# Wayne Keast

> Wayne Keast is a private equity investor at Inspired Evolution Investment Management backing Energy. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Inspired Evolution Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspired-evolution-investment-management)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-keast-28842a9/

Wayne Keast is a private equity investor at Inspired Evolution Investment Management focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. Wayne Keast is Chief Executive of Consensus Environment, the CleanTech and Environmental private equity and strategic investment arm of Consensus Business Group ("Consensus"). Wayne is also an Investment Director for Inspired Evolution Environmental Fund. He is on the advisory boards / strategic committees for Aloe Environment FundII, Chrysalix Energy II LP and Expansion Capital Clean Tech Fund II. Wayne is also a Non-Executive Director of a number of public and private companies operating in the bio-fuel, clean energy, carbon and waste recycling sectors.Prior to joining Consensus, Wayne spent several years in corporate finance, venture capital and private equity positions, including a number of years as Chief Financial Officer at ePartners and eVentures, the $1.2 billion global private equity and business incubation group.Wayne is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a Bachelors and Honours degree in Commerce & Finance.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 40% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 40% |
| Solar | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Logistics | 1 | 20% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series E | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 2 | 40% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CrossBoundary | CrossBoundary recently formed CrossBoundary Energy, the first dedicated investment fund for Commercial and Industrial solar in Africa.Many businesses in Africa generate a significant portion of their own electricity through inside-the-fence diesel generation. Due to the cost of diesel, it would be economically and environmentally optimal forthese businesses to switch to renewable generation through solar and other alternatives. However, businesses are ill equipped to take the financial and technical risk to finance a conversion to renewables. At the same time, capital lacks a standardized platform to access these profitable but relatively small transactions.CrossBoundary Energy is a platform to aggregate finance for medium scale renewable self-generation. The platform finances renewable generation projects (0.2MW-10MW) that serve commercial customers in Africa such as off-grid light manufacturing, cell towers, farms, remote hospitals, eco-lodges and beverage bottlers. Our goal is to enable the delivery of energy-as-service and unlock the latent opportunity for renewable own-generation in Africa. | $40M | Private Equity | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Escotel | Escotel is an energy services company currently focused on Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Escotel provides energy services to mobile tower owners and operators, owning and operating decentralized renewable energy infrastructure across Africa | $35M | Series A | Dec 16, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $41M | Series E | Dec 18, 2018 |  |
| Cold Solutions Kenya | Cold Solutions Kenya Ltd offers temperature-controlled storage and cold chain logistics for perishable goods. | $20M | Private Equity |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norfunds) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FMO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fmo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Swedfund International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swedfund-international) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KawiSafi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kawisafi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sagemcom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sagemcom) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shell Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shell-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Inspired Evolution Investment Management

VC Fund · Cape Town, South Africa

Inspired Evolution established in 2007 as a specialised investment business to lead sustainable clean energy and resource efficiency investments across sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired Evolution offers a dedicated, multi-disciplinary, professional investment team with a deep track record targeting superior returns with measured development outcomes.Inspired Evolution’s investment focus is centered on clean energy and resource efficiency assets. We have demonstrated that capital deployment to investments in this specialised asset class, can generate exceptional returns at the nexus of social equity, ecological integrity and responsible economic growth. This lies at the heart of sustainable investing.Inspired Evolution’s view is that sustainability is not only everybody’s business as citizens of a rapidly globalising world, but that it will define the future of business and investment decisions.Inspired Evolution manages Evolution One Fund – its first dedicated, closed-ended third party investment fund. Evolution One Fund makes early stage, expansion and development stage, and later stage or mature equity and equity-related investments primarily for control or significant minority positions in market-leading growth businesses located principally in South and southern Africa.

4 contacts available at Inspired Evolution Investment Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Brooks | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-brooks-2 |
| Anthony Ngugi | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-ngugi |
| Christopher Clarke | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-clarke-4938 |
| Wayne Keast | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayne-keast |

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## FAQ

### What does Wayne Keast invest in?

Wayne Keast invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Wayne Keast last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Wayne Keast closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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