Clean Technologies

Black Women-Owned South African Fund Managers 

Firebird Fund Managers has its roots in business rescue and private equity. We specialize in identifying businesses which are distressed but where active intervention, new capital, debt restructures and compromises, can remedy the distress. We ensure Transformation and Impact through the following:Firebird is 75% black ownedJobs retained is key metric to us as well as above average IRR’s We hand over our businesses wherever possible to new entrants  Sustainable businesses with great governance is our goal

Firebird Turnaround Fund – Investment

The Energy and Environment Partnership covering Southern and East Africa (EEP Africa) is a multi-donor fund providing early-stage grant and catalytic financing to innovative clean energy projects, technologies and business models.

EEP Africa has been at the forefront of efforts to fast track clean energy access and sustainable and inclusive green growth, channeling more than EUR 57 million to 200+ pioneering projects with positive impacts on lives and livelihoods.

In January 2018, EEP Africa transitioned into a multi-donor trust fund managed by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF). This new

Earth Capital is a ‘Post Seed and Series A’ stage equity impact investor, which scales post revenue, commercially viable venture solutions to social and environmental issues in South Africa.   Earth Capital has emerged in response to a range of socio-economic and environmental mega-trends both in South Africa, Africa and the rest of the planet.

We exist to fill a large funding gap for early stage impact ventures, which are typically too risky or too small in investment size, to be of interest to typical institutional investors in South Africa. In partnership with our sister company, Impact

The Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMMEs in South Africa (GCIP-SA) is part of a global initiative aimed at promoting clean technology innovation and supporting entrepreneurs in growing their SMMEs and start-ups into viable, investment-ready businesses.

Type of support offered:

• Training, mentoring, access to capital, showcasing and awards.

Resources available for participants:

• Business training methodology, general and specialist mentors.

Applicant eligibility criteria:

• Be new and ground-breaking or incorporate adaptation of existing technologies, or use existing

LifeCo UnLtd South Africa is an impact business that invests in early to growth enterprises to deliver social, environmental, economic and financial gains.LifeCo is invested in companies in various sectors: renewable energy, urban farming, education, lifestyle and impact venture capital (SA, Netherlands, UK).

LifeCo UnLtd also delivers highly impactful immersive experiences designed to stimulate
entrepreneurial thinking and catalyse text catalyse personal, social and environmental problem-
solving.

Raba is an investment partnership focused on partnering with entrepreneurs in emerging technology ecosystems.

Raba is not a "fund." We are a partnership, a team of people who partner with founders to build companies that generate outsized returns and solve real-world problems. We have been early partners to the founders of many category-defining African software and internet companies.

We partner with founders building software and internet-first companies. We get involved early — during a time when we can have outsized impact. We have developed a series of investment themes that inform our

Inspired Evolution is a specialised investment advisory business dedicated to two principle investment themes: clean energy infrastructure-type development and project finance investments; and energy and resource efficiency growth investments.

Inspired Evolution established in 2007 as a specialised investment advisory business dedicated to two principle investment themes: clean energy infrastructure-type development and project finance investments; and energy and resource efficiency growth investments – and the value chains that support them. Inspired Evolution’s investment territory

Broadreach is an investment and corporate finance house with a particular focus on businesses that have a positive impact on their physical or social environments.  

Broadreach was founded in 2014 by a group of like-minded individuals, with a vision to be the bridge between the technical and financial worlds of renewable energy. Broadreach specializes in building, operating and maintaining clean energy generation and energy efficiency projects for its clients throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from stand-alone solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Namibia and Rwanda to rooftop installations

Investec is an international banking and wealth management group that provides a range of financial products and services clients.

We bring an Out of the Ordinary approach to creating and managing wealth. Founded in South Africa as a small finance company, today we offer clients our services as a global bank and asset management group. Follow us on LinkedIn for unique insights from leading minds within the world of finance and Out of the Ordinary stories about our people, communities and partners.

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) develops and manages private equity infrastructure funds designed to invest long-term institutional unlisted equity in African infrastructure projects.

AIIM understands the African business environment and has experience spanning a range of infrastructure asset classes. We develop, create, advise and manage private equity infrastructure funds. AIIM has funds under management of USD2.4 billion and a track record extending across seven infrastructure funds. The funds managed and advised by AIIM are designed to invest long-term institutional