# Top 50 Renewable Energy Startup Investors in Asia in October 2023 ## EDP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Energy EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space ## Global Brain Corporation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices. ## Energy & Environment Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet of Things, Software, Energy Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses. ## Touchstone Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ho Chi Minh City, NA - Vietnam, Vietnam - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Medical Touchstone is a start-up investment frim. ## Incubate Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010. ## IDG Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds,pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries.IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders. ## Alpha JWC Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services Alpha JWC Ventures is an Indonesia-focused value-adding venture capital firm with expertise in FinTech and the Consumer tech sector. Alpha JWC Ventures is an independent and institutional firm that believes in investing in a disciplined manner combined with an active portfolio management approach. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based inJakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia. ## Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy Schneider Electric is an investment fund dedicated to early and growth stage ventures in the energy access segment. ## Wavemaker Impact - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Web Hosting Wavemaker Impact co-founds sustainability-focused businesses in Southeast Asia with proven entrepreneurs ## Schneider Electric - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rueil-malmaison, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Energy, Solar As a global specialist in energy management and automation in more than 100 countries, we offer integrated energy solutions across multiple market segments. ## United Overseas Bank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing - Focus: Real Estate, Finance, Financial Services United Overseas Bank ("UOB") was incorporated on 6 August 1935 as the United Chinese Bank. Founded by Datuk Wee Kheng Chiang, the Bank catered mainly to the Fujian community in its early years. The change of name was effected in 1965. Over the past 78 years, UOB has grown from strength to strength. Through a series of acquisitions, it isnow a leading bank in Asia. Besides Far Eastern Bank in Singapore, UOB’s major banking subsidiaries in the region are United Overseas Bank (Malaysia), United Overseas Bank (Thai), PT Bank UOB Indonesia and United Overseas Bank (China). Today, the UOB Group has a network of more than 500 offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Western Europe and North America.United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is committed to providing quality products and excellent customer service. Founded in 1935, UOB has a well-established regional presence, particularly in Asia where they have banking subsidiaries in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and China. ## Spiral Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Software Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund. ## GAIA Impact Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Clime Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Peer to Peer, Renewable Energy Clime Capital Management creates positive climate action by developing green energy investment opportunities. ## OPT Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Content, Task Management OPT Ventures is an investment and incubation firm that offers startups with venture capital, investments, IPO advice, management information services, and more. The company was established on February 27, 2015, and operates as an investment subsidiary of Opt Holding Corporation, an e-marketing company based in Tokyo, Japan. ## New Energy Nexus - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oakland, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Energy, Battery, Renewable Energy New Energy Nexus is an international non-profit that supports clean energy entrepreneurs with funds, accelerators, and networks. ## ADB Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mandaluyong, Cavite, Philippines - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software We invest in bold technology startups solving the asia pacific's biggest unsolved problems!We provide seed, early and early-growth stage capital to startups with solutions for emerging Asia. ## Genesia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Content Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early-stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. ## Altenergy Power System - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy, Energy Altenergy Power System offers advanced, powerful solar microinverter technology for residential and commercial systems. ## innogy New Ventures LLC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Software innogy New Ventures LLC is a partner for the sustainable transformation of the energy system including data-driven business models. ## Qiming Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology Founded in 2006, Qiming Venture Partners is a leading China venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong, Seattle, Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area.Currently, Qiming Venture Partners manages eleven US Dollar funds and seven RMB funds with $9.4 billion in capital raised. Since our establishment, we have investedin outstanding companies in the Technology and Consumer (T&C) and Healthcare industries at the early and growth stages.Since our debut, we have backed over 480 fast-growing and innovative companies. Over 180 of our portfolio companies have achieved exits through IPOs at the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX, Shanghai Stock Exchange or Shenzhen Stock Exchange, or through M&A or by other means. There are also over 70 portfolio companies that have achieved unicorn status. ## Guangdong Technology Financial Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B - Focus: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software Guangdong Province, Guangdong Branch Financial Group Limited (Guangdong Branch of finance) is a wholly state-owned enterprises in Guangdong Provincial People's Government authorized to operate, formerly established in 2000 in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Technology Venture Capital Group Co., Ltd. September 2011, the provincial governmentauthorized the provincial Science and Technology Department of Guangdong Branch of financial perform