EDFI ElectriFI
VC Fund
Brussels, Belgium
EDFI ElectriFI is a VC fund in Brussels focused on Energy and Solar. The Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI) is a blending facility funded by the European Union and managed by the EDFI Management Company. ElectriFI aims to unlock, accelerate and leverage private sector investment to increase or improve access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy in developing countries.
- Total investments:
- 68
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries EDFI ElectriFI invests in
Stages EDFI ElectriFI invests in
Countries EDFI ElectriFI invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $2.2M–$30M
- Debt Financing
- $114k–$10M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.6M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 33 (49%)
- Solar 21 (31%)
- Renewable Energy 17 (25%)
- Energy Management 6 (9%)
- Agriculture 5 (7%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 26 (38%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 11 (16%)
- Series A 8 (12%)
- Convertible Note 5 (7%)
- Funding Round 4 (6%)
Country
- United States 6 (9%)
- Kenya 5 (7%)
- France 3 (4%)
- Nigeria 3 (4%)
- India 2 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jean-Denis Collin
Regional Manager
|
Regional Manager | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers. | $7.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 10, 2026 | ||
| GOGO Electric offers lithium-ion battery production, e-mobility solution and lithium-ion battery recycling services. | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 03, 2025 | ||
| BURN's core business is the design, local manufacture, and distribution of fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world. Their modern manufacturing facility outside of Nairobi makes one stove per minute and is the largest of its kind on the continent. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 14, 2025 | ||
| PowerGen is leading the clean energy transition in Africa as a developer, builder, and operator of solar mini-grids throughout the continent. PowerGen is backed by sector leaders including Shell, Acumen, Omidyar Network, Sumitomo, DOB Equity, ElectriFI, REPP, and the Rockefeller Foundation. PowerGen has pioneered the solar mini-grid sector inAfrica and is a founding member of the Africa Mini-grid Developers Associaiton (AMDA). | $50M / Series C / Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Sistema.bio is a hybrid reactor biodigester that transforms the manure of animals into biogas and a potent, natural fertilizer. By inputting the manure in the system on a daily basis, you will be able to develop and grow your activities on the farm, improve your energy security, and protect the environment. Transforming your animals’ manure intoresource will provide you with a better quality of life! | $15M / Oct 14, 2024 | ||
| GOGO Electric offers lithium-ion battery production, e-mobility solution and lithium-ion battery recycling services. | $1.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 23, 2024 | ||
| At Amped Innovation, we design breakthrough products for people living on less than four dollars per day. Our first product, the Blossom, is a solar home power system which is the lowest-cost and highest-performance product in its class, at one third the price and twice the power handling of competing systems. We built the Blossom with asoftware-enabled Pay-As-You-Go interface, which allows customers to purchase it in payment installments that are equivalent to what they currently spend on kerosene, while providing much more light, cell-phone charging, and ability to run appliances like televisions and sewing machines. | $1M / Debt Financing / Aug 21, 2023 | ||
| WeLight deploys sustainable and accessible solutions to accelerate energy inclusion in rural areas of Africa. | $20.5M / Debt Financing / Jan 17, 2023 | ||
| Solarise Africa is a pan African energy leasing company for solar PV and other energy assets focusing on Commercial and Industrial (C&I) clients. Its business model is designed for scalability. Solarise Africa focuses on providing smart financing through close collaboration with a selected group of partners across solar and other renewableenergy technologies. For solar PV it is focusing on captive rooftop and ground mounted solar projects ranging from 100kW to 3MW. It is currently active in Kenya, looking to open in South Africa and has plans to expand into East, Southern and West Africa. | $3M / Convertible Note / Dec 23, 2022 | ||
| Okra Solar is an IoT technology solution that enables solar generating communities to share and utilize more energy. It is a plug-and-play smart grid technology that enables rapid electrification for last-mile communities. Using mobile payments, modular grid design, and remote monitoring, they provide utility companies with a low-cost, data-drivensolution to operate solar networks in hard to reach communities. They are on a mission to connect off-grid communities to the modern economy.Okra Solar was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | $4.2M / Debt Financing / Dec 01, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does EDFI ElectriFI invest in?
EDFI ElectriFI invests primarily in Energy, Solar and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Debt Financing and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 68 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does EDFI ElectriFI invest in?
EDFI ElectriFI typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$30M at Series A, $114k–$10M at Debt Financing and $1.6M–$16M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not EDFI ElectriFI's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds EDFI ElectriFI took part in.
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Who are the partners at EDFI ElectriFI?
The team at EDFI ElectriFI includes Jean-Denis Collin (Regional Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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