# Top 10 CleanTech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in October 2023

## Acumen
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Health Care, Agriculture

Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.

## Wangara Green Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Sustainability, Transportation

Wangara Green Ventures is a climate-focused impact investment asset manager in Ghana, West Africa.

## Shell Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Agriculture, Solar

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 developmentimpact.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.

## Mercy Corps Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, AgTech

Our impact investing arm, Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV), invests in and fuels high-impact enterprises that increase the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets.

## FMO
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech

FMO is a financial investment firm that specializes in financing businesses and projects FMO invests across the agribusiness value chain to enhance food security, support sustainability and promoting inclusive development.

## GAIA Impact Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy

Gaia Impact Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in renewable energy that builds long-term partnerships with startups operating in Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia with a strong environmental and social focus. The firm supports businesses enabling sustainable and affordable energy provision to local communities. In regions where energymixes are highly carbonized, it supports technological innovations and business models enabling a cost-efficient diffusion of renewable energy on a large scale.

## At One Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Agriculture, Manufacturing, Sustainability

At One Ventures finds, funds, and grows teams to catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature.

## Azur Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Finance, Software

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## Factor[e] Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture

Impact venture builders dedicated to supporting the people and ideas that turn challenges in energy, agriculture, mobility, and waste into de-carbonized solutions for emerging and frontier markets.

## Ambo Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics

Ambo Ventures is a new fund dedicated to launching sustainable ecosystems in Africa.

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