# Persistent Energy Partners

> Persistent Energy Partners is a VC fund in New York backing Energy and Solar. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.persistent.energy/

Persistent Energy Partners is a VC fund in New York focused on Energy and Solar. Persistent Energy Partners (PEP) focuses on providing off-grid households with access to basic energy services: electric light, mobile phone charging, fans, radios, TV and Internet. PEP has invested in and incubated businesses with a commercial approach to providing such energy services to low-income customers in sub-Saharan Africa.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $900k–$2.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 6 | 86% |
| Solar | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 29% |
| Automotive | 1 | 14% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 1 | 14% |
| Denmark | 1 | 14% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 14% |
| Senegal | 1 | 14% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 14% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Aidun | Co-Founder and Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-aidun-ef5a |
| Tobias Ruckstuhl | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tobias-ruckstuhl-4f7b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Altech Group | Altech Group aims at expanding access to clean, renewable, and affordable energy both for poor-grid and off-grid households. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Beacon Power Services | Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities. | $2.7M | Seed | Aug 05, 2022 |  |
| Solstroem.com | We offer a transparent and tamper-resitant software infrastructure, based on a distributed ledger system, on which off-grid solar providers (in the first instance) can monetize the CO2 emissions reductions created by their deployed solar systems. This infrastructure is robust and scalable and is designed to ultimately become the digital backbone onwhich all carbon projects in the voluntary carbon market, also beyond off-grid solar, can be rolled out. By integrating with Solstroem, solar providers can gain access to the carbon market in a simple and affordable way and generate an additional revenue stream by selling their generated carbon offsets. This additional revenue stream allows for (i) the deployment of more solar systems, (ii) an accelerated access to renewable energy in developing and emerging markets, and (iii) a tangible climate impact through increased displacement of CO2 emitting fossil fuels such as kerosene and diesel. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Ecobodaa | Ecobodaa is a platform that provides electric motorbike hailing services. It will be available on a very affordable lease-to-own credit model to bodaboda riders. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 20, 2021 |  |
| Oolu | Oolu is the fastest growing off-grid solar company West Africa. Our Vision is to be the leading energy and financial service provider to millions of customers in the developing world.Our model, developed with local communities, allows us to reach off-grid households in rural villages offering them modern energy access. With a monthly paymentmodel reducing barriers to access, as well as maintenance, parts and battery replacements included in our service, we save our clients money and assure them a continuous, dependable source of energy. In Wolof, a national language of Senegal, Oolu means ‘trust’. By building trust with the communities in which we work, we can grow together. | $8.5M | Series B | Dec 15, 2020 |  |
| Zonful Energy | Zonful Energy is a experts bringing affordable and reliable off-grid green energy solutions to the people. | $900K | Seed | Nov 28, 2018 |  |
| Devergy | Devergy is a social energy utility, providing a reliable, affordable electricity service to low-income people in developing countries. |  | Seed | Oct 27, 2015 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [All On](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-on) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ardent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aster-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DPI Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dpi-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-access-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Persistent Energy Partners invest in?

Persistent Energy Partners invests primarily in Energy, Solar and Software startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Persistent Energy Partners's check size?

Persistent Energy Partners typically joins rounds of $900k–$2.7M 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 Energy Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Persistent Energy Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Persistent Energy Partners?

The team at Persistent Energy Partners includes Christopher Aidun (Co-Founder and Partner) and Tobias Ruckstuhl (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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