Electrification Financing Initiative

Total investments

49

Average round size

5M

Portfolio companies

37

Rounds per year

6.12

Lead investments

8

Follow on index

0.24

Areas of investment
Financial ServicesEnergyRenewable EnergySocial EntrepreneurshipSolarEnergy EfficiencyAgriculturePower GridEnvironmental EngineeringEnergy Management

Summary

Electrification Financing Initiative is the famous VC, which was founded in 2016. The main department of described VC is located in the Brussels. The company was established in Europe in Belgium.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 2 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Electrification Financing Initiative, startups are often financed by Energy Access Ventures, Blue Haven Initiative, Aster. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Energy Access Ventures, Aster, Triodos Investment Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Energy Access Ventures, Marubeni Corporation, IP Group Plc.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Ghana. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight PEG, Sistema Biobolsa. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Social Entrepreneurship, Solar.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
49
Lead investments
8
Rounds per year
6.12
Follow on index
0.24
Investments by industry
  • Energy (39)
  • Solar (28)
  • Renewable Energy (18)
  • Energy Management (8)
  • Financial Services (4)
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Investments by region
  • Kenya (7)
  • United States (5)
  • Zambia (3)
  • Mali (1)
  • United Kingdom (2)
  • Show 15 more
Peak activity year
2019

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Group Appearance index
0.41

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
NextGen Solar 01 Jan 2017 Energy, Solar, Energy Management Seed 64K United States, Virginia, Falls Church
Sistema Biobolsa 25 Jun 2019 Energy, Renewable Energy, Social Entrepreneurship, Agriculture, Environmental Consulting, Biomass Energy Early Stage Venture 12M Mexico City, Mexico
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