# KawiSafi Ventures

> KawiSafi Ventures is a VC fund backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

KawiSafi Ventures is a VC fund focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. KawiSafi Ventures

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 5 | 36% |
| Renewable Energy | 5 | 36% |
| Solar | 3 | 21% |
| Agriculture | 3 | 21% |
| FinTech | 2 | 14% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 21% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 21% |
| Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 29% |
| Kenya | 2 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 14% |
| France | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amar Inamdar | Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amar-inamdar |
| Marcus Watson | Investment Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcus-watson-5aa1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GoCab | GoCab provides fintech-driven vehicle financing that follows a drive-to-own model for mobility entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The platform structures installment plans that link repayments to drivers’ operating income, aiming to make car ownership attainable for taxi, ride-hailing, and delivery operators. Digital tools support onboarding,contract management, and payment tracking, while risk controls focus on vehicle usage data and repayment performance. GoCab collaborates with local automotive and mobility ecosystems to source vehicles and manage maintenance during the financing period. The solution targets gaps in traditional credit access by serving drivers with limited collateral or formal credit history. Through this approach, GoCab supports income generation and asset ownership for small-scale mobility businesses in regions with growing demand for transport services. | $15M | Seed | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Koolboks | Koolboks manufactures solar-powered freezers and other refrigeration units. The products are designed to keep items cool and preserved without the need for a continuous power source. The company's product line includes freezers, chillers, ice makers, and specialized vaccine freezers. | $11M | Series A | Aug 27, 2025 |  |
| SHYFT Power Solutions | SHYFT builds industrial-grade IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in markets that struggle with resiliency. SHYFT is pioneering the development of integrated decentralized power systems in emerging markets like Nigeria, leapfrogging over traditional central infrastructure and enablingDERs to scale and support existing but unreliable grids. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| SteamaCo | At the last mile, where the O&M costs are high and connectivity is scarce, live two billion underserved energy consumers. SteamaCo offers the world’s most data-efficient energy management system, enabling utilities to operate in previously unreachable places. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| Sistema.bio | 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 |  |
| InspiraFarms | InspiraFarms supplies turnkey, modular, and affordable agricultural processing and value addition platform to the small scale fruit, vegetable, and dairy industries that meet global food safety certification and quality standards for the supply of healthy and nutritious food to local and international markets. | $1.1M | Convertible Note | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Sistema.bio | 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! | $15.6M | Series B | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| d.light | Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com. | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| SHYFT Power Solutions | SHYFT builds industrial-grade IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in markets that struggle with resiliency. SHYFT is pioneering the development of integrated decentralized power systems in emerging markets like Nigeria, leapfrogging over traditional central infrastructure and enablingDERs to scale and support existing but unreliable grids. | $3.1M | Seed | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Angaza | Angaza provides a technology that enables businesses to provide affordable life-changing products to people in emerging markets. The company's comprehensive pay-as-you-go platform is used by manufacturing and distribution companies around the world to sell life-changing products to the next billion off-grid consumers. It aims to end poverty byenabling universal access to transformative products, services, and information. With affordable access to livelihood necessities like solar lights and clean cookstoves, people without access to credit or traditional banking services can start on a path to financial inclusion.Angaza was established in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $13.5M | Series B | Oct 27, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blink](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blink-398a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EcoEnterprises Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecoenterprises-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EDFI ElectriFI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/electrification-financing-initiative) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Emerson Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerson-collective) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [E3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-access-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Equator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equator-cffe) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does KawiSafi Ventures invest in?

KawiSafi Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar startups, most often at Series B and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at KawiSafi Ventures?

The team at KawiSafi Ventures includes Amar Inamdar (Managing Director) and Marcus Watson (Investment Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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