| Fund Name |
Type |
Size |
Sectors |
Geography |
Application |
Examples of GDC investees |
|
Fund Name:
Acumen Fund
|
Type:
Patient capital (equity, quasi-equity or debt capital) |
Size:
$250K - $3M
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Africa, Asia, East Africa, Global, Latin America, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa |
Application:
Open (through referrals) |
Examples of GDC investees:
Easy Solar, Frontier Markets, Solaris Off-grid, Simusolar, Tulaa |
|
Fund Name:
AECF/REACT
|
Type:
Grants or repayable grants |
Size:
$50K - $500K
|
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Application:
Several windows a year |
Examples of GDC investees:
Inyenyeri, Vitalite Zambia, Zonful Energy |
|
Fund Name:
Beneficial Returns
|
Type:
Debt |
Size:
$50K - $500K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Latin America and South East Asia |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Ecofiltro, Ilumexico, Sistema.bio, Nazava, ATEC* |
|
Fund Name:
bettervest GmbH
|
Type:
Crowdfunded loans |
Size:
$100K - $2.5M
|
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Borrower registered in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Singapore. |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Vitalite Senegal, Bonergie, Bidhaa Sasa, WidEnergy Africa Ltd, Pawame |
|
Fund Name:
Beyond Capital Fund
|
Type:
Early stage capital (equity and debt) |
Size:
$25K - $200K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
India and East Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Tulaa, Frontier Markets |
|
Fund Name:
Charm Impact
|
Type:
Crowdfunded loans |
Size:
$10K - $250K
|
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Solibrium |
|
Fund Name:
Clean Cooking Alliance
|
Type:
Grants |
Size:
$50K - $500K
Depends on the competition |
Sectors:
Improved cooking |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Several windows a year |
Examples of GDC investees:
Potential Energy, Bidhaa Sasa, UpEnergy, Livelyhoods |
|
Fund Name:
D-Prize
|
Type:
Grants |
Size:
up to $20K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Bi-annual competition |
Examples of GDC investees:
Altech, Mukuru Clean Stoves, Endurance Electric, Harness Energy, Deevabits Green Energy, Livelyhoods, Essmart |
|
Fund Name:
DOEN Foundation
|
Type:
Grants and debt (convertible notes and equity also possible) |
Size:
$25K - $250K
|
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda) and India |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Pollinate Group, Frontier Markets and Livelyhoods, Inyeneri, Jiro-Ve, Offgrid Box, Shine, Simusolar, Sistema.bio |
|
Fund Name:
Drapers Richards Kaplan Foundation
|
Type:
Debt (unrestricted capital) |
Size:
up to $300K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Solar Sister, Pollinate Group, Livelyhoods |
|
Fund Name:
elea foundation
|
Type:
Grants, convertible grants and equity for early-stage companies |
Size:
$50K - $500K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Essmart |
|
Fund Name:
Energise Africa
|
Type:
Crowdfunded loans |
Size:
$1.5M - $10M
per year (tranche based) |
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Altech, Oolu, Simusolar, UpOwa, SolarWorks! |
|
Fund Name:
Energy and Environment Partnership Southern & Eastern Africa (EEP)
|
Type:
Grants |
Size:
$200K - $1M
|
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Southern and East Africa |
Application:
Annual calls (2020 now closed) |
Examples of GDC investees:
Inyenyeri, Livelyhoods, Solarworks!, Vitalite Zambia, Mukuru Clean Stoves, Offgrid Box, Sistema.bio, Zonful Energy |
|
Fund Name:
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies Solidarity Investiment Fund
|
Type:
Equity (minority stake) |
Size:
$100K - $1M
Minority stake |
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Ilumexico, Frontier Markets, Sistema.bio, ATEC* |
|
Fund Name:
FINCA Ventures
|
Type:
Equity or convertible notes |
Size:
$100K - $500K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
|
|
Fund Name:
Gaia Impact Fund
|
Type:
Equity |
Size:
$150K - $500K
|
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Global (sub-Saharan Africa preference) |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Easy Solar, UpOwa, Solaris Off-grid, Oolu, Hybrid Social Solutions |
|
Fund Name:
GrowFin Small and Growing Businesses Fund
|
Type:
Debt |
Size:
$100K - $1.5M
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Oman |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
|
|
Fund Name:
I&P (Investisseurs et Partenaires)
|
Type:
Debt, Equity |
Size:
$50K - $3M
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa (with a focus on West Africa, Indian Ocean, and Central Africa) |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Jiro-Ve |
|
Fund Name:
Kiva
|
Type:
Crowdfunded loans |
Size:
