# Christopher Clarke

> Christopher Clarke is a private equity investor at Inspired Evolution Investment Management backing Solar. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Inspired Evolution Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspired-evolution-investment-management)
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-clarke-1b21826b/

Christopher Clarke is a private equity investor at Inspired Evolution Investment Management in Cape Town focused on Solar and Battery. Christopher Clarke co-founded Inspired Evolution Investment Management in 2007 where he is managing partner and an investment committee member. He attended University of Cape Town.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 1 | 100% |
| Battery | 1 | 100% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Energy Efficiency | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SolarSaver | SolarSaver offers customized solar photovoltaic and solar-battery hybrid solutions. | $60M | Private Equity | Nov 10, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FMO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fmo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RMB Corvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rmb-corvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Swedfund International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swedfund-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Inspired Evolution Investment Management

VC Fund · Cape Town, South Africa

Inspired Evolution established in 2007 as a specialised investment business to lead sustainable clean energy and resource efficiency investments across sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired Evolution offers a dedicated, multi-disciplinary, professional investment team with a deep track record targeting superior returns with measured development outcomes.Inspired Evolution’s investment focus is centered on clean energy and resource efficiency assets. We have demonstrated that capital deployment to investments in this specialised asset class, can generate exceptional returns at the nexus of social equity, ecological integrity and responsible economic growth. This lies at the heart of sustainable investing.Inspired Evolution’s view is that sustainability is not only everybody’s business as citizens of a rapidly globalising world, but that it will define the future of business and investment decisions.Inspired Evolution manages Evolution One Fund – its first dedicated, closed-ended third party investment fund. Evolution One Fund makes early stage, expansion and development stage, and later stage or mature equity and equity-related investments primarily for control or significant minority positions in market-leading growth businesses located principally in South and southern Africa.

4 contacts available at Inspired Evolution Investment Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Brooks | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-brooks-2 |
| Anthony Ngugi | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-ngugi |
| Christopher Clarke | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-clarke-4938 |
| Wayne Keast | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayne-keast |

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## FAQ

### What does Christopher Clarke invest in?

Christopher Clarke invests primarily in Solar, Battery and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Christopher Clarke last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Clarke closed in Nov 2025. 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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