Funder directory
Foundations, development institutions and investors tracked in SignalRoom. Headquarters describe where each funder is based—not where its funded work takes place.
Funders tracked
305
Countries covered
33
Climate-only funds
79
2150
Climate-onlyHeadquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Infrastructure & cities
Stages: Seed–Series A
Ticket: €1M–€10M
2024: 7 investments, 0 Series A
Urban climate tech: built environment, infrastructure, sustainable cities
Visit website360 Capital
Climate-majorHeadquarters: Paris, France
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Energy, Infrastructure & cities
Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, B
Ticket: €200k (pre-seed) and up | From €200k (pre-seed) and up | €200k (pre-seed) and up
2024: 17 investments, 2 Series A
Invests from pre-seed; strong focus on energy transition, circular economy, urban sustainability, smart cities, carbon capture. Latest climate-dedicated fund (360 LIFE II, €140M, 2024) complies with Article 9 SFDR.
Visit website4impact
Climate-onlyHeadquarters: The Hague, Netherlands
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability
Stages: Pre-seed, Seed
Ticket: €250K–€2.5M
2024: 4 investments, 1 Series A
Societal & environmental impact (climate focus)
Visit website515 Ventures
GeneralistHeadquarters: Oakland, CA
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Health
Stages: Seed–Series A
Ticket: —
Biotech & healthtech; translational science; founder-operator mentorship
Visit website8090 Industries
Climate-onlyHeadquarters: New York, NY
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability
Stages: Seed to Growth
Ticket: $1M-$15M
2024: 4 investments, 0 Series A
Industrial decarbonization, next industrial revolution
Visit website8VC
GeneralistHeadquarters: Austin, TX
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Energy, Health
Stages: Seed to Growth
Ticket: $500K–$10M+
2024: 61 investments, 0 Series A
Logistics, bio/health, enterprise, climate & energy
Visit websiteA15
VC/InvestorHeadquarters: Cairo, Egypt
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Health, Digital & connectivity
A15 is a venture capital firm and tech investor in the Middle East and North Africa that backed Shezlong, a leading online mental health platform offering psychotherapy via video sessions. It invests in digital businesses with scalable models, including health‑tech and wellness solutions. Sources: https://techpoint.africa/feature/egyptian-mental-healthtech-startup-shezlong/, https://a15.com
Visit websiteACCELR8 Ventures
Climate-onlyHeadquarters: Boston, MA
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability
Stages: Seed to Early
Ticket: $500K-$3M
2024: 3 investments, 0 Series A
GHG reduction technologies, carbon sequestration
Visit websiteAccelrace
GeneralistHeadquarters: Copenhagen, Denmark
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Ticket: 1M DKK
2024: 3 investments, 0 Series A
Very early-stage Nordic-Baltic tech; industry agnostic
Visit websiteAceli Africa
OtherHeadquarters: Washington, DC, United States (Aceli Africa registered as a non-profit initiative with operations in East Africa)
Countries funded: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Agriculture & food, Health
Ticket: Debt and incentive payments typically in the range of tens to hundreds of thousands of US dollars per SME loan (exact standardized ticket size not published)
Aceli Africa is a market-enabling facility designed to mobilize private capital for agricultural small and medium enterprises in East Africa, using financial incentives and technical assistance to expand lending to agribusinesses that improve livelihoods, food security and sustainable production. Sources: https://accesstonutrition.org/app/uploads/2025/04/20250409_Impact-Investing-for-Nutrition-Principles_draft_v1.pdf, https://accesstonutrition.org/app/uploads/2025/10/20251010_Impact_Investing_for_Nutrition_NIIP_v2_FINAL-1-1.pdf
Visit websiteAcumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF)
VC/InvestorHeadquarters: Nairobi, Kenya
Countries funded: Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Agriculture & food, Financial inclusion, Digital & connectivity, Other
Ticket: Typically about $600k–$35M per investment, across seed to growth stages.
The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) is an impact investment fund based in Africa that invests in tech ventures supporting smallholder farmers’ livelihoods and climate resilience, focusing on agritech and climate‑smart solutions. Sources: https://agfundernews.com/araf-acumen-resilient-agriculture-fund, https://shizune.co/investors/agriculture-agtech-vc-funds-africa
Visit websiteAda Ventures
Climate-majorHeadquarters: London, UK
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Energy, Health
Stages: Pre-seed, Seed
Ticket: £250,000–£1.5 million
2024: 11 investments, 0 Series A
Pre-seed and seed impact investments with a focus on climate equity, healthy ageing, inclusive tech. Dedicated climate thesis, but also funds economic empowerment and health.
Visit websiteAECI (AECI VC Fund)
VC/InvestorHeadquarters: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Countries funded: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Agriculture & food, Other
Ticket: Typically around $1.3M–$1.4M per round.
AECI is an investment vehicle that backs agtech and farming‑related businesses, including in Africa, with seed to Series B venture capital. Sources: https://shizune.co/investors/agriculture-agtech-vc-funds-africa, https://shizune.co/investors/agriculture-agtech-vc-funds-africa#AECI
Visit websiteAENU
Climate-onlyHeadquarters: Berlin, Germany
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Energy
Stages: Seed, Series A | Pre-seed, Seed
Ticket: €0.5M–€5M (initial); €1–4M typical | €250k–€2M
2024: 10 investments, 4 Series A
Climate tech (energy transition, carbon economy)
Visit websiteAfrica Bridge Fund
VC/InvestorCountries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Health, Education, Financial inclusion, Digital & connectivity, Other
Africa Bridge Fund is an investment vehicle focused on African AI and deep‑tech startups, building a venture ecosystem for high‑growth opportunities across health tech, climate tech and enablement tech. It targets medical devices, biotech, data science, carbon capture, digital MRV, intelligent edge, connectivity, education, jobs, payments and other data‑driven deep‑tech solutions for the continent. Sources: https://www.africabridgefund.com/
Visit websiteAfrica Climate Change Fund
FoundationHeadquarters: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability
Ticket: $250,000 - $1 million
Provides grants and technical support for climate-resilient and low-carbon development in African countries. It backs governments, NGOs, and regional institutions through small grants and related project finance. Sources: https://accf.afdb.org/, https://www.afdb.org/sites/default/files/2022/10/26/accf_brochure_english.pdf
Visit websiteAfrica Climate Ventures
VC/InvestorHeadquarters: Cape Town, South Africa
Countries funded: South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Digital & connectivity
Africa Climate Ventures is an investment platform focused on building Africa's first climate unicorns and backing climate innovation. The live search result indicates it received institutional backing and is positioned as a climate investor in Africa. Sources: https://africaclimateventures.com/
Visit websiteAfrica Deep Tech (Sequence Ventures)
VC/InvestorHeadquarters: Cairo, Egypt
Countries funded: Egypt
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Energy, Agriculture & food, Health, Education, Infrastructure & cities, Other
Ticket: Planned fund size of USD 50 million to be deployed in about 20 transactions (implying roughly USD 2–3 million per deal, though individual ticket sizes are not explicitly stated).
Africa Deep Tech is an upcoming venture capital fund managed by Sequence Ventures, domiciled in Egypt, that will invest in African technology startups in sectors including healthcare, education, agriculture, logistics and climate. The fund plans to deploy about USD 50 million across roughly 20 deep‑tech transactions over two years, focusing on AI, robotics, renewable energy and other advanced technologies. Sources: https://pitchbook.com/profiles/fund/27164-26F, https://www.arabfinance.com/en/news/newdetails/21783, https://enterpriseam.com/egypt/2025/01/16/sequence-ventures-to-roll-out-africa-focused-usd-50-mn-fund-in-2026/
Visit websiteAfrica Finance Corporation
OtherHeadquarters: Lagos, Nigeria (with operations across Africa)
Countries funded: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Energy, Infrastructure & cities, Other
Pan-African development finance institution that invests in infrastructure and sometimes supports research and capacity-building related to infrastructure, energy, transport and industrial development in African countries. Sources: https://grantmeridian.com/regions/africa/
Visit websiteAfrica Research Excellence Fund
FoundationHeadquarters: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Countries funded: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa
Sectors: Health, Education, Other
Funds African researchers through career-development schemes and fellowships, focusing on health research and saving lives by supporting African scientists’ training and research projects. Sources: https://africaresearchexcellencefund.org.uk/funding-calls/
Visit websiteAfrican Climate Foundation
FoundationHeadquarters: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Energy, Agriculture & food
The African Climate Foundation (ACF) is the first African‑led, regional climate foundation working at the nexus of climate and development, using strategic grant‑making, research, technical assistance and advocacy to support climate mitigation, adaptation and just transitions across Africa. It focuses on areas such as green industrialisation, resilient energy systems, land use and agriculture, and inclusive, climate‑aligned economic transformation. Sources: https://africanclimatefoundation.org/, https://africanclimatefoundation.org/about-us/, https://africanclimatefoundation.org/mission-and-approach/, https://africanclimatefoundation.org/blog/the-acf-at-three-looking-back-looking-forward/
Visit websiteAfrican Plant Nutrition Research Fund (APNRF)
OtherHeadquarters: Ben Guerir, Morocco (APNI headquarters)
Countries funded: Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Agriculture & food, Health
Ticket: Grant amounts per project are not explicitly stated in the current call documentation; typical research grants are in the tens of thousands of US dollars, but no standard ticket size is published
The African Plant Nutrition Institute’s African Plant Nutrition Research Fund (APNRF) provides competitive grants to African researchers to scale improved nutrient and soil fertility management, supporting food production and sustainable plant nutrition across the continent. Sources: https://www.apni.net/research-fund-apply/
Visit websiteAfrican Union (AU) Research Grants
MultilateralHeadquarters: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Countries funded: Not recorded yet
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Agriculture & food, Health, Education, Infrastructure & cities, Other
Continental intergovernmental organisation that runs African Union Research Grants and other programmes supporting science, technology and innovation research in Africa. Sources: https://cgsr.mku.ac.ke/feb-2025-active-research-grants/
Visit websiteAgDevCo
VC/InvestorHeadquarters: London, United Kingdom
Countries funded: Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia
Sectors: Climate & sustainability, Agriculture & food, Financial inclusion, Infrastructure & cities, Other
AgDevCo is a specialist investor in African agribusinesses, providing patient capital (both debt and equity) to scalable agricultural and agritech businesses across Sub‑Saharan Africa. Sources: https://www.agdevco.com/, https://www.agriwebnews.co.za/post/venture-capital-and-agritech-investments-in-south-africa
Visit websiteAgence Française de Développement (AFD) – Nutrition Grants
BilateralHeadquarters: Paris, France
Countries funded: Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique
Sectors: Agriculture & food, Health
Ticket: Recent nutrition projects cited include grants of about €3 million per project; typical AFD nutrition grants are in the low millions of euros
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) finances development projects including multi-year grants for nutrition programs that address food and nutrition security, resilience and health systems in several Sub-Saharan African countries. Sources: https://www.afd.fr/sites/default/files/2025-02-01-58-32/AFD_Nutrition_8p_group_va_web.pdf
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