the function. In June 2013, the provincial government decided to "Guangdong Province, the Guangdong Branch of Venture Capital Group Co., Ltd." was renamed "Guangdong Province, Guangdong Branch Financial Group Limited."Guangdong Branch of micro finance to address high-tech small and medium enterprise financing difficult for the mission to "create 100 billion Technology Financial Group" as the goal, to play an active policy of Technology Financial Group's strategic platform, fundamental role, build a "3 + 1 "business system (ie equity investment, science and technology financial services, science and technology parks and company financial industry platform listed), and strive to build in Guangdong Province to promote science and technology, finance, industry, the depth of integration of the main channel, the main platform and the main force, around the high-tech small and medium micro enterprises financing needs, to carry out systematic investment, Tam, loan, lease and other business, science and technology to create a versatile type of financial service network to form an overall competitive advantage. ## Xinyi Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B - Focus: Sports, Information Technology, Software Xinyi Capital is an investment firm based in China. ## Kohlberg Kravis Roberts - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series C, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Financial Services Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is an investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds. The company generates attractive investment returns for its fund investors through a patient and disciplined investment approach,employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies. The company invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and delivers financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business. The firm has completed more than two-hundred-eighty private equity investments in portfolio companies with approximately $545 billion of total enterprise value as of June 30, 2017. Assets Under Management (“AUM”) and Fee Paying Assets Under Management (“FPAUM”) were $153 billion and $114 billion, respectively as of September 30, 2017.Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. Roberts, all of whom had previously worked together at Bear Stearns, where the three completed some of the leveraged buyout transactions founded the company. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has completed a number of transactions including the 1989 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, which was a large buyout in history to that point, as well as the 2007 buyout of TXU, which is currently also a large buyout completed to date since its founding.Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has offices in 21 cities in 16 countries across 5 continents. The firm is currently headquartered in the Solow Building, New York, but in October 2015, the firm announced its intentions to occupy a newly constructed 30 Hudson Yards.In October 2009, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts listed shares in the company through KKR & Co., an affiliate that holds 30% of the firm's ownership equity, with the remainder held by the firm's partners. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in March 2010, with trading commencing four months later, on July 15, 2010.It was founded on 1976 and is headquartered in New York. ## She1K - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Sustainability, Information Technology, Consumer Electronics she1K connects corporate exec women worldwide, from all industries, to empower innovative entrepreneurship with high growth potential. ## Bank of China - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Electric Vehicle Bank of China Singapore Branch holds the Qualifying Full Bank License in Singapore. ## Seacef - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Electronics, Semiconductor SEACEF is a collaboration by international foundations to steer the Southeast Asian energy market away from fossil fuels to renewable energy. ## BroadRiver Asset Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Battery, Consulting, Renewable Energy BroadRiver Asset Management, L.P. specializes in providing its clients with compelling risk-adjusted returns by creating and managing uncorrelated alternative investments with many of the features of fixed-income investments. ## Oyster Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Oyster Ventures invests in exceptional new-frontier technology companies. We target companies that bring liquidity and efficiency to antiquated industries, companies that enable globalization, and with the leverage to massively scale. ## Zhuoyuan Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Manufacturing Zhuoyuan Capital providing financial advisory and investment services based on corporate development and capital operations. ## Fosun Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series C, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Health Care Fosun Capital is an equity investment management company. ## Sequoia Capital China - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence We help founders build enduring companies. ## Everbright Financial Holding Asset Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Series C - Focus: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Food and Beverage Everbright Financial Asset Management Co., Ltd. was established in June 2009 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary and core asset management platform of China Everbright Group Corporation. The company has formed a service for China's economic development, covering the entire process of enterprise growth, asset management of the entire industrychain, including but not limited to industrial investment funds, venture capital funds, mergers and acquisitions mezzanine funds, securities investment funds, money market funds and other management. Business; equity investment and management services that meet the needs of China's economic development: health care, energy conservation and environmental protection, new consumption, urbanization, etc.; wealth management business adapted to the needs of domestic medium and high net worth clients; related to equity transactions, debt financing, equity debt investment activities Financial advisory and investment consulting business. ## Envisioning Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Sustainability, CleanTech, Recycling Envisioning Partners, impact venture capital ## String Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency String Capital creates value for customers and shareholders through investment, asset management, and investment banking