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FACTOR[e] is a venture development firm with a mission to improve lives in the developing world through increased access to sustainable energy and related services. We support early stage entrepreneurs through a unique blend of risk capital and world-class technical resources. We find, validate, fund, de-risk, and grow a rich pipeline of social ventures that aim to solve profound global problems.
Location: United States, Colorado, Fort Collins
Employees: 11-50
Phone:+1 970-999-0507
Founded date: 2013
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 20.02.2023 | gateway.fm | gateway.fm | $4.6M | Norway, St... |
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| 11.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: $3.6bn for Flagship Pioneering, $379m for Kembara, $10m for Cartken’s delivery bots | While there was a dearth of funding rounds for agrifoodtech startups this week, some serious money was pumped into adjacent spaces. Kembara’s deeptech and climate fund secured a €350 million ($379 million) capital injection from the Europea... |
| 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... |
| 22.03.2023 | Factor[e] Ventures launches Africa-focused venture studio TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report Success! | Factor[e] Ventures, a team of venture builders that invests in early-stage companies in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, has launched a new venture studio specifically for African startups. The new venture studio, Delta40, will invest... |
| 30.03.2022 | Beyond investing in startups, Factor[e] is de-risking them for other investors | “The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” The origin story of Factor[e] Ventures best exemplifies this statement by Jonas Stalk. In 2010, a company wanted to modify car engines to reduce tailpipe emissions, thereby redu... |
| 28.10.2021 | Swedish-Kenyan EV startup Opibus announces $7.5 million investment | Opibus, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer, announced that it has raised $7.5 million in funding led by Silicon Valley fund At One Ventures, further supported by Factor[e] Ventures and Ambo Ventures managed by former... |
| 12.04.2021 | Factor[e] Ventures : Adds Two Accomplished Trailblazers to Board of Directors | FORT COLLINS, Colo. and NAIROBI, Kenya, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Factor[e] Ventures today announced that it has appointed Orli Arav and Ada Osakwe to the company's Board of Directors. Clarity of purpose, born of experience Factor[e] V... |
| 10.06.2020 | Clean Crop Technologies raises $3m to curb post-harvest food waste | Toxins, molds and pathogens are responsible for 500 million tons of food spoilage, which causes nearly $250 billion in food losses and 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. “By the time you throw away that tomato in your fridge, it has alr... |
| 10.04.2018 | UPDATE: InspiraFarms Adds €2.5m to Series A for Cold Storage and Processing Tech in East Africa and Central America | **First Published April 5, 2017. Updated April 10, 2018 to reflect second close of Series A round. ** InspiraFarms has added €2.5 million ($3.1m) to its Series A round of investment from existing investors, bringing the company’s total Seri... |
| 14.11.2017 | Indian Agribusiness Marketplace Startups are Having a Moment, But Will it Last? | An Indian startup trend that experts have foretold for a while is coming to fruition in a big way. As India grows its horticultural capacity in reaction to the government’s National Horticulture Mission, which launched in 2005 to enable the... |
| 02.10.2017 | Horticulture Will Dominate Agtech Innovation in India in Next Decade | Editor’s Note: Hemendra Mathur is agribusiness investment lead and venture partner at Bharat Innovations Fund, a new $150 million early-stage fund with a focus on agtech, cleantech, health-tech and enterprise-tech ventures. Mathur previousl... |
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