| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.03.2022 | Amitruck raises $4 million for scaling into Uganda and Tanzania | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), February 2022. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Amitruck, our Kenya-based logistics-tech portfolio company, has closed a US$4 million seed round. Amitruck will use the funds to bolster... |
| 15.02.2022 | Boreal Light begins project to provide 100% of Zanzibar’s water with renewable energy | Berlin (Germany) and Stown Town (Zanzibar), February 2022. GreenTec Capital is very proud to report that Boreal Light has begun work on their most ambitious project to date, providing 100% of Zanzibar’s water powered by renewable energy. On... |
| 24.01.2022 | PowerStove Wins US $100,000 in AllOn/USADF Off-Grid Energy Challenge | Frankfurt (Germany) and Abuja (Nigeria), January, 2022. GreenTec is very pleