A venture capital firm investing in tech-enabled, early-stage ventures that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Employees: 1-10
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 4
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 19.05.2023 | Odyssey En... | odysseyenergysolutions.com | $20.34M | United Sta... |
| - | Apollo Agr... | apolloagriculture.com | $46M | Kenya, Nai... |
| - | SunCulture | sunculture.com | $48.5M | Australia,... |
| - | Roam | roammotors.com | - | Kenya, Nai... |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.10.2024 | Africa: Equator Africa Gets $5m From IFC for African Climate Tech Startups | TLDR Equator Africa, a VC firm supporting early-stage climate tech startups in sub-Saharan Africa, receives $5 million from IFC for innovation in the African climate sector. Initial close of $40 million in April aims to address funding gap ... |
| 26.06.2024 | IBISA: Pioneering Climate Insurance Solutions for Vulnerable Communities in Asia and Africa | IBISA, a dynamic climate Insurtech company based in Luxembourg, has recently secured a substantial $3 million funding round to bolster its parametric insurance offerings for weather-related risks across Asia and Africa. This significant inv... |
| 25.06.2024 | IBISA raises $3 million to scale parametric insurance solutions, strengthening climate resilience across Asia and Africa. | LUXEMBOURG, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBISA, a Climate Insurtech company, has closed a $3 million funding round to scale its parametric insurance solutions for weather-related risks in Asia and Africa. The round was led by The Acumen Re... |
| 09.02.2024 | Africa-focused funds find their feet amid a downturn | In the midst of a funding downtime last year, and with conditions getting tougher for fund managers raising capital as backers (limited partners) enhanced their focus on strategy and track record, some new African and Africa-focused funds s... |
| 13.04.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: ClimateAI raises $22m, Legit Group cooks up $13m, Farm.One reopens | This week, climate forecasting platform ClimateAI landed Series B funding and cloud kitchen startup Legit Group snagged Series A funds. Elsewhere, struggling Farm.One secured investment and reopened its farm in Brooklyn, and eGrocery startu... |
| 06.04.2023 | Equator Announces Initial Close of First Fund, At Approx. $40MUSD | Equator, a Nairobi, Kenya-based climate-tech venture capital firm focused on Sub-Saharan Africa, announced the initial close of its first fund with approximately $40m USD in commitments. Notable investors in the fund include British Interna... |
| 05.04.2023 | Equator secures $40M in commitments for fund targeting climate tech startups in Africa | Africa contributes less than 3% of the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions but the continent will be one of the most impacted by the adverse effects of climate change. Some explanations for Africa’s vulnerability include poor di... |