Top 5 Sustainability Startup Investors in Cameroon (October 2023)

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• Candi — Combining the best of its roots in Switzerland, and extensive local presence, candi offers companies of all sizes the simplest, most efficient way to take advantage of solar power for their business.
• Agros — Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions.
• MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.

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• OCUS — Build customer engagement and trust, drive conversions, and grow your business with quality visual content produced at scale exclusively for you.
• Xenothera — Xenothera is a xenotherapy platform with embedded technology that renovates immunological treatments. Xenothera creates new therapeutic modes in numerous domains from immunomodulation to infectious diseases.Xenothera's technological platform is built on a double expertise of animal genetics and mastery of immunology processes. It renovatespassive immunotherapy by marketing a new generation of hyperimmune polyclonal sera.Xenothera’s platform ensures short-time development thanks to their mastery of the entire process, from animal genetics, choice of the immunogen, selection, and purification of interesting immunoglobulins, and access to market authorization in accelerated timescale.
• PEP-Therapy — PEP-Therapy is a French biotechnology company developing first-in-class peptides as targeted therapies in oncology

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• Rediv — Patatam is the european's most trusted online shop for buying and selling like-new clothing for kids and babies. Parents can send their quality kids' clothing in a free pre-paid bag (the Patabag), earn cash up front for their clothing selected, and can shop the best brands for their kids at Patatam.com for up to 90% off retail. Based inthe south west of France, Patatam was launched in 2013 by Mariève Bidart, Eric Gagnaire and Mathieu Bidart. The company is advised and backed by former Price Minister CEO and founder Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, Frederic Mazzella and Francis Nappez (founders of BlaBlaCar) and several other investors.
• Futura gaia — Futura gaïa is a food production company.
• Qarnot — Qarnot provides economical and ecological cloud HPC on a disruptive platform. Qarnot designs and develops Q.rad, a computing heater embedding microprocessors as a heat source and connected to the Internet. The company has built three generations of computing heaters with multiple CPU's and sold it to construction companies looking for heatersfor new buildings. Qarnot offers affordable HPC to avoid data center costs related to infrastructure, maintenance, and cooling.Qarnot was founded on 2010 and is headquartered in Montrouge, France.

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• upOwa — upOwa brings electricity to Africa through our innovative Pay-As-You-Go solar technology for the poorest.
• Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
• Solar Taxi Ghana — Solar Taxi Ghana app provides various electronic vehicles that are powered by solar energy.

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• 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.