$1 - $500K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Bidhaa Sasa, Solar Solutions PNG, Hydrologic Social Enterprise Co. Ltd, EcoGen, Livelyhoods, Ilumexico, Solubrite, ATEC*, Nazava, Vitalite, Zonful, Rent to Own, Soluz Honduras |
|
Fund Name:
Lendahand
|
Type:
Crowdfunded loans |
Size:
$1.5M - $5M
Tranche-based credit facility over 1 to 1.5 years, 100K-1M per tranche |
Sectors:
Agriculture, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
upOwa, SolarWorks!, Sistema.bio, Vitalite, Oolu, Simusolar, Altech |
|
Fund Name:
MercyCorps Ventures
|
Type:
Early-stage equity (pre-seed or seed round) |
Size:
up to $500K
under $500K |
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
East Africa, West Africa, Latam or Southeast Asia |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
|
|
Fund Name:
Nithio FI
|
Type:
Receivables and inventory backed financing |
Size:
$250K - $1M
|
Sectors:
Off-grid solar |
Geography:
East Africa, Nigeria |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
|
|
Fund Name:
OPES-LCEF
|
Type:
Patient capital |
Size:
$50K - $400K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Predominantly East Africa and India |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Sistema.bio, Nazava |
|
Fund Name:
Persistent
|
Type:
Early stage equity / mezzanine debt |
Size:
$50K - $500K
Also invests human capital alongside financial capital |
Sectors:
Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Oolu Solar, Solarworks!, upOwa, Zonful Energy |
|
Fund Name:
Pioneer Facility
|
Type:
Debt (uncollateralized) |
Size:
$100K - $500K
|
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Southeast Asia. Focus countries: Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
|
|
Fund Name:
Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP)
|
Type:
Debt, Equity |
Size:
$200K - $5M
|
Sectors:
Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
UpOwa |
|
Fund Name:
Roddenberry Foundation Catalyst Fund
|
Type:
Grants |
Size:
$2.5K - $15K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Energy One Africa |
|
Fund Name:
SEED
|
Type:
Grants for SEED awardees only |
Size:
up to $25K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Application:
Annual awards scheme |
Examples of GDC investees:
Green Impact Technologies, SPOUTS of Water, Kukula Solar, Pollinate Group, Solar Sister, Natfort Energy, Sunny Money |
|
Fund Name:
Segal Family Foundation
|
Type:
Grants (for non-profit organizations) and debt or equity (for early-stage social enterprises) |
Size:
$15K - $1M
$15K (average grant) |
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Africa (mostly East Africa) |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Livelyhoods, Vitalite, Simusolar |
|
Fund Name:
SIMA Angaza Distributor Finance Fund
|
Type:
Loans for users of Angaza platform |
Size:
$100K - $500K
|
Sectors:
Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Altech Group, Deevabits Green Energy, Easy Solar |
|
Fund Name:
SPARK+ Africa
|
Type:
Debt and mezzanine capital for early-stage post-revenue companies |
Size:
$500K - $7M
|
Sectors:
Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
|
|
Fund Name:
SunFunder
|
Type:
Debt |
Size:
$250K - $5M
|
Sectors:
Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa and India |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
SolarWorks! |
|
Fund Name:
Trine
|
Type:
Debt |
Size:
$100K - $10M
Framework agreements of €1K minimum, broken down into tranches of €100K-750K) |
Sectors:
Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Yellow solar, Vitalite |
|
Fund Name:
Triple Jump (Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund, EEGF)
|
Type:
Mezzanine, equity and debt for early and growth-stage companies |
Size:
$100K - $10M
|
Sectors:
Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
|
|
Fund Name:
USADF
|
Type:
Grants |
Size:
up to $250K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Africa |
Application:
Several windows a year |
Examples of GDC investees:
Sky Power, Ecobora, M&NDA Company, Natfort Energy |
|
Fund Name:
USAID Development Innovation Ventures
|
Type:
Grants |
Size:
$100K - $5M
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Global |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
Essmart, Elephant Energy, Tulaa, Nafa Naana, Potential Energy and Solar Sister |
|
Fund Name:
VentureBuilder
|
Type:
Early stage capital (equity and quasi equity) |
Size:
$50K - $500K
Early stage capital |
Sectors:
Off-grid solar |
Geography:
Africa |
Application:
|
Examples of GDC investees:
Energy+ |
|
Fund Name:
Wajenzi
|
Type:
Crowdfunded equity investments for early-stage (post proof of concept) |
Size:
$50K - $250K
|
Sectors:
Agriculture, Health, Improved cooking, Off-grid solar, Other, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) |
Geography:
Africa |
Application:
Open |
Examples of GDC investees:
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