Shell Foundation
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Shell Foundation is an independent charity established by the Shell Group in 2000 to create and scale new solutions to global development challenges. We apply business thinking to major social and environmental issues linked to the energy sector – and seek to leverage the skills and networks of Shell where possible to deliver greater development impact. Over the years, learning from both success and failure, we have established a new enterprise-based model to deliver significant and lasting social and environmental outcomes. We now deploy a blend of financial and non-financial resources to accelerate social innovation and harness private markets to deliver public benefit at scale.
- Total investments:
- 31
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
Last updated:
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Industries Shell Foundation invests in
Stages Shell Foundation invests in
Countries Shell Foundation invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $790k–$1.7M
- Grant
- $300k–$5.5M
- Series A
- $7M–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 7 (23%)
- Financial Services 5 (16%)
- Solar 4 (13%)
- Finance 4 (13%)
- FinTech 3 (10%)
Stage
- Grant 7 (23%)
- Seed 5 (16%)
- Series A 3 (10%)
- Debt Financing 3 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (10%)
Country
- India 4 (13%)
- United States 3 (10%)
- Kenya 2 (6%)
- Mauritius 2 (6%)
- Ghana 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fraser Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
|
Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Judith Pollock
Deputy Director
|
Deputy Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Rachel Singh
CFO
|
CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sam Parker
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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! | $53M / Debt Financing / Mar 17, 2026 | ||
| Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra. | $4.3M / Debt Financing / Apr 30, 2025 | ||
| Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra. | $590K / Grant / Apr 30, 2025 | ||
| 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! | Debt Financing / Oct 14, 2024 | ||
| Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra. | $4.9M / Grant / Sep 17, 2024 | ||
Mufin Green Finance
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Mufin Green Finance is an NBFC that specialises in the electric vehicle (EV) market. | $953K / Grant / Jul 30, 2023 | |
| Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra. | Seed / May 20, 2023 | ||
| Yellow is an Africa-focused fintech. | $14M / Series B / Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| RevFin is a digital lending company. | $13M / Debt Financing / Mar 13, 2022 | ||
| Nithio Holdings is an energy finance company focused on the off-grid sector in Africa. Nithio is an energy finance platform that provides services to distributed energy service companies, capital providers, governments, and other stakeholders in the distributed solar energy sector in Africa. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 05, 2022 | ||
| See all 31 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Shell Foundation invest in?
Shell Foundation invests primarily in Energy, Financial Services and Solar startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Shell Foundation invest in?
Shell Foundation typically joins rounds of $790k–$1.7M at Seed, $300k–$5.5M at Grant and $7M–$12M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Shell Foundation's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Shell Foundation took part in.
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Who are the partners at Shell Foundation?
The team at Shell Foundation includes Fraser Johnson (Chief Financial Officer), Judith Pollock (Deputy Director) and Rachel Singh (CFO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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