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Energy Access Ventures

VC
Nairobi, KenyaWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$50K – $1.0M

AUM

$90M

Portfolio

29+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Energy Access Ventures supports off-grid energy and IoT companies addressing fundamental infrastructure challenges in Africa.

How Energy Access Ventures invests

Energy Access Ventures is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech.

Energy Access Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $90M in assets under management.

Energy Access Ventures has backed 29 companies in our records, including Fenix International, ColdHubs, Badili Africa.

Meet the Team

AD

Andrew Darge

Investment Manager

KM

Karim Megherbi

Investment Manager

Energy
IoT
Emerging Markets

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech

Portfolio Companies (29)

Other

FE

Fenix International

Off-Grid Energy
CO

ColdHubs

Energy, IoT
BA

Badili Africa

MA

Mawingu Networks

SO

SolarX Africa

CA

Cavex

CU

Cutstruct

GL

Glint

GO

GoCab

IN

Insight Terra

How to pitch Energy Access Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $50K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Andrew Darge, Investment Manager.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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