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Triodos Investment Management
Impact InvestorGlobal pioneer in impact investing managing sustainable funds that provide debt and equity to clean energy and financial inclusion enterprises.
KawiSafi Ventures
Private EquityGrowth capital fund investing in scalable off-grid renewable energy, productivity, and e-mobility enterprises across Sub-Saharan Africa.
DEG
Development Finance InstitutionA German development finance institution providing long-term financing and advisory to private enterprises driving sustainable growth in emerging markets.
GAWA Capital
Impact InvestorSpain’s leading impact investor deploying blended private equity and debt to inclusive financial institutions and agricultural enterprises globally.
Abler Nordic
Impact InvestorA public-private partnership impact investor providing equity and debt to sustainable financial institutions scaling financial inclusion across emerging markets.
Impact Fund Denmark
Development Finance InstitutionDenmark's state-owned development finance institution deploying risk capital, loans, and technical assistance to foster sustainable, green transitions across emerging markets.
Norfund
Development Finance InstitutionNorway's state-owned development finance institution investing in profitable, sustainable enterprises to create jobs and reduce poverty in developing countries.
Swedfund
Development Finance InstitutionSweden's development finance institution investing in high-impact private sectors to reduce poverty and accelerate green transitions across emerging markets.
Root Capital
Impact InvestorA nonprofit social investment fund providing credit and financial training to agricultural small and growing businesses in emerging markets.
Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF)
Impact InvestorThe impact investment arm of Open Society Foundations, deploying catalytic private-sector capital to advance equity, expression, and justice globally.
Mulago Foundation
FoundationA philanthropic foundation providing funding and intensive fellowships to scalable, high-impact social enterprises tackling poverty and conservation globally.
Cartier Philanthropy
FoundationAn independent corporate foundation deploying flexible multi-year grants to high-impact non-profits supporting vulnerable global communities and natural ecosystems.
British International Investment (BII)
Development Finance InstitutionThe UK's development finance institution investing patient capital to support sustainable, inclusive economic growth across private markets in Africa.
Proparco
Development Finance InstitutionThe private sector financing arm of AFD Group, providing debt, equity, and guarantees to high-impact businesses across emerging markets.
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Development Finance InstitutionThe main implementing agency for France’s official development assistance, financing public sector infrastructure, social development, and climate transitions.
Builders Vision
Impact InvestorAn impact platform deploying catalytic capital and philanthropic grants to scale innovative solutions across oceans, food and agriculture, and energy.
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)
Impact InvestorA global public-private-philanthropic alliance deploying catalytic capital to eliminate energy poverty and accelerate green economic opportunity in emerging markets.
Bloomberg Philanthropies
FoundationA global philanthropic foundation investing in public health, environment, education, arts, and government innovation to ensure better, longer lives.
Inua Capital
Impact InvestorA Ugandan gender-lens impact fund providing patient equity and operational support to high-potential small and medium-sized enterprises.
Delta40
Venture CapitalA venture studio and VC fund backing early-stage climate, energy, agriculture, and fintech startups led by African and female founders.
Factor E
Venture CapitalA seed-stage venture capital firm investing in technology-driven solutions for energy, mobility, agriculture, and water across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa Climate Ventures
Venture CapitalA pioneering venture builder providing seed funding and heavy operational support to climate-positive technology startups across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Equator
Venture CapitalAn early-stage venture capital firm investing in tech-enabled solutions accelerating an equitable climate transition across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sherpa Ventures
Venture CapitalAn operator-led venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech and tech-enabled startups across Africa.
TLG Capital
Private Debt and EquityTLG Capital is an alternative asset management firm providing private credit and growth equity to SMEs across Africa.
DFS Lab
Venture CapitalDFS Lab is a research-driven early-stage venture capital firm investing in founders building the future of African digital commerce.
Novastar Ventures
Venture CapitalNovastar Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that backs transformative African businesses benefiting both people and the planet sustainably.
Savannah Fund
Venture CapitalSavannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in early-stage, high-growth technology startups across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Adenia Partners
Private EquityA sector-agnostic, pan-African firm specializing in control investments to transform SMEs and mid-cap companies into regional leaders.
Catalyst Principal Partners
Private EquityA leading East African fund manager providing growth capital to mid-market companies in consumer-driven sectors to build regional champions.
Centum Investment Company
Private Debt and EquityEast Africa’s leading investment firm, managing $2B+ in assets across real estate, financial services, FMCG, and green energy.
Helios Investment Partners
Private Debt and EquityThe largest Africa-focused investment firm, bridging international capital to African enterprises through growth equity and infrastructure investments.
Good Energies Foundation
FoundationSwiss foundation backing market-based, long-term solutions to reverse climate change through clean energy access and tropical forest protection in underserved regions.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
FoundationA global strategic funder alleviating human suffering by strengthening systems in water, early childhood, and livelihoods for vulnerable populations.
Skoll Foundation
FoundationGlobal funder catalyzing systems change by investing in and championing social entrepreneurs who solve the world's most pressing problems.
Ikea Foundation
FoundationA strategic funder combating climate change and poverty by supporting people-centered solutions in energy, food systems, and emergency response.
Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
FoundationA data-driven, catalytic funder solving systemic problems for children and adolescents through health, climate, and protection initiatives globally.
Shell Foundation
FoundationCatalytic funder scaling clean energy innovations that raise incomes for smallholder farmers, transporters, and micro-entrepreneurs in Africa and Asia.
Ford Foundation
FoundationGlobal social justice leader investing in visionaries and institutions to reduce inequality, strengthen democratic values, and promote human achievement.
Rockefeller Foundation
FoundationPioneering global philanthropy catalyzing "big bets" in energy, food, and health to expand human opportunity and combat the climate crisis.
Gates Foundation
FoundationGlobal leader accelerating health and development through a historic $9B budget, focusing on local leadership and innovation before its 2045 exit.
Small Foundation
FoundationDublin-based foundation catalysing rural MSME ecosystems in Africa by funding financial intermediaries, impact networks, and knowledge-sharing platforms.
Grassroots Business Fund
Impact InvestorGlobal impact organization providing flexible capital and technical assistance to high-impact "missing middle" businesses in Africa to reduce systemic poverty.
Mastercard Foundation
FoundationAdvances education and financial inclusion, enabling young people in Africa to access dignified, fulfilling work.
AlphaMundi Foundation
FoundationPhilanthropic arm providing technical assistance and catalytic capital to gender-smart, climate-resilient SMEs in Africa and Latin America to drive sustainable development.
Segal Family Foundation
FoundationSupports visionary African leaders through unrestricted funding and capacity building to drive sustainable, community-led social transformation across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ceniarth
Family OfficePrivate family office investing in market-based solutions that benefit underserved, rural communities through agriculture, energy access, and financial inclusion.
Imago Dei Fund
FoundationFaith-motivated foundation advancing human rights, gender equality, and spiritual wholeness by supporting visionary leaders and community-driven organizations globally.
Blink Impact
Family OfficeAmsterdam-based family office investing in scalable tech and impactful funds to combat poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation across Africa.
Visa Foundation
FoundationVisa's philanthropic arm supporting inclusive economies by empowering gender-diverse small businesses through grants and impact investments in emerging markets globally.
FMO
Development Finance InstitutionSupporting sustainable private sector growth in emerging markets by investing in ambitious entrepreneurs across Agribusiness, Energy, and Financial Institutions.
Lightrock
Private EquityGlobal impact platform backing growth-stage companies using technology to create scalable solutions across the core themes of People, Planet, and Productivity.
Talanton
Impact InvestorUS-based faith-driven fund investing in high-growth East African SMEs to create sustainable jobs, alleviate poverty, and deliver triple-bottom-line returns.
Vitol Foundation
FoundationIndependent foundation funding transformative solutions in education, health, WASH, and humanitarian relief to help families escape poverty globally.
Global Ventures
Venture CapitalUAE-based VC firm backing high-growth, tech-enabled startups across emerging markets to drive digital transformation in Africa and the Middle East.
Capria Ventures
Venture CapitalGlobal South specialist VC firm investing in tech founders, leveraging Applied AI to drive digital transformation and scale across Africa.
Mirova
Impact InvestorPioneering impact manager providing long-term debt and equity for clean energy transition, sustainable land use, and climate resilience in emerging markets.
Speedinvest
Venture CapitalVienna-based VC backing high-growth African startups in fintech and mobile-first sectors to drive digital transformation and financial inclusion continent-wide.
Sall Family Foundation
FoundationEmpowers local leaders at the nexus of public health and environment to build resilient, self-governing communities through science and innovation.
IDP Foundation
FoundationCatalytic funder providing sustainable, market-based solutions in education to improve learning outcomes for low-income families through affordable non-state school sectors.