services. ## Huimei Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Huimei Capital primarily seeks investment in the medical and healthcare ecosystem in a multi-dimensional and three-dimensional manner. It is committed to building a professional investment platform with international vision and local execution, helping early and growing medical and health companies to grow rapidly. ## Dayone Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Sports, Battery, Fashion Dayone Capital is a multi-stage consumer specialist investment manager ## DBJ Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Biotechnology DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan. ## CCBT Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy CCBT Private Equity is a corporate venture capital firm of CCB Trust. ## Xiaomiao Longcheng - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed Xiaomiao Longcheng is a venture capital investment platform. ## Apsara Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Engineering Apsara Investments operates as a venture capital firm.Apsara Investments invests at the “seed” or “pre-series A” stage as well as in “funds” investing in the same category. ## Natixis Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series D - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, FinTech For over 20 years, Natixis Private Equity (NPE) has been one of the main pillars of the French private equity market, its unique economic model focused entirely on SMEs (enterprise value).NPE supports and finances from their inception, all NPE funds and is always the leading subscriber on behalf of third-party investors. Natixis PrivateEquity has 20 teams in Europe (Spain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Netherlands) and on the extremely high potential markets (Brazil, China, India, Singapore and United States) and has a portfolio of 695 investments. ## Goldport Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Manufacturing, Medical, Semiconductor Goldport Capital is a Shenzhen-based asset management company. ## Hitachi - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Internet of Things Hitachi is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electronic and electrical products worldwide. The company operates eleven business segments: information and telecommunication systems, social infrastructure, high functional materials and components, financial services, power systems, electronic systems and equipment, automotive systems, railwayand urban systems, digital media and consumer products, construction machinery, and other components and systems.The company’s Information and Telecommunication System segment offers system integration services and automated teller machines (ATM); Electricity System segment offers nuclear, hydraulic, and wind power generation systems; Social and Industrial System segment offers industrial machinery and plants; Electronic Device and System segment offer liquid crystal displays (LCD) and others; Construction segment offers hydraulic shovels and wheel loaders; High Functional Material segment offers electric wires, cables, and others; Automotive System segment offers engine management and in-car information systems; Component and Device segment offers hard disk drives; Digital Media and Consumer Product segment offer optical disk drives and refrigerators; Financial Service segment offers leasing and loan services, and Others segment manages real estate.Hitachi was founded in 1910 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. ## CAP Vista - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Machine Learning, Robotics, Software Cap Vista is the strategic investment arm of Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), a statutory board of the Singapore Ministry of Defence.Cap Vista invests in innovative technologies that can serve the defence and security needs of Singapore.Cap Vista is the strategic investor of choice for young companies seeking to develop theirbusinesses in the Asian defence and security market. ## China Science and Technology Innovation - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed China Science and Technology Innovation operates as an investment firm. ## Liu Xiaosong - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series B - Focus: Robotics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor Liu Xiaosong ## Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology - Type: VC Fund - Location: Foshan, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy Aikosolar engages in the research, manufacturing, and sales of crystalline silicon solar cells. Aiko solar specializes in producing high-quality and high-efficiency solar cells and has been awarded ISO9001: 2008 certification of the quality management system. Aiko solar receives a reputation in the PV industry, for stable performance, highconversion efficiency, low breakage rate, and light-induced degradation.Aiko solar has a professional R&D team, which is comprised of key personnel with master's degrees or above, and experienced in production and equipment. Relying on independent creation and innovation, Aiko solar gradually masters the world-leading core technology in the PV industry and has obtained lots of national patents.Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is located at No. 69 Area C Sanshui Industrial Park, Foshan City Guangdong Province. With total investment of over RMB1.8 billion, Aiko solar is dedicated to the research, manufacturing, and sales of crystalline silicon solar cells. With an annual capacity of 600MW Aiko solar becomes the leading silicon cell manufacturer in Guangdong province and among the first three professional manufacturers in China. ## Vinci Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Logistics, Software, Energy Vinci is a venture capital investment firm strategically funded by Inci Holding, a family-owned, industrial holding company active in the manufacturing of wheels, car and industrial batteries, hotel equipment, and logistics services. We are a financial investor but beyond funding, we aim to add value by providing corporate resources, experience,and the long-term view of a true strategic partner for small businesses. Our lead investor, Inci Holding, allows us to provide hands-on support and actively contribute to the growth and prosperity of our investees. Vinci is run by a team made up of Inci Board members and experienced venture capital professionals, who bring relevant know-how to support start-ups on their path to commercial success. ## Tsing Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Electronics, Energy, Manufacturing Tsing Capital is a private equity and venture capital arm of Tsinghua Holdings Co., Ltd. specializing in growth capital. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co