Top 5 investors in Sub-Saharan Africa with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 5 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Sub-Saharan Africa is $135.9M, which is 0.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Energy industry over the last 3 years.

Top 5 investors in Sub-Saharan Africa with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All funds are from different countries. No country grouping tendencies were found in this sample. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Nigeria, but also invest in startups from Netherlands and Kenya. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Industrial and Gamification.
• Important Years – 2018 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2019 and 2017 were fruitful for other funds.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample.