Blue Haven Initiative is a family office action tank that focuses on how a family can impact the world by investing different kinds of capital and communicating that story to inspire others. The firm is focused primarily on early-stage companies in emerging and pioneer markets.

Blue Haven Initiative

E3 Capital invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors.

E3 Capital

Investisseurs & Partenaires is an impact investment group dedicated to African Small and Medium Enterprises. Since its creation in 2002, I&P has invested in more than 90 companies, located in 16 African countries and operating in various sectors of activity (health, transport, microfinance, and other ventures). These enterprises create local added value and long-term employment, and generate important social, environmental and governance impact. I&P provides capital, technical, and strategic support to meet the growth needs of its portfolio companies. The team develops long term partnerships with entrepreneurs, sharing management expertise and knowledge that is useful for improving business strategy, structuring, and success. I&P manages four pan-African funds – IPDEV 1, IPDEV 2, IPAE 1 and IPAE 2, which represent a total of €135 million – and sponsors five African impact funds – Comoé Capital (Côte d’Ivoire), Miarakap (Madagascar), Sinergi Burkina, Sinergi Niger, and Teranga Capital (Senegal).  Created by Patrice Hoppenot in 2002 and headed by Jean-Michel Severino since 2011, the I&P team comprises about forty collaborators in Paris and in its seven African offices in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Niger, and Senegal.

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ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies initiative is the Group provides technical and financial support.

ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies initiative

Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States.  Since 2001, Acumen invested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.

Acumen

TotalEnergies Ventures is the venture capital arm of Total. As part of Total's commitment to a better energy future, TotalEnergies Ventures is focused on finding, funding and fostering high-potential start-ups which will contribute to creating a low carbon future. Current areas of interest include Renewables, Distributed Energy, New Mobility, Energy Access, Energy Storage, Bio-Plastics, Circular Economy, Carbon Capture and Hydrogen.

TotalEnergies Ventures

Renewable Energy Performance Platform is Supporting the growth of sub-Saharan Africa's renewable energy industry.

Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP)

PEG Africa

PEG provides financing for life-changing and useful products such as solar home systems.

PEG Africa

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