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Persistent Energy Capital

VC
Lagos, Nigeria / Zurich, SwitzerlandWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

AUM

$70M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Persistent focuses on early-stage clean-energy ventures in Africa, aiming to enable scalable and sustainable energy solutions for long-term impact.

Meet the Team

DM

Dirk Muench

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Energy
Hardware
Emerging Markets
JS

Jessica Stephens

Business Development Director

JR

Joy Rukundo

Marketing Director

TR

Tobias Ruckstuhl

Managing Partner

CA

Christopher Aidun

Co-Founder

TN

Toukam Ngoufanke

Partner

JN

John Ndosi

Finance Manager

TG

Thomas Gallas

Principal

WK

Wairimu Karanja

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

SO

SolarNow

Renewable Energy
PE

PEG Africa

Energy, IoT
How to pitch Persistent Energy Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, 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 $100K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dirk Muench, Co-Founder & Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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