Persistent
VC Fund
Zürich, Switzerland
Persistent is a VC fund in Zürich focused on Energy and Solar. Persistent invest in and build ventures in underserved markets. By providing deep operational and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs they generate attractive financial returns and create lasting social and environmental impact.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 81%
Last updated:
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Industries Persistent invests in
Stages Persistent invests in
Countries Persistent invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$1.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 10 (38%)
- Solar 9 (35%)
- Renewable Energy 7 (27%)
- Energy Management 3 (12%)
- Financial Services 3 (12%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (31%)
- Seed 6 (23%)
- Funding Round 5 (19%)
- Series A 4 (15%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (4%)
Country
- Ghana 2 (8%)
- Germany 2 (8%)
- Switzerland 2 (8%)
- Kenya 1 (4%)
- Uganda 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dirk Muench
Co-Founder & Partner
|
Co-Founder & Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Peter Huisman
Lead venture builder technology
|
Lead venture builder technology | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Eda Henries
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Olu Verheijen
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Toukam Ngoufanke
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles. | $8M / Series A / Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| EcoNetix provides a comprehensive solution for ensuring accurate and transparent data while actively contributing to the development of a greener planet and the fulfillment of UNIDO's Sustainable Development Goals. | Seed / Feb 21, 2024 | ||
| Circadian Technologies accelerates the energy transition in frontier markets with a SaaS business model, empowering solar developers & energy service companies to reduce operating costs and grow revenue with a data driven platform and proprietary IoT hardware.Circadian transforms the entire value chain of its customers by uniquely providingan end-to-end solution to better design, finance, operate and maintain decentralized renewable energy systems for commercial & industrial sites. | $1.3M / Seed / Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| Hohm Energy is an online marketplace that connects customers with accredited solar providers, product suppliers, and financiers. It provides clients with an evolving solar purchasing experience by utilizing scalable technology that manages their entire solar transition journey from scoping for the solution, installation, ongoing operations, andmaintenance.The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Gauteng, South Africa. | $500K / Seed / Aug 01, 2022 | ||
| Solar Taxi Ghana app provides various electronic vehicles that are powered by solar energy. | Seed / Jul 04, 2022 | ||
| Hohm Energy is an online marketplace that connects customers with accredited solar providers, product suppliers, and financiers. It provides clients with an evolving solar purchasing experience by utilizing scalable technology that manages their entire solar transition journey from scoping for the solution, installation, ongoing operations, andmaintenance.The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Gauteng, South Africa. | Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| CarbonClear is an online platform that provides an off-grid solar program to reduce carbon emissions. It forms big data from data points implemented in carbon projects in underfunded communities around the world, and issues third-party verified, traceable carbon credits, that instantly become available to global buyers.The company was founded in2018 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2021 | ||
| Tri develops battery-electric, IoT-connected 3-wheelers for professional drivers. The company sells electric IoT-connected 3-wheelers directly to professional drivers to increase drivers' daily profit and lowers entry barriers to asset ownership. This allows for cost-efficient, real-time, and remote fleet and customer management. | Seed / Jan 01, 2021 | ||
| upOwa develops, deploys and maintains innovative solutions that bring clean electricity to off-grid African communities in an affordable way.upOwa is a growing social business that enables dramatic social and economic improvements at the community level, in a sustainable way thanks to both its financial profitability and environment-friendlyactivities. | $2.8M / Series A / Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Daystar Power specialises in providing solar power and energy efficiency solutions for businesses in the commercial, industrial, and agricultural sectors that result in significant reduction of power costs, diesel consumption and pollution. | $10M / Series A / Mar 21, 2019 | ||
| See all 26 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Persistent invest in?
Persistent invests primarily in Energy, Solar and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Persistent's check size?
Persistent typically joins rounds of $500k–$1.3M 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 Persistent participates in.
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Who are the partners at Persistent?
The team at Persistent includes Dirk Muench (Co-Founder & Partner), Peter Huisman (Lead venture builder technology) and Eda Henries (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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