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Total investments 19
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$5M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 0.83
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.21
Exits 1
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Transportation
  • Agriculture
  • Financial Services
Summary

Shell Foundation is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2000. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the London.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Shell Foundation, startups are often financed by Omidyar Network, United States Agency for International Development, SunFunder. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Triodos Investment Management, United States Agency for International Development, Norfund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Norfund, European Investment Bank (EIB), responsAbility.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Mexico. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Sistema Biobolsa Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Social Entrepreneurship, CleanTech.

Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 23 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2019.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Kofa

CleanTech
Electric Vehicle
Smart Cities
24 May 2023 Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Yellow

Bitcoin
Internet
Last Mile Transportation
Mobile
Mobile Payments
Public Transportation
Ride Sharing
Software
Transportation
$14M27 Mar 2023 Lilongwe, Lilongwe, Malawi

AgroCenta

E-Commerce
Farmers Market
Logistics
$790K29 Jan 2021 Port Louis, Mauritius

Sistema Biobolsa

Agriculture
Biomass Energy
Energy
Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
Social Entrepreneurship
$12M25 Jun 2019 Mexico City, Mexico

Sistema Biobolsa

Agriculture
Biomass Energy
Energy
Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
Social Entrepreneurship
$12M27 May 2019 Mexico City, Mexico

Catalyst enable.digital

Information Technology
13 Feb 2019 Zurich, Switzerland

Rent To Own Africa

Agriculture
Financial Services
$1M21 Dec 2018 Lusaka, Zambia

Inficold

CleanTech
Energy
Solar
$250K01 Oct 2016 Delhi

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Total investments 19
Average round size 5M
Rounds per year 0.83
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.21
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.58

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Kofa

CleanTech
Electric Vehicle
Smart Cities
24 May 2023 Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Yellow

Bitcoin
Internet
Last Mile Transportation
Mobile
Mobile Payments
Public Transportation
Ride Sharing
Software
Transportation
$14M27 Mar 2023 Lilongwe, Lilongwe, Malawi

AgroCenta

E-Commerce
Farmers Market
Logistics
$790K29 Jan 2021 Port Louis, Mauritius

Sistema Biobolsa

Agriculture
Biomass Energy
Energy
Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
Social Entrepreneurship
$12M25 Jun 2019 Mexico City, Mexico

Sistema Biobolsa

Agriculture
Biomass Energy
Energy
Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
Social Entrepreneurship
$12M27 May 2019 Mexico City, Mexico

Catalyst enable.digital

Information Technology
13 Feb 2019 Zurich, Switzerland

Rent To Own Africa

Agriculture
Financial Services
$1M21 Dec 2018 Lusaka, Zambia

Inficold

CleanTech
Energy
Solar
$250K01 Oct 2016 Delhi
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