Venture Capital
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Solar DAO Closed-End Fund Aims to Blow Open Doors to Global Utility-Scale Project Investment
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Israel-based Solar DAO intends to offer $80 million worth of Ethereum-based, profit-sharing Solar DAO tokens and invest the proceeds in large-scale solar power ...

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Warburg Pincus Planning to Plow $75MM in Indian Rooftop/Residential Solar Developer
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International investment groups and multinational corporations are taking a growing interest in entrepreneurial startups capable of successfully navigating ...

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MTN, Lumos Global Expect to Empower 1 Million Nigerians with Launch of Mobile Electricity Service
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The advent of off-grid, mobile pay-go household solar energy systems is producing amazing results in a growing range of Sub-Saharan nations. The MTN-Lumos ...

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Zimbabwe Off-Grid Solar Start-up Lands Kiva Direct to Social Enterprise Loan
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Providing mobile "pay as you go" home solar loans, Zonful Energy tapped into Kiva's new Direct to Social Enterprise Fund to secure a $50,000 loan that will ...

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The Investment Case for Mini-Grids and Off-Grids in Africa
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Since the mid-1990s, external finance to Africa’s power sector has averaged only around US$600m per year of public assistance, plus a similar volume of private ...

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Caterpillar Takes Equity Stake In Africa Microgrid Company Powerhive
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Part of a $20 million round of Series A VC funding, Caterpillar Ventures is taking an equity stake in Powerhive, a pioneering developer and vendor of smart ...

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Energy Efficiency Financing More than Doubles in 2015
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Corporate funding in the energy efficiency sector more than doubled to nearly $1.2 billion in 2015, with debt and public market financing accounting for ...

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Internet of Things Fuels VC Smart Grid, Energy Storage Investment
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Venture capital (VC) investment groups put $81 million of capital across 12 transactions to work in up-and-coming smart grid systems vendors in 3Q, ...