Anglo American Platinum
VC Fund
Johannesburg, South Africa
Anglo American Platinum is a VC fund in Johannesburg focused on Energy and Battery. Anglo American Platinum Limited is the world's largest primary producer of platinum, accounting for about 38% of the world's annual supply. Based in South Africa, most of the group's operations lie to the northwest and northeast of Johannesburg.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Anglo American Platinum invests in
Stages Anglo American Platinum invests in
Countries Anglo American Platinum invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 1 (33%)
- Battery 1 (33%)
- Delivery 1 (33%)
- CleanTech 1 (33%)
- Manufacturing 1 (33%)
Stage
- Series D 1 (33%)
- Series E 1 (33%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Country
- United States 1 (33%)
- United Kingdom 1 (33%)
Investments
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Primus Power is a privately held, Northern California based producer of flow batteries: Big Batteries for the Smart Grid. These patented, liquid batteries provide flexible capacity from 25kW to 25MW, for stationary, grid scale applications. Primus' EnergyPod provides 5 hours of energy discharge and a long twenty year life span. These ZincBromine batteries are safe and low maintenance. The company has systems installed and working in the field both domestically and internationally and has a growing backlog. The second generation EnergyPod 2 announced production February 21, 2017 with a reduced footprint, low cost of goods, and high reliability components to deliver superior power density.The company has proven technology with installed systems that are working in the field. Investors include Nancy Pfund at DBL Investors, Vancouver based Chrysalix Energy VC, I2BF, Palo Alto based Kleiner Perkins, Anglo American, Rusnano, and Kazyna Capital Management. | $32M / Series E / Mar 26, 2017 | |
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Primus Power is a privately held, Northern California based producer of flow batteries: Big Batteries for the Smart Grid. These patented, liquid batteries provide flexible capacity from 25kW to 25MW, for stationary, grid scale applications. Primus' EnergyPod provides 5 hours of energy discharge and a long twenty year life span. These ZincBromine batteries are safe and low maintenance. The company has systems installed and working in the field both domestically and internationally and has a growing backlog. The second generation EnergyPod 2 announced production February 21, 2017 with a reduced footprint, low cost of goods, and high reliability components to deliver superior power density.The company has proven technology with installed systems that are working in the field. Investors include Nancy Pfund at DBL Investors, Vancouver based Chrysalix Energy VC, I2BF, Palo Alto based Kleiner Perkins, Anglo American, Rusnano, and Kazyna Capital Management. | $25M / Series D / Sep 09, 2015 | |
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Food Freshness Technology (FFT) is a high tech innovations company focused on delivering comprehensive solutions for food freshness. These unique patented technologies are delivered by leading edge materials science developed in partnership with some of world’s renowned research & technology organisations. To-date FFT has raised in excess of$15m to bring to market a range of simple products that reduce waste, protect and increase food quality.The benefits delivered by FFT products are focused on extended freshness, improved consumption quality, increased sales and reduction in waste in the food sector, which are at the forefront of the industry’s needs, to keep it both competitive and profitable.These innovations directly help to address the problem at the heart of food security facing the world in the medium term future | $10.1M / Sep 01, 2015 |
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FAQ
What does Anglo American Platinum invest in?
Anglo American Platinum invests primarily in Energy, Battery and Delivery startups, most often at Series D and Series E stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Anglo American Platinum last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Anglo American Platinum closed in Mar 2017. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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