Emerging Capital Partners
VC Fund
Washington, United States
Emerging Capital Partners is a VC fund in Washington focused on Telecommunications and Energy. ECP is a private equity group dedicated to investing in Africa.They are a pan-African private equity firm that has raised over US$2 billion for investment across the African continent, including the Francophone regions. They have put their investors’ capital to work in over 40 countries in all major regions of the continent, directly supportingover 50,000 jobs.
- Total investments:
- 36
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 81%
- Fund size:
- $750M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Emerging Capital Partners invests in
Stages Emerging Capital Partners invests in
Countries Emerging Capital Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Private Equity
- $10M–$32M
- Post-IPO Equity
- $14M–$150M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Telecommunications 7 (19%)
- Energy 5 (14%)
- Finance 5 (14%)
- Financial Services 5 (14%)
- Mining 4 (11%)
Stage
- Private Equity 29 (81%)
- Post-IPO Equity 4 (11%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
- Series E 1 (3%)
Country
- France 5 (14%)
- Nigeria 4 (11%)
- Morocco 3 (8%)
- Côte d'Ivoire 3 (8%)
- Togo 2 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brice Lodugnon
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Bryce Fort
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Carolyn Campbell
Managing Director, Founding Partner & COO
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Managing Director, Founding Partner & COO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ferdinand Kemoum Ngon
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Michael Jansa
Managing Director and Founding Partner
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Managing Director and Founding Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allego delivers charging solutions for electric cars, motors, buses and trucks, for consumers, businesses and cities. Allego’s end-to-end charging solutions make it easier for businesses and cities to deliver the infrastructure drivers need, while the scalability of our solutions makes us the partner of the future. | $150M / Post-IPO Equity / Mar 16, 2022 | ||
| Formerly known as Finagestion, the Eranove Group is a leading player in public service management and electricity and drinking water production in West Africa.The Group has been operating in Côte d’Ivoire (SODECI, CIE, CIPREL and AWALE) for several decades, in Senegal (SDE) since 1996 and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, via a servicecontract with REGIDESO, since 2012.The Group and its subsidiaries are fully committed to all aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in meeting with quality, safety and environmental standards according to ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 140001 certification standards. | $250M / Private Equity / Aug 07, 2021 | ||
| Zipline is a California-based automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products. Zipline's mission is to provide every human on Earth with instant access to vital medical supplies.In 2014, Zipline was created to deliver medicine to those who need it most. Since then, the company hasbuilt the world's fastest and most reliable delivery drone, the world's largest autonomous logistics network, and a truly amazing team. Zipline designs and tests its technology in Half Moon Bay, California. The company assembles the drones and the technology that powers its distribution centers in South San Francisco. Zipline performs extensive flight testing in Davis, California, and operates distribution centers around the planet with teams of local operators. | $250M / Series E / Jun 30, 2021 | ||
| Atlas Bottling Corporation (ABC) is a leading bottler of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) in Algeria. Founded in 1995, the company signed an exclusive bottling agreement with PepsiCo in 1998 and has grown to become one of Algeria’s leading beverage players with a portfolio of global brands including Pepsi Cola, Pepsi Max, Mirinda, and 7-Up. | Private Equity / Mar 14, 2014 | ||
| IHS Towers is a communications infrastructure provider that builds, owns, operates, and leases shared wireless infrastructure to mobile network operators and other service providers across emerging markets. It offers tower colocation and site services that allow multiple customers to deploy equipment on shared structures, and it extends itsportfolio with solutions such as in-building systems, small cell deployments, fiber connectivity, and rural telephony to support broader connectivity needs. The company manages a large portfolio of telecommunications sites and integrates technical services that support network deployment, maintenance, and performance monitoring for its customers. IHS Towers supports infrastructure projects through the full lifecycle from site acquisition and design through installation and ongoing operations, collaborating with network operators to sustain wireless coverage. It also incorporates energy solutions and infrastructure support services aimed at improving network uptime in diverse environments. IHS Towers works with a range of mobile operators and partners to provide scalable infrastructure options that underpin wireless voice and data services across its footprint. | $32M / Private Equity / Oct 26, 2011 | ||
| Established in 2008, the Wananchi Group Holdings (Wananchi) is East Africa's leading home entertainment operator.And a serious player in the corporate communications market too. It takes it's name and underlying ethos from the former Wananchi Online, which was committed to servicing the emerging African mass consumer market throughprovision of high quality yet affordable home internet services. Today It is a fully vertically integrated media and telecoms company consisting of several business divisions providing a unique set of services in the markets which are operated. | $25M / Private Equity / Sep 22, 2009 | ||
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Almes
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Almes, a holding company, is an infrastructure and logistics platform. | $12.4M / Private Equity / Jul 30, 2009 | |
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Shoresal
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Founded in 2006, Shoresal is an Algerian real estate development company that intends to capitalize on the unmet need in the Algerian office space market by offering an adaptable space for multinational and local companies, a convenient common space, and several parking lots. The company has acquired the right to develop an internationalstandard level office tower consisting of 4,050 square meters in Bab Ezzouar, a prominent Algiers business district. | Private Equity / Jul 27, 2009 | |
| Finaccess Group is a financial services platform. It was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Morocco. | Private Equity / Apr 29, 2009 | ||
Thunnus Overseas Group
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Thunnus Overseas Group (TOG) is a tuna processing and distribution group with interests in Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, and France. TOG currently processes, packages, and sells canned tuna. TOG owns controlling interests in two tuna processing factories in Côte d’Ivoire (Société de Conserveries de Côte d’Ivoire – SCODI – and Pêche & Froid) and atuna processing factory in Madagascar (Pêche & Froid Ocean Indien). TOG’s key distribution channels include European grocers, the foodservice industry, and Saupiquet, a third-party producer and subsidiary of the Bolton Group. | $28.9M / Private Equity / Dec 28, 2008 | |
| See all 36 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Emerging Capital Partners invest in?
Emerging Capital Partners invests primarily in Telecommunications, Energy and Finance startups, most often at Private Equity and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Emerging Capital Partners's check size?
Emerging Capital Partners typically joins rounds of $10M–$32M at Private Equity and $14M–$150M 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 Emerging Capital Partners participates in.
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Who are the partners at Emerging Capital Partners?
The team at Emerging Capital Partners includes Brice Lodugnon (Managing Director), Bryce Fort (Managing Director) and Carolyn Campbell (Managing Director, Founding Partner & COO), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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