MCE Empowering Sustainable Agriculture (MESA) Fund
Impact InvestorA 9-year debt fund investing in agribusinesses and financial providers to bolster climate resilience and empower women in emerging markets.
Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF)
Impact InvestorEquity fund investing in African agribusinesses to enhance climate resilience, productivity, and incomes for millions of smallholder farmers.
Fondo Huruma
Impact InvestorBlended finance vehicle providing debt and equity to financial institutions and agribusinesses to improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers globally.
Kampani
Impact InvestorBelgian impact fund unlocking the potential of family farming by investing in the "missing middle" of the agro-food value chain.
Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund
Impact InvestorInvests in underserved agribusiness segments to catalyze job creation and food security, focusing on smallholder farmers and rural SMEs globally.
Cottier Donzé Foundation
FoundationSwiss foundation empowering girls and women through education, entrepreneurship, and life skills to eradicate discrimination and systemic poverty globally.
Schmidt Family Foundation
FoundationAdvances a balanced relationship between people and planet by supporting clean energy, healthy food systems, healthy oceans, and human rights.
Persistent
Venture CapitalPersistent is Africa’s climate venture builder, providing early-stage capital and hands-on operational support to scale energy startups.
Nordic Impact Funds
Impact InvestorNordic Impact Funds is an early-growth impact investor for founders building climate-resilient livelihoods across East Africa.
Chui Ventures
Venture CapitalChui Ventures is a Pan-African seed-stage venture capital firm with a gender-inclusive mandate, backing local founders building mass-market, tech-enabled solutions that address fundamental needs across Sub-Saharan Africa.
AHL Venture Partners
Venture CapitalAHL Venture Partners is an investor backing scalable businesses across Africa in financial inclusion, sustainable agriculture, and climate action, providing flexible capital and ongoing business support.
VestedWorld
Venture CapitalThey are an early-stage investment fund manager focused on investing in sectors which are proven to catalyze economic development, create jobs, contribute towards poverty alleviation, and deliver significant return on investment
Enza Capital
Venture CapitalEnza Capital is a multi-stage venture investor in category-defining founders and teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa.
Gather Ventures
Impact InvestorGather Ventures backs Africa’s women-led climate and resilience startups, providing growth capital and hands-on pre/post-investment support to scale income and asset creation for women and girls.
DOB Equity
Venture CapitalDOB Equity is a Dutch-family backed impact investor founded in 1997. They invest in scalable, innovative companies across East Africa tackling social and environmental challenges, providing equity capital, technical support, and long-term partnership.
AgDevCo
Impact InvestorAgDevCo is a leading specialist investor in African agriculture. For over 15 years, we have been making long-term debt and equity investments to build farming and agri-processing companies that deliver impact at scale.
AfDB SEFA
Development Finance InstitutionThe Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) is a multi-donor Special Fund. It provides catalytic finance to unlock private sector investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
AfricInvest
Private Debt and EquityA leading pan-African investment platform providing growth capital, private credit, and innovation funding to SMEs and mid-cap companies.
Africa Go Green Fund
Impact InvestorPan-African debt fund financing energy efficiency, clean transport, and renewable projects to accelerate greenhouse gas emission reductions across Africa.
Alitheia Capital
Impact InvestorPioneering women-owned fund manager investing growth capital in gender-diverse, high-growth African SMEs to drive financial and social returns.
General Catalyst
Venture CapitalGlobal venture capital firm investing from seed to growth in powerful, resilient technologies across healthcare, fintech, and enterprise software.
Goodwell Investments
Impact InvestorPioneering impact investment firm providing growth capital and support to inclusive, tech-driven enterprises scaling across Sub-Saharan Africa and emerging markets.
Inisght Partners
Private EquityGlobal venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology, software, and internet ScaleUp companies.
Orange Ventures
Venture CapitalCorporate venture capital arm of Orange Group investing in high-growth tech startups across Europe, the US, and Middle East and Africa.
Partech
Venture CapitalGlobal venture capital firm backing visionary founders across Europe, the Americas, and Africa from seed to growth stage tech ecosystems.
Sabou Capital
Impact InvestorNigeria-based impact fund backing high-growth, tech-enabled SMEs and underserved businesses across West and Central Africa with a gender lens.
TPG
Private EquityA premier global private equity firm deploying growth capital and multi-billion-dollar impact funds into market-shaping tech, climate, and healthcare enterprises.
Velocity Capital
Venture CapitalNetherlands-based venture capital firm providing early-stage funding to breakthrough fintech companies across Europe, Africa, and North America.