Top 5 Impact VC Funds & Investors in Zambia (October 2023)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Opes Impact Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, India, Italy | Seed, Series A | Energy, Social Entrepreneurship, Renewable Energy | $214k–$911k |
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GreenTec Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer | |
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InfraCo Africa
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, France | Seed | Electric Vehicle, AgTech, Agriculture | $2M–$3.2M |
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Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries
VC Fund
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1 | France, Myanmar | Water, Energy, Finance | ||
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Electrification Financing Initiative
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Series A | Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy | $107k–$30M |
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Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.
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- Industry: Energy, Social Entrepreneurship, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, India, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $214k–$911k
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mygrants — Mygrants is the most widely used educational online platform for refugees and asylum seekers in Italy and Europe.
- MunyaxEco — MunyaxEco is working in solar energy as well as energy efficiency sectors by selling and installing environmentally friendly and high-quality equipment.
- WidEnergy Africa — Widenergy Africa Ltd , is a women – led company, registered in Zambia, dedicated in the last miles distribution of clean energy solutions. We are the official distributor of Little sun solar products in Zambia (Solar lamps, Solar phone chargers), and will start soon with the distribution of clean cook stoves, with the objective to contribute inreduction of the Zambian deforestation rate, known as one of the highest in Africa.
GreenTec Capital Partners is Germany's premier investor into African start-ups and SMEs. GreenTec invests through its unique Results4Equity model, acting as a co-founding partner that is only compensated on business success.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Lead/follow: 90% lead, 10% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
- freshbag — freshbag is a wellness nutrition turnkey solution that supports corporate wellness programs by making it easy and convenient to live - and eat! - healthier.
- ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.
InfraCo seeks to fund and develop projects in sectors or geographies where the private sector would not otherwise work at such an early stage, seeking to exit its projects to private sector developers/financiers once project viability has been demonstrated, normally at or shortly before financial close. InfraCo will not compete directly withthe private sector but seeks to mobilise private sector involvement by bearing the time and cost risk of front end project development in order to mobilise private sector investment.
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- Industry: Electric Vehicle, AgTech, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: India, Kenya, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zembo — Zembo provides affordable electric motorcycles for motorcycle taxi drivers in Africa.
- Africa GreenCo — Our mission - addressing creditworthiness to increase generation and growth of renewable energy markets through partnerships and innovative solutions.
- Mobility for Africa — Mobility for Africa produces electric tricycles, bicycles, and other small vehicles that are affordable, high-quality, and sustainable.
Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries
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- Industry: Water, Energy, Finance
- Geography: France, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Eranove — The Eranove group counts more than 9000 employees all engaged in developping hydroelectric solutions to allow all the pan african citizens to access electricity and drinking water
- Africa GreenCo — Our mission - addressing creditworthiness to increase generation and growth of renewable energy markets through partnerships and innovative solutions.
- Alliance for Microfinance in Myanmar — Microfinance in Myanmar
Impact investment in sustainable energy
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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$30M; Debt Financing $107k–$9M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WeLight — WeLight deploys sustainable and accessible solutions to accelerate energy inclusion in rural areas of Africa.
- Okra Solar — Okra Solar is an IoT technology solution that enables solar generating communities to share and utilize more energy. It is a plug-and-play smart grid technology that enables rapid electrification for last-mile communities. Using mobile payments, modular grid design, and remote monitoring, they provide utility companies with a low-cost, data-drivensolution to operate solar networks in hard to reach communities. They are on a mission to connect off-grid communities to the modern economy.Okra Solar was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
- Solarise Africa — Solarise Africa is a pan African energy leasing company for solar PV and other energy assets focusing on Commercial and Industrial (C&I) clients. Its business model is designed for scalability. Solarise Africa focuses on providing smart financing through close collaboration with a selected group of partners across solar and other renewableenergy technologies. For solar PV it is focusing on captive rooftop and ground mounted solar projects ranging from 100kW to 3MW. It is currently active in Kenya, looking to open in South Africa and has plans to expand into East, Southern and West Africa.
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