# Avi Jacobson

> Avi Jacobson is a debt financing investor at SunFunder (Nairobi) backing Solar and Energy. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SunFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunfunder)
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avi-jacobson-7110b620/

Avi Jacobson is a debt financing investor at SunFunder in Nairobi focused on Solar and Energy. Avi Jacobson - Investment Director @ SunFunder

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 1 | 100% |
| Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SolarWorks! | SolarWorks! develops, manufactures and markets high quality solar solutions for lighting and low voltage (6-12V) electricity provision for occasions where there is no or limited access to electricity. | $2M | Debt Financing | Jan 17, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About SunFunder

VC Fund · Nairobi, Kenya

SunFunder is a solar energy finance business with a mission to provide financing for solar assets in emerging economies, including inventory, working capital, construction, and structured finance loans. The company offers borrowers deep solar market expertise, and efficient due diligence process, and strong customer partnerships, whilesimultaneously providing investors with diversified, high-impact, fixed income debt offerings of emerging market solar investments.SunFunder is a well-positioned financial intermediary that has been operating since 2012.

5 contacts available at SunFunder.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audrey Desiderato | Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-desiderato |
| Avi Jacobson | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avi-jacobson |
| Nico Tyabji | Head of Strategic Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nico-tyabji |
| Sanjeev Debipersad | Head of Risk | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanjeev-debipersad |
| Collins Kuindwa | Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collins-kuindwa |

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## FAQ

### What does Avi Jacobson invest in?

Avi Jacobson invests primarily in Solar, Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Debt Financing stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Avi Jacobson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Avi Jacobson closed in Jan 2019. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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