# Norrsken Impact Accelerator

> Norrsken Impact Accelerator is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.norrskenimpactaccelerator.com/

Norrsken Impact Accelerator is a VC fund focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Norrsken Impact Accelerator brings together a global collective of entrepreneurs and investors.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 6 | 26% |
| FinTech | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 13% |
| Finance | 2 | 9% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 39% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 39% |
| Grant | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 17% |
| Kenya | 3 | 13% |
| Ghana | 2 | 9% |
| Sweden | 2 | 9% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 9% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Engellau-Nilsson | CEO | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-engellau-nilsson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SunFi | SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans. | $2.3M | Seed | Feb 03, 2023 |  |
| Power | Power is a platform that provides financial services to employees and gig workers across sub-Saharan Africa. They enable individuals to access earned wages, loans, insurance, payments, and savings so they can live with dignity, reduce financial-related stress, and take control of their financial well-being. | $3M | Seed | Dec 20, 2022 |  |
| Emata | Africa can – and must – help cover our world's growing food needs. We invest in farmers and dare them to dream big. Emata is revolutionising the way smallholder farmers in Africa access financing. Our loans are specifically designed to empower farmers to invest in their farms and increase their revenue. We make this possible by utilisingend-to-end digital processes, AI-powered alternative credit-scoring and partnerships with agricultural intermediaries like cooperatives and aggregators.Emata is a licensed Microfinance Institution. Visit us at our offices in Kampala and Mbarara for a coffee! | $125K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Motito | Motito promotes financial inclusion and increased access to credit across Africa. Their mobile shopping app provides convenience and a tailored-to-you payment plan. | $125K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Fixa | Fixa is a full suite marketplace that offers informal workers access to verifiable career identities, stable earnings and social protection | $125K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Umoja Labs | Backed by the likes of Coinbase, Mercy Corps, 500 Global, and Norrsken, Umoja Labs provides crypto-enabled payments infrastructure purpose-built for informal markets. We provide mobile money-to-digital currency on/off-ramps, feature-phone enabled digital wallets, and protocol-based infrastructure to accelerate digital financial inclusionacross Africa and the world. | $125K |  | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Power | Power is a platform that provides financial services to employees and gig workers across sub-Saharan Africa. They enable individuals to access earned wages, loans, insurance, payments, and savings so they can live with dignity, reduce financial-related stress, and take control of their financial well-being. | $125K | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| SunFi | SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Kwara | Kwara is transforming credit unions into modern digital financial institutions, powered by an industry-leading core banking system and a modern mobile banking experience for credit union members. Backed by investors across Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA, Kwara currently serves 200+ SACCOs in Kenya, South Africa and the Philippines | $4M | Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Asilimia | Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 23, 2021 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norrsken Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norrsken-foundation-ba4c) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [DOB Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dob-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Globivest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globivest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Norrsken Evolve](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norrsken-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-ventures-mexico) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Norrsken Impact Accelerator invest in?

Norrsken Impact Accelerator invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Norrsken Impact Accelerator?

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### Who are the partners at Norrsken Impact Accelerator?

The team at Norrsken Impact Accelerator includes Erik Engellau-Nilsson (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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