Nuru (Swahili for "light"), formerly known as Kivu Green Energy, is a company dedicated to enhancing connectivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our vision is to provide 5 million delighted clients with rock-solid renewable energy Sept 24, 2024.
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, North Kivu, Goma
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +243 975 192 669
Total raised: $40M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | GAIA Impac... | gaia-impac... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.07.2023 | - | $40M | Proparco |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 16.07.2023 | Nuru, an EDFI ElectriFI Investee, Closes over $40m of Equity... | Nuru, one of Africa’s pioneering renewable energy-powered metrogrid companies, has announced the suc... | electrifi.... |
| 10.07.2023 | Weekly Economic Index: Nigeria taxes its informal sector, su... | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should ke... | venturesaf... |
| 03.07.2023 | Gaia’s investee Nuru closes over $40m of equity funding to d... | Nuru Closes over $40m of Equity Funding to Drive Metrogrid Scaling in the Democratic Republic of the... | gaia-impac... |
| 03.07.2023 | DRC-based startup Nuru has secured $40 million to build the ... | Nuru, a solar energy startup based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, wants to provide 24-hour ele... | techcabal.... |
| 10.03.2021 | Nuru, a solar company based in the Democratic Republic of Co... | Nuru, a hybrid solar off-grid developer based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has raised ... | techgistaf... |
| 09.03.2021 | Nuru raises $1.2m funding round | DRC: Nuru, a developer of hybrid solar off-grids based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ha... | incubees.c... |
| - | Nuru, an EDFI ElectriFI Investee, Closes over $40m of Equity... | Nuru, one of Africa’s pioneering renewable energy-powered metrogrid companies, has announced the suc... | electrifi.... |
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