# GAIA Impact Fund

> GAIA Impact Fund is a VC fund in Paris backing Energy and Solar. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://gaia-impactfund.com/en/

Gaia Impact Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in renewable energy that builds long-term partnerships with startups operating in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia with a strong environmental and social focus. The firm supports businesses enabling sustainable and affordable energy provision to local communities. In regions where energymixes are highly carbonized, it supports technological innovations and business models enabling a cost-efficient diffusion of renewable energy on a large scale.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$2.7M |
| Series A | $1.1M–$9.1M |
| Series B | $1M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 10 | 45% |
| Solar | 9 | 41% |
| Renewable Energy | 5 | 23% |
| Clean Energy | 4 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 9% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 27% |
| Series B | 4 | 18% |
| Seed | 3 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 14% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 9% |
| South Korea | 2 | 9% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Rwanda | 1 | 5% |
| Uganda | 1 | 5% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hélène Demaegdt | Partner & President | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne-demaegdt |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MyJouleBox | 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 |  |
| Ampersand | Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 16, 2025 |  |
| Agros | Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions. | $4.3M | Series A | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Beacon Power Services | Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities. | $9.1M | Series A | Nov 06, 2024 |  |
| Ecoligo | Ecoligo is a solar utility that provides low-cost solar energy to local businesses in emerging markets. By financing the solar systems through a crowd-investing platform, they close the finance gap that prevents these projects from being realized. Projects are enabled by committed and environmentally conscious investors who fight the climate crisiswith their targeted investments in solar projects while earning significant interest. By supplying commercial and industrial enterprises in fast-growing economies with solar energy, Ecoligo contributes to saving harmful CO₂ and actively protects the climate. The fully financed solar-as-a-service projects not only bring Ecoligo’s customers financial savings but also enable them to grow sustainably. Ecoligo implements solar energy solutions that generate economic and environmental returns. | $11.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| Nuru | Nuru is a solar hybrid site. Nuru (Swahili for "light") is a company dedicated to enhancing connectivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nuru deployed Congo's first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and is currently constructing a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma, the largest off-grid mini-grid in sub-Saharan Africa.Nuru is arenewable and environment company that specializes in the fields of storage micro-grids and solar energy. The company deployed Congo's first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and is currently constructing a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma.Nuru was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Goma, Nord-Kivu, Congo. | $40M | Series B | Jul 03, 2023 |  |
| Agros | Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions. | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| Candi | Candi provides small scale commercial and industrial rooftop solar. | $1M | Series B | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Candi | Candi provides small scale commercial and industrial rooftop solar. | $1M |  | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| MyJouleBox | MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers. | $2.4M | Series A | Jul 22, 2021 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [EDFI ElectriFI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/electrification-financing-initiative) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Anaxago](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anaxago) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [E3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-access-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hana-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kakao Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kakao-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does GAIA Impact Fund invest in?

GAIA Impact Fund invests primarily in Energy, Solar and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is GAIA Impact Fund's check size?

GAIA Impact Fund typically joins rounds of $100k–$2.7M at Seed, $1.1M–$9.1M at Series A and $1M–$40M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds GAIA Impact Fund participates in.

### How do I contact GAIA Impact Fund?

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### Who are the partners at GAIA Impact Fund?

The team at GAIA Impact Fund includes Hélène Demaegdt (Partner & President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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