3.3M; Series A $1.1M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
  • Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
  • Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.
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Norfund
VC Fund · Oslo, Oslo, Norway · 4 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Norwegian investment fund for developing countries

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Debt Financing $2.2M–$156M; Private Equity $7.4M–$125M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.7M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2009

Portfolio highlights

  • CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable power.
  • mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • AMPIN Energy Transition — AMPIN Energy Transition (Formerly Amp Energy India) is a leading renewable energy company driving India's green future with solar, wind, and storage solutions.
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Kaleo Ventures
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 4 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Kaleo Ventures is an investment firm that invests in pre-seed companies across Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $100k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.1M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • BankWise — Liga123 merupakan situs slot jackpot 888 slots paling gacor dan juga platform ini terdata paling banyak dicari hari ini karena memiliki akses yang mudah tanpa harus menggunakan Apk tambahan seperti VPN untuk memainkan game favorit.
  • ChipMango — ChipMango is a semiconductor company that provides chip design and pre-manufacturing engineering services.
  • Aeon Cyber Defense — Aeon is a cybersecurity company focused on securing cloud, code, runtime, and AI environments,Aeon platform appears to help organizations identify and manage security risks across modern, cloud-native technology stacks.AeonSec positions itself around integrated security visibility and protection for rapidly evolving software and AI infrastructure
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Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 4 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Women Entrepreneurship for Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ORIKI — ORIKI is a luxury skin and hair care brand that fuses all-natural ingredients primarily sourced from the continent of Africa with scientific research to create extraordinary products.
  • Mukuru Clean Stoves — Mukuru Clean Stoves is a social enterprise The company is engaged in designing, producing and distributing improved, reliable and affordable cook stoves for low income households. The company's stoves are produced using locally sourced recycled waste metal enabling them to reduce production costs and make affordable products in the market.The company distributes its products through networks of local women business owners and microfinance institutions.
  • Loom Craft Chocolate — Loom Craft Chocolate is a artisanal cocoa processor with a strong focus on the quality of our products and the sustainability of our processes.
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Technovision Communications
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 3 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

We Find, Fund and Follow African Founders into the future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Niteon — Niteon - Where Africa trades with the world on its own terms.
  • Blueroomcare — Blueroomcare offers private, affordable online counseling via app messaging, videos, and voice messages when you need it from licensed therapists. Get help, you deserve to be happy!
  • HouseAfrica — NetAccess Communication Nigeria Limited operates in the real estate industry. The company's primary focus is on software engineering, mobile development, and DevOps engineering. It also provides services related to internet use and communication. The company's team includes a CEO and a CTO, among others, who work together to deliver theirservices. NetAccess Communication Nigeria Limited also has a connection with HouseAfrica, indicating a potential collaboration or partnership between the two entities.
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund · Carmel, California, United States · 3 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 187
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $43M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
  • WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
  • Nucleon Security — Nucleon Smart Endpoint, AI and Zero-trust powered EDR platform.
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EDFI ElectriFI
VC Fund · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Impact investment in sustainable energy

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$30M; Debt Financing $114k–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BURN — Experience clean, safe, and affordable cooking with BURN's innovative cookstoves. Impact lives, reduce emissions, and enjoy delicious meals. Shop now!
  • GOGO Electric — GOGO Electric offers lithium-ion battery production, e-mobility solution and lithium-ion battery recycling services.
  • MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.
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Blue Rinc Capital
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Blue Rinc Capital is an investment holding company focused on growth investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rensource Energy — Rensource develops, finances, and manages critical energy infrastructure for African enterprises with the objective of powering Africa's economy
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Helios Investment Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Bridging international capital and know-how with African talent and enterprise since 2004, Helios Investment Partners manages funds totalling c. $3 billion.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Banking
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$39M; Series B $22M–$65M; Private Equity $45M–$179M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • HPVideo — HPVideo.io is a decentralized AI video generation platform on BNB Chain. Convert text-to-video using top-tier AI models with 10x faster rendering and 90% lower costs via DePIN architecture.
  • SeamlessHR — Africa's Leading HR & Payroll Software - Empowering African Businesses for Productivity and Profitability Through Technology.
  • SolarAfrica — Our integrated solutions are designed to reduce electricity costs, provide energy security and improve the carbon footprint of your business.
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SMEFUNDS Capital
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

SMEFUNDS CAPITAL LIMITED is a venture capital (VC) firm focused on investing and facilitating investments in climate impact and resilient enterprises and projects, as well as developing the capacities of critical actors in climate impact ecosystem, in Nigeria, and across Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Biofuel, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Private Equity
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kike AI — Revolutionizing LPG distribution with smart monitoring and efficient delivery solutions.
  • OneWattSolar — OneWattSolar is a FinTech Energy Blockchain Ecosystem that delivers affordable electricity to SMEs, Households, Telco towers, Banks, ATM Operators, and Health Facilities. Through an innovative energy-as-a-service model OneWattSolar pays for, installs, owns and operates Solar Rooftop Energy Unit, also known as Solar Home System (SHS). Herebyenabling energy consumers to access solar energy with zero up-front investment from, no out of pocket expenses and 24/7 access to electricity while they pay monthly for the energy consumed.
  • Green Energy Biofuels — Civil society / Commercial society / Other types of companies
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Omidyar Network
VC Fund · Redwood City, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Omidyar Network is a philanthropy whose mission is to bend the arc of the digital revolution toward shared power, prosperity, and possibility.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 314
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$4M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $5.2M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hopelab — Hopelab is a researcher, investor, and convener that supports equity-centered solutions for the mental health and well-being of Black, Brown, and Queer young people.
  • FinReach — FinReach Solutions is a company providing innovative credit guarantee programs to facilitate lending for underserved micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), particularly those lacking collateral or formal credit history. Their solution enables financial institutions to extend credit to entrepreneurs, including women-led businesses andclimate-focused ventures, by de-risking loans through guarantees and leveraging data-driven borrower risk assessment. FinReach aims to expand financial inclusion in India’s lower-tier regions, helping thousands of borrowers access formal finance through partnerships with development finance institutions and global impact investors.
  • d.light — Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com.
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Sissili Limited
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Private Investment Company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rensource Energy — Rensource develops, finances, and manages critical energy infrastructure for African enterprises with the objective of powering Africa's economy
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Finnfund
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Series B $5M–$41M; Debt Financing $9.4M–$137M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $93M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Bisedge — Bisedge provides outsourcing solutions for material handling equipment including forklifts and other MHE, maintenance packages as well as the operators. Bisedge is offering this solution as a “Product-As-A-Service” for a monthly fee.
  • Transvolt Mobility — Transvolt Mobility is an early-stage, technology-driven EV fleet operator, enabling India’s transition to sustainable, zero-emission transport by providing a scalable, multi-partner platform for commercial electric mobility across urban and industrial segments.
  • EVF General Finance Joint Stock Company — EVF provides a wide range of financial services, including credit lines for micro, small, and medium-sized firms (MSMEs).
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Frankford Re
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Private Investment Holding Company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rensource Energy — Rensource develops, finances, and manages critical energy infrastructure for African enterprises with the objective of powering Africa's economy
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Factor E
VC Fund · Fort Collins, Colorado, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy 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: 35
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.6M; Series A $1.3M–$10M; Convertible Note $20k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • InspiraFarms — InspiraFarms provides on-and-near farm, grid & solar powered Cold Rooms & Packhouses for agribusinesses & distributors. Reduce energy costs & food losses!
  • 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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Proparco
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector. Proparco participates in the financing and support of companies and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Its action focuses on the key sectors of development: infrastructures with a focus on renewable energies, agro-industry, financial institutions, health, education ... Its interventions are aimed at strengthening the contribution of private actors the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015. Proparco finances companies whose activity contributes to the creation of jobs and decent incomes, the supply of essential goods and services, and the fight against climate change.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Kenya, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 142
  • Round size: Debt Financing $400k–$206M; Private Equity $10M–$60M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$72M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

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.
  • Ecoener — Ecoener is a renewable energy company that develops, builds, operates, and maintains electricity generation projects based on clean energy sources. The company works across hydropower, wind, and solar photovoltaic technologies, managing the full lifecycle of energy facilities from early development and engineering to construction and long-termoperation. It also engages in energy commercialization activities that support the sale and distribution of electricity generated from its assets. Ecoener handles project planning, permitting, environmental assessment, and technical design as part of its infrastructure development process. The company operates and expands renewable energy plants across multiple international markets while integrating maintenance and operational management services for its facilities. It also participates in storage-related and hybrid energy projects that combine different renewable technologies to support grid stability and energy supply efficiency.
  • CarbonFarm Technology — Decarbonise rice farming, transparently. CarbonFarm harnesses satellites and AI to monitor and certify decarbonisation projects at scale.
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Greenlabs Incubation Programme
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Greenlabs Incubation Programme provides mentoring and growth assistance, supported by the Consumer Advocacy and Empowerment Foundation in cooperation with Jacobs Ladder Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, Waste Management, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ecobag Mart — Ecobag Mart is a startup company that offers environmentally friendly solutions in the food supply chain.
  • Leovia Farms — Leovia Farms is an agri-tech startup focused on reducing food losses and climate pressures.
  • Geocycle — Geocycle is a startup company for developing solutions to reduce food loss in agriculture.
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Acumen
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy 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, Acumen invested $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, Farming
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 209
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $1000k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $123M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Bintix — Bintix averts landfill waste ... one household at a time.
  • eBik — eBik is an innovation-driven company that builds high-quality products by investing in R&D, innovation, and automation.
  • 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.
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African Export-Import Bank
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

African Export-Import Bank - Transforming Africa's Trade

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $30M–$800M; Debt Financing $10M–$1.4B; Non-Equity Assistance $250k–$250k
  • Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Azania Bank — Azania Bank is a banking firm that provides banking, forex, capital market, and other financial services.
  • Prometal Mining Sarl — Prometal Mining produces steel and metallurgical products for construction, agriculture and general industry. The company operates electric arc furnace and hot rolling operations to supply reinforcing bars, structural sections, sheets and other long and flat steel products. It offers items such as concrete reinforcing steel, UPN beams, flat sheets, decorative tubes and various profiles used in infrastructure and building works. Prometal Mining also manufactures hand tools and implements including wheelbarrows, files, machetes, shovels, hoes and picks for professional and agricultural use. Its quality management system is certified to ISO 9001, and its products are designed to comply with applicable technical standards and regulations.
  • African Trade and Distribution Company — The African Trade and Distribution Company (ATDC) is a strategic entity established to accelerate intra-African trade and industrialization. company's core mission is to facilitate the distribution and trade of raw materials, minerals, and value-added goods within Africa, thereby shifting the continent toward higher-value industrial products.ATDC supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and smallholder farmers by providing trade finance, logistics, warehousing, regulatory guidance, and access to market opportunities. It focuses on creating efficient supply chains and expanding market reach for African producers across the continent.
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Genesys
VC Fund · Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Join a vibrant tech community focused on developing skills in software development, product design, and entrepreneurship.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, Legal, Solar
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $57k–$57k
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scuudu — Scuudu Scuudu is a digital technology lab that provides hardware development, data analytics, web design, and development services.
  • Lawyerpp — Lawyerpp is a web and mobile app designed to help lawyers manage virtual law practices and connect users with legal services to individuals.
  • Greenage Technologies Power Systems — Delivering Solar Energy Access through local engineering and technology MINI-GRIDS, SOLAR INSTALLATION, SOLAR ENGINEERING WHO WE ARE Solar INVERTER COLLECTION...
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Seedstars Africa Ventures
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Seedstars Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in high-growth companies active across Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, ISP, Credit
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Kenya, France, Rwanda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.5M; Series A $8.2M–$9.1M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
  • 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.
  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Inspired Evolution Investment Management
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Inspired Evolution established in 2007 as a specialised investment business to lead sustainable clean energy and resource efficiency investments across sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired Evolution offers a dedicated, multi-disciplinary, professional investment team with a deep track record targeting superior returns with measured development outcomes.Inspired Evolution’s investment focus is centered on clean energy and resource efficiency assets. We have demonstrated that capital deployment to investments in this specialised asset class, can generate exceptional returns at the nexus of social equity, ecological integrity and responsible economic growth. This lies at the heart of sustainable investing.Inspired Evolution’s view is that sustainability is not only everybody’s business as citizens of a rapidly globalising world, but that it will define the future of business and investment decisions.Inspired Evolution manages Evolution One Fund – its first dedicated, closed-ended third party investment fund. Evolution One Fund makes early stage, expansion and development stage, and later stage or mature equity and equity-related investments primarily for control or significant minority positions in market-leading growth businesses located principally in South and southern Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Series A $20M–$35M; Private Equity $7.4M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $20M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • SolarSaver — South African and Namibian businesses can now choose to rent their solar photovoltaic systems rather than buy them outright. Immediate savings. Free-of-charge.
  • CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable power.
  • Cold Solutions Kenya — We offer state-of-the-art temperature-controlled storage facilities and cold chain logistics to ensure your products stay fresh and safe.
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Zrosk Investment Management
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Alternative investment solutions: private credit, discretionary portfolios, and the Magna Specialized Fund.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M; Series A $7M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PaidHR — PaidHR helps organizations manage their global employee life-cycle with an all-in-one people management software. Request a demo to see how PaidHR can help you scale your HR operations today.
  • Lingawa — Speak your native language with pride! Learn Yoruba and Igbo with fun, immersive online lessons for adults and kids (ages 5+).
  • Definely — Definely creates legal tech solutions to free lawyers from frustration, saving them time when understanding, drafting and reviewing legal documents.
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Origin Capital Management
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Origin Capital Management is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor that invests in the public equity and hedging markets of USA.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Energy, Women's
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lyra Health — Lyra is your partner in building a culture that celebrates mental well-being. Learn more about how to partner with Lyra and transform workforce mental health.
  • Monica Healthcare — GE Healthcare Systems is a provider of technologies, digital infrastructure, data analytics and decision support tools used in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients.
  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Persistent
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

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

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Ghana, Germany, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 81% lead, 19% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
  • EcoNetix — Leading Carbon Asset Manager for voluntary and compliance markets (CORSIA, Art. 6), we help companies reduce emissions, offset with high-integrity credits, and communicate impact.
  • Circadian Technologies GmbH — AI-driven VPP unlocking revenue for telecom towers.
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AfricInvest
VC Fund · Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is part of Integra Group, an investment and financial services company based in Tunisia. Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and employs 66 professionals based in seven offices. AfricInvest manages USD1 billion across 16 funds and benefits from strong, long-term support from both local and international investors, including leading development finance institutions in the United States and Europe. Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region. Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in 135 companies across 25 African countries in a variety of high growth sectors and maintains a broad network of high quality executives across Africa, offering extensive expertise in key growth industries, including financial services, agribusiness, consumer/retail, education and healthcare.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech
  • Stage:Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 115
  • Round size: Private Equity $6.5M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Promamec — Since 1981, Promamec has been producing and distributing medical devices in Morocco: equipment, medical equipment or consumable
  • Spoon Consulting — Spoon Consulting provides IT and back-office services related to ERP technologies and cloud technologies.
  • Hi-Tech Detection Systems — Hi-Tech Detection Systems provide services based on analytical science and product inspection. They also launch remote diagnostic solutions for its fleet of analytical instruments and life sciences.
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Yuzuru Honda
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $182k–$5.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $19k–$184k
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
  • ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Empowering innovators to build the future of energy

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 290
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$19M; Series A $11M–$55M; Series B $20M–$195M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $145M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Arkea Bio — ArkeaBio is using innovative vaccine technologies to create solutions to reduce the on-farm methane emissions responsible for 6% of global GHG emissions.
  • Type One Energy — Type One Energy is a fusion power system developer whose goal is to provide clean fusion power to cities. Through innovations in high-temp superconducting magnets and additive manufacturing, the company's system connects the compact, cost-effective stellarator fusion power plant to the grid, allowing people to access power when it is needed.
  • Prolific Machines — Difficult protein production made simple. A next-generation expression system for next-generation therapeutics.
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Sovereign Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

We invest in service-based business in a number of sectors that have potential for expansion in the UK or internationally and have a differentiated market positioning.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Consulting, Information Technology
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $520M in 2005

Portfolio highlights

  • SunFi — SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans.
  • Shackleton — Shackleton is a financial advisory firm that provides financial, tax, and retirement planning, investment management.
  • AquaQ Analytics — Every question matters, every pathway, direction, thought process and conversation. Because every challenge makes us stronger, more knowledgeable, more determined and more valuable to our clients.
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series A $1.1M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

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.
  • TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
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Voltron Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

On a mission to back the most extraordinary entrepreneurs out of Africa solving important problems in large markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Senegal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lingawa — Speak your native language with pride! Learn Yoruba and Igbo with fun, immersive online lessons for adults and kids (ages 5+).
  • Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
  • ZeroComplex AI — ZeroComplex AI develops Artificial Intelligence workflow that intends to revolutionize business operations with simplified AI integration.
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 173
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $84M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
  • Cybervergent — Start with your industry and see how Cybervergent delivers Digital Trust, from posture to proof, written for your context.
  • Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
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British International Investment
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: India, Kenya, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 432
  • Round size: Series B $13M–$70M; Debt Financing $6.8M–$100M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$122M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2009

Portfolio highlights

  • Mettle.net — Mettle was established in 1995 as a specialist financial services company and has, since its inception become recognised for innovation in the creation of specialised financial solutions.With clients ranging from international corporates to small and medium enterprises and individuals, clients experience a different kind of insight from Mettle.This level of vision and considered intuition can also be found in Mettle’s investments.
  • Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
  • mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Adetayo Bamiduro
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Adetayo Bamiduro is the Co-Founder and CEO of MAX. He previously worked at Techstars as a Techstars Program (NYC Fall 2015 Class). Adetayo Bamiduro attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Ghana, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$700k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kunda Kids — Kunda Kids brings African stories to life! Award-winning books, music & media that make early learning joyful, empowering & proudly cultural.
  • Rivia Clinics — Rivia is an asset-light healthcare chain that partners with existing clinics to improve their quality of service to patients. They offer their partners:1. Loans for infrastructure upgrades and inventory. 2. A hospital management system to simplify administrative tasks. 3. Support with customer acquisition and marketing. 4. Adherence to"Rivia Standards", a set of patient-centric quality guidelines. Overall, Rivia aims to provide a "modern healthcare experience" for patients in emerging markets.
  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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Partech
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: France, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 699
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9M; Series A $4.5M–$28M; Series B $9M–$56M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $345M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Modeinspect — acreom is the integrated markdown knowledge base with tasks. Your personal daily driver for your dev workflow.
  • TeamToolz — TeamToolz creates and implements user-friendly applications that simplify and streamline the creation, management and archiving of marketing communications. Addressing the urgency of time to market, our web-based tools better enable entire brand launches by coordinating the workflow of multiple outside agencies and internal groups, for moreintegrated worldwide brand management.
  • Revibe — Buy refurbished & used electronics (Smartphones, Laptops) in UAE at Revibe. Free delivery & 12 months warranty. Certified tech by our experts. Order Now!
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San Leon Energy
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

San Leon Energy is a specialist oil and gas company with an extensive portfolio of assets across Europe and North Africa.San Leon Energy is a company built on solid foundations. We concentrate on using our leading-edge technical expertise in both conventional and ‘unconventional’ oil and gas. Our aim is to provide a sustainable energy future. Wework sympathetically with our local partners and communities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Oil and Gas, Infrastructure
  • Stage:Corporate Round
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Energy Link — Energy Link delivers crude evacuation services through our dedicated pipeline system anchored on OML18. Provide infrastructure for efficient and long-term crude storage and evacuation.
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.2M; Series A $1.2M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $8M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Printivo — Design & print Business Cards, flyers, mugs and other print products online and we will deliver your doorstep. Get instant quotes.
  • S&T Media — AdPump The Best Digital Platform to advertise your products and services
  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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On.Capital
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

On.Capital provides investments, fundraising, and advising services.

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Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 589
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$99M; Series B $4.3M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Moi — Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile. 
  • Wonderplanet — Wonderplanet designs and develops native language applications and games for smart phones and tablets. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.
  • EneCoat Technologies — EneCoat Technologies is working on materials development for perovskite solar cells and the commercialization of modules.EneCoat Technologies will create the future of energy through thin-film solar cells with the aims of protecting the environment and effectively utilizing natural energy sources.
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Echukwudi Daniel
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Echukwudi Daniel

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Drones, Energy, Delivery
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
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FSDH Asset Management
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Nigeria's leading asset management and financial advisory firm. We are dedicated to preserving investor's wealth while maximizing the value received.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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Social Investment Managers & Advisors
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

SIMA is a social asset manager dedicated to empowering the Bottom of the Pyramid by providing demand-driven commercial capital and advisory solutions

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Renewable Energy, Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series C, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Debt Financing $150k–$90M
  • Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $131M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Altech Group — Altech Group aims at expanding access to clean, renewable, and affordable energy both for poor-grid and off-grid households.
  • Loom Solar Private Limited — Buy solar panel, battery and inverter for home, business, agriculture, DIY projects, and more. from 10 watts -100kW from Loom Solar - India's No. 1 solar company. Choose from solar panels, inverters, lithium batteries, charge controllers to solar installation kit. We provide solar finance for rooftop solar installation
  • Insolation Energy — Insolation Energy is one of the top solar panel manufacturers in India, delivering efficient solar solutions. As a trusted solar power company in India, we are committed to providing clean, sustainable, and affordable electricity for all.
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Jua Fund
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

EARLY-STAGE, PAN-AFRICAN, VENTURE CAPITAL FUND INVESTING CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY IN A NEW GENERATION OF AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Renewable Energy, B2B
  • Stage:Non-Equity Assistance, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Non-Equity Assistance $100k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jirogasy — Jirogasy manufactures, assembles, and designs solar home systems and communication systems for solar.
  • BRYT Knowledge — Sign up & book a free lesson from highly qualified tutors covering both ZIMSEC and Cambridge Syllabi. Quality tutor-administered lessons are what we deliver.
  • Powerstove Energy — Powerstove Energy, which uses advanced technology to deliver a superior smokeless, IoT-enabled cookstove that generates electricity.
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Cascador
VC Fund · Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Cascador | Business Growth Accelerator for Mid-Stage Nigerian Companies Cascador is a business growth program for Nigerian entrepreneurs leading mid-stage companies, providing mentoring and access to advisors, and investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Solar, Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance
  • Geography: Nigeria, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Debt Financing $146k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $2M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Beauty Hut — Beauty Hut is a forward-thinking beauty distribution company that uses technology to make high-demand beauty items more accessible throughout Africa.
  • Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
  • BEYOND Fitness — BEYOND Fitness is a gyms and rehabilitation centres offered to business teams and professionals.
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Ugochukwu Aronu
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Web3, Drones, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
  • Gamic — Africa's biggest gaming guild.
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SCM Capital Asset Management
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

SCM Capital Asset Management Limited is the full-service Asset Management subsidiary of SCM Capital Markets Limited, which is registered as a Fund / Portfolio Manager with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SunFi — SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans.
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Chibuzo Ujam
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Chibuzo Ujam

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Drones, Energy, Delivery
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
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Ardent Capital
VC Fund · Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Leading Venture Capital & Builder in Southeast Asia | Experts in E-Commerce, B2B, B2C, Fulfilment Startups | Seed, Series A Funding

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$400k; Series A $100k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $13M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Laborhack — LaborHack offers a select network of tested and certified carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, welders, and other tradespeople. It provides cleaning, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC services.
  • Trade Lenda — Trade Lenda is digital financial service solution enabling access to credit for MSMEs leveraging alternative data sources to qualify character and capacity in Nigeria.It’s a known fact access to finance is a major challenge for MSMEs with a $5trillion opportunity market across developing economies. According to reports from PWC and IFC, MSMEsaccount for about 84% of the jobs created in this region and about 50% of the GDP of the African economies. However without needed finance, most of them are likely to shut down within first 2-5 years. Today with our smart data algorithm, we leverage on data to evaluate character and capacity of every request thus removing focus on upfront collateral and cutting bottle necks associated to getting credits by MSMEs. We are not stopping there but also going a step further to provide micro savings, insurance, investment and pension soon for MSMEs.
  • Feather Africa — Feather Africa provides money transaction services, such as enabling users to send and receive money from anyone using the application. It offers withdrawals of cash without ATM cards by sending money to the nearest cash vendors.
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Chinedu Azodoh
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Growth Officer @ MAX

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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Energy Investor funding in Nigeria at a glance

Stats across 256 deals from 188 investors.

188
investors
in Nigeria Energy startups
256
deals
in Nigeria Energy startups
$769k
median round
in Nigeria Energy startups
59%
lead investors
lead at least one round
28%
Grant
most common funding stage
94/6
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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