# Whole Planet Foundation

> Whole Planet Foundation is a VC fund in Austin backing Energy, Power Grid and Agriculture. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/whole-planet-foundation
- Website: https://wholeplanetfoundation.org/

Whole Planet Foundation is a private nonprofit organization established by Whole Foods Market and dedicated to poverty alleviation.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | $6.5M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Power Grid | 1 | 50% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Social Entrepreneurship | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghana | 1 | 50% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 1 | 50% |

## 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. | $18M | Debt Financing | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| Farmerline | The Farmerline vision is to see an Africa where Agriculture NGO’s are not a functioning force in the market. Farmerline provides paid services that allow farmers to have the information and access they need to employ an entrepreneurial method of farming. Input dealers and traders pay for more efficient communication channels to farmers andfarmers pay for information packages and services. In this vision, more food is produce, more food gets to market, and GDP from cash crop export soars. | $6.5M | Debt Financing | Apr 25, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kiva](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiva) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [DEG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Equity Banque Commerciale du Congo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equity-banque-commerciale-du-congo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Whole Planet Foundation invest in?

Whole Planet Foundation invests primarily in Energy, Power Grid and Agriculture startups, most often at Debt Financing stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Whole Planet Foundation's check size?

Whole Planet Foundation typically joins rounds of $6.5M–$18M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Whole Planet Foundation participates in.

### When did Whole Planet Foundation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Whole Planet Foundation closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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