Top 5 Financial Services Startup Investors in Sierra Leone (October 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, 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

PrePex — Non Surgical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention and social enterprise, offering innovative, affordable and scalable public healthcare solutions
Orb Energy — Orb Energy is a vertically integrated solar company that manufactures solar panels, design, install, and services complete system, and finance C&I customers.
Gramalaya Urban And Rural Development Initiatives And Network — Gramalaya Urban And Rural Development Initiatives And Network (GUARDIAN) is addressing the complex water and sanitation problems faced by low-income communities in India through its innovative water credit solution. GUARDIAN provides microloans to low-income families seeking to install water and sanitation facilities in their households.

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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, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: India, Kenya, The Netherlands

Investor stats

Total investments: 204
Round size: Series B $5.3M–$46M; Debt Financing $5M–$195M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$200M
Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow

Portfolio highlights

Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
U Gro Capital — U Gro Capital is a fintech platform that provides lending services for SMEs. U GRO Capital is a BSE-listed, technology-focused, small business lending platform. The company is focused on addressing the capital needs of small businesses operating in select eight sectors by providing customized loan solutions.
Yednist' Group — Yednist’ Group is one of the largest agri-processing holdings in Ukraine operating in the following segments: production of bulk feed, packaged feed, premixes and concentrates; veterinary drugs distribution; pet goods distribution. Yednist’ Group operates five production facilities with a total annual capacity of 600 thousand tonnes, including 30thousand tonnes of premixes and concentrates.

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Hivos-Triodos Fund is an investment Fund.

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

Easy Solar — Easy Solar distributes solar energy solutions, life improving products and financial services to the households and businesses in Sierra Leone.
Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
GridBeyond Storage — GridBeyond Storage is a cooperative venture accelerating the adoption of behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage devices.

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 22
Round size: Seed $100k–$2.7M; Series A $1.3M–$9.1M; Series B $1M–$40M
Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

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.
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.

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