Top 5 Startup Investors in Benin (October 2026)

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• ORIKI — A wellness + farm to skin brand that creates pampering experiences and luxurious natural personal grooming products. Sharing Africa!
• Mukuru Clean Stoves — Earthshot Prize Winner 2022. We use recycled metal to manufacture improved, efficient and affordable cookstoves.
• 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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• Figorr — Figorr is your go-to, for accessing reliable information on temperature, humidity, and location. Experience the next generation of data-driven insights with Figorr today.
• Sumet Technologies — Sumet is a transforming the distribution of essential goods across the african continent.
• TileGreen — TileGreen is a manufacturing technology company that invented a patented, machine-learning-based, and automated thermomechanical modular technology (TG1.0) that acts as a platform for producing more than 100 circular, economic, and durable building materials (recycled-polymer-aggregate-composite) from all types of mechanically unrecyclable plasticwaste at a green discount, not a green premium. Re-PAC material doesn’t crack, rot, rust, erode, or interact with chemicals, which makes it a durable, economical, and green alternative for multiple concrete, clay, wood, and metal non-structural applications.

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• M-KOPA — M-KOPA provides connected asset financing solutions for underbanked customers. Its platform combines digital micropayments and IoT connectivity to offer access to products including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones, financial services, and more.
• Spironet — 130K+ Bikes Deployed. 50M+ Battery Swaps. 2.6B+ CO2 Free KMs Driven
• 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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• Sawa Energy — Sawa energy is an affordable, predictable solar electricity solution to power Rwandan businesses with clean and renewable energy.
• Complete Farmer — Complete Farmer connects growers, buyers, and vendors with technology, support, and market access across Ghana and beyond.
• Good Nature Agro — Their priority is to generate lasting income with small-scale farmers. They build local community leaders into qualified Private Extension Agents (PEAs) who oversee and train farmers throughout the growing season. They support PEAs to provide frequent trainings and personalized recommendations on how their growers can make their field healthier andmore productive. PEAs promote improved farm practices and deliver a farmer-friendly loan of seeds and additional inputs. At harvest, Good Nature is a guaranteed market for the certified legume seed that their growers produce. Choosing to produce these high-value crops over traditional cash crops - maize and cotton - more than doubles their income.

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• Candi — Combining the best of its roots in Switzerland, and extensive local presence, candi offers companies of all sizes the simplest, most efficient way to take advantage of solar power for their business.
• Odyssey — Discover how Odyssey Energy Solutions unblocks bottlenecks in DRE project development. Access diverse financing, procure equipment efficiently, and remotely monitor system performance. Join over 2000 renewable energy companies that use Odyssey to scale. Get in touch today.
• Union Nationale des Caisses Rurales d'Épargne et de Prêt — Union Nationale des Caisses Rurales d’Épargne et de Prêt is a Beninese microfinance cooperative serving farmers and entrepreneurs.