# Holocene

> Holocene is a VC fund in Cape Town backing Energy and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/holocene-africa/
- Website: https://x.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FHoloceneAfrica
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holocene.africa1

Holocene is a VC fund in Cape Town focused on Energy and Software. Holocene is cultivating a local community of talented, passionate climate enthusiasts.Building and investing in African climate tech ventures

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Holocene. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Holocene. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/holocene-75e1?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $491k–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 2 | 67% |
| Kenya | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joshua Romisher | Founder, CEO, General Partner & Head of Portfolio | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joshua-romisher |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cinergy Mobile Power | Cinergy is a company focused on clean mobile power systems for film, television, and outdoor entertainment production. It provides energy solutions designed to support production camps, stage power, and other on-site power needs. Its stated aim is to help entertainment operations reduce carbon emissions and move toward net-zero practices. Thecompany emphasizes reliable, quiet, and clean power in challenging environments. | $490.8K | Seed | Jul 11, 2026 |  |
| Farm to Feed | Farm to Feed is a food supply chain company that is providing a digitally-enabled solution to food loss/waste. | $1.3M | Seed | Oct 18, 2025 |  |
| The Awareness Company | The Awareness Company believes in empowering people, communities, and organizations by giving them the ability to come together to create a positive impact on a local and global scale. We create technology that tells a story. Your story. And we know it’s going to be an amazing story to tell. | $1.6M | Seed |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Catalyst Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catalyst-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [54Co](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/54co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aions Creative Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aions-creative-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delta40](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta40) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E Squared Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-squared-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jozi Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jozi-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Holocene invest in?

Holocene invests primarily in Energy, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Holocene's check size?

Holocene typically joins rounds of $491k–$1.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Holocene participates in.

### How do I contact Holocene?

Public channels for Holocene include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Holocene?

The team at Holocene includes Joshua Romisher (Founder, CEO, General Partner & Head of Portfolio). 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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