# Actis

> Actis is a VC fund in London backing Manufacturing and Energy. See 80 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 80
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 73%
- Fund size: $4.7B
- Last fund: Dec 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/actis/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ActisLLP
- Website: https://www.act.is/

Actis is a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. They deliver consistent, competitive returns, responsibly, through insights gained from trusted relationships, local knowledge and deep sector expertise. Founded in 2004, they have an unparalleled heritage in growth markets, set within a culture of activeownership. They have raised US$14bn since inception and employ over 200 people, including a team of c.120 investment professionals, working across 16 offices globally. Their investors’ capital is at work in c.70 companies around the world, employing over 116,500 people. Actis is a global platform offering a multi-asset strategy through the asset classes of private equity, energy, infrastructure and real estate. Their depth of experience, global insight and local understanding make them the partner of choice for investors, management teams, entrepreneurs and governments. They invest with an exclusive focus on intra-growth market investing (their 'south-south' approach): sharing knowledge and experience across regions and businesses to help deliver consistent, competitive returns responsibly.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Private Equity | $18M–$220M |
| Post-IPO Equity | $100M–$244M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 18 | 23% |
| Energy | 10 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 11% |
| Renewable Energy | 8 | 10% |
| Health Care | 7 | 9% |

97 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 53 | 66% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 15% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 6 | 8% |
| Series A | 3 | 4% |
| Series B | 2 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 20 | 25% |
| China | 8 | 10% |
| Nigeria | 6 | 8% |
| South Africa | 6 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 6% |

27 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chu Kong | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chu-kong |
| David Cooke | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-cooke-2 |
| David Morley | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-morley |
| Fash Sawyerr | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fash-sawyerr |
| Funke Okubadejo | Director, Real Estate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/funke-okubadejo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rezolv Energy | Rezolv Energy develops, owns, and operates renewable power generation assets focused on large-scale wind and solar projects. The company is engaged in identifying project sites, securing land rights, managing permitting processes, and overseeing construction and grid connection activities. Its business model includes long-term power purchaseagreements with corporate and utility offtakers to supply electricity from renewable sources. Rezolv Energy also manages the ongoing operation and maintenance of its assets to ensure consistent power delivery. The company’s activities support the generation of electricity from renewable resources and the integration of these assets into existing energy systems. | $352.9M | Private Equity | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Catalyze | Catalyze is a renewable energy data analytics, development, and asset management platform. Catalyze is a look forward to collaborating with you on commercial and industrial renewable energy projects whether for development, investment, or partnership. |  | Private Equity | Feb 28, 2023 |  |
| Yellow Door Energy | A performance-based long-term contract which does not expose you to any technical or performance risk on your solar plant.Yellow Door Energy manages all stages of the solar plant and you pay a monthly solar bill once the solar plant starts producing electricity | $400M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Omega Geração | Omega Gera operates in the exploration, development, implementation, and operation of assets for renewable power generation. They provide energy services in hydroelectric power generation, wind electric power generation, and management of companies and enterprises. Omega Gera provides project development, energy generation, and commercialization. | $147M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 27, 2022 |  |
| Chayora | Chayora is a world-class infrastructure developer based in Hong Kong with a primary focus on building Data Centre platforms in China. Chayora enables international online companies to effectively access the vast and rapidly developing Chinese market. They provide the fastest, most reliable and assured route to your business engagement in China. | $180M | Series C | Oct 15, 2019 |  |
| ROKITAX | RokitaX is striving to be at the forefront of the AI industry, we conduct advanced technical research with the backing of Fortune 500 companies. | $16.4M | Series A | Sep 10, 2018 |  |
| Profectus Capital | Profectus Capital is a non-banking financial services company. | $220M | Private Equity | May 30, 2018 |  |
| Pine Labs | Pine Labs offers a merchant platform that includes technology and financial solutions for merchants. These solutions are aimed at helping merchants in increasing their revenue and reducing cost, complexity, and risk.The company connects financial institutions and consumer brands to enable merchants to deliver value to their retail customers. Itpowers offline and online last-mile retail transactions, provides customer insights for targeted sales, and offers financial solutions. The company’s cloud-based platform powers 3,50,000+ POS terminals across 3700 cities and towns in India and Malaysia.Over 1,00,000 merchants across sectors - electronics, food and beverage, fashion, airlines, and more, use Pine Labs’ solutions. 15 major banks, 7 financial institutions, and 100+ brands are part of Pine Labs’ platform. | $22M | Private Equity | Mar 13, 2018 |  |
| Pine Labs | Pine Labs offers a merchant platform that includes technology and financial solutions for merchants. These solutions are aimed at helping merchants in increasing their revenue and reducing cost, complexity, and risk.The company connects financial institutions and consumer brands to enable merchants to deliver value to their retail customers. Itpowers offline and online last-mile retail transactions, provides customer insights for targeted sales, and offers financial solutions. The company’s cloud-based platform powers 3,50,000+ POS terminals across 3700 cities and towns in India and Malaysia.Over 1,00,000 merchants across sectors - electronics, food and beverage, fashion, airlines, and more, use Pine Labs’ solutions. 15 major banks, 7 financial institutions, and 100+ brands are part of Pine Labs’ platform. | $82M |  | Mar 13, 2018 |  |
| Jabi Lake Mall | Jabi Lake Mall is a retail center in Nigeria that offers 27,000 square meters of grade-A shopping space |  | Private Equity | Apr 07, 2017 |  |

10 of 80 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Actis invest in?

Actis invests primarily in Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 80 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Actis's check size?

Actis typically joins rounds of $18M–$220M at Private Equity and $100M–$244M at Post-IPO Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Actis participates in.

### How do I contact Actis?

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### Who are the partners at Actis?

The team at Actis includes Chu Kong (Partner), David Cooke (Director) and David Morley (Partner), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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