Sun King Raises $260 Million, Led By General Atlantic’s BeyondNetZero, To Expand Global Access To Affordable Solar Energy
The Off Grid Electricity Fund calls for applications for its new USD 300,000 Catalytic Grant Program to promote access to quality solar products in Haiti
The Off Grid Electricity Fund (OGEF), the renewable energy access fund for Haiti supported by the World Bank, announces it has launched a Call for Proposals for catalytic grants as part of its new Catalytic Grant Program, designed to promote the distribution of quality solar products in Haiti. Interested companies must submit a grant application […]
Bamboo Capital Partners named in ImpactAssets 50 for 11th consecutive year
Bamboo Capital Partners has been named in the ImpactAssets 50 2022 list (‘IA 50’) for the eleventh consecutive year. Bamboo was also named as an Emeritus Impact Manager by ImpactAssets. The IA 50 Emeritus Impact Manager list recognizes impact fund managers who have achieved consistent recognition on the IA 50.
The BLOC Smart Africa Fund (BLOC SA) invests €300,000 in Digitech, a Côte d’Ivoire-based SaaS insurtech start-up
The BLOC Smart Africa fund (BLOC SA), initiated by the Smart Africa Alliance and managed by Bamboo Capital Partners, has announced that it has signed an agreement to invest €300,000 in Digitech, a Côte d’Ivoire-based SaaS insurance technology start-up. BLOC SA is leading the Seed round, catalyzing additional capital from Launch Africa Ventures. Digitech is […]
The Off Grid Electricity Fund (OGEF) invests in Solengy to accelerate the supply of off-grid solar energy systems for commercial and residential customers
The Off Grid Electricity Fund (OGEF), the renewable energy access fund for Haiti supported by the World Bank, has provided a loan to Solengy Haiti S.A. (‘Solengy’) to support its expansion plans outside of Port-au-Prince. The loan will allow Solengy’s lease-to-own program to be expanded beyond Port-au-Prince, enabling more customers to install and use solar […]
Bank of America invests in the ABC Fund
Bank of America is investing $5 million (USD) in the Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund), becoming the first corporate global financial institution to invest in the Fund. Bank of America is the also the first investor at the intermediate tranche level. This investment comes as the Fund reaches a milestone deployment of more than 20 […]
The Off Grid Market Development Fund (OMDF) takes a new major step in the deployment of its financing program by disbursing first lines of credit to two distributors of solar products in Madagascar
The Off Grid Market Development Fund (OMDF), dedicated to accelerating access to energy in Madagascar and financed by the Government of Madagascar with assistance from the World Bank, today announces the disbursement of its first two loans, to the companies BAOBAB + Madagascar and HERi Madagascar which are both companies supplying Verasol certified solar energy […]
The Off Grid Electricity Fund invests USD 230,000 in clean energy company to increase access to reliable and affordable energy in rural Haiti
OGEF makes a USD 230,000 investment in form of debt financing and catalytic grants to Alina Enèji to build and operate three mesh-grids in rural Haiti using Okra Solar’s platform and equipment. The investment will allow Alina Enèji to pilot Okra Solar’s DC mesh grid technology at scale by connecting 300 households and small businesses […]
Palladium’s asset manager Bamboo strikes up strategic partnership with KPTL to generate additional impact in Latin America
Global impact firm Palladium, through its asset management arm Bamboo Capital Partners, is entering into a strategic partnership with KPTL. The alliance brings together world class expertise in impact investing with Brazilian-based venture capital and aims to unlock bottlenecks in Latin American markets and create growth opportunities with a focus on technology and social transformation. […]
ABC Fund accelerates its investments in microfinance and cooperative lending in Africa
The ABC Fund today announces that it has completed a latest round of investments totaling EUR 6.4 million across four microfinance providers in Mali, Kenya and Uganda. The Fund will finance the savings and credit cooperatives Nyesigiso in Mali and EBO in Uganda, as well as the Kenya-based credit-only microfinance institutions Premier Credit Kenya and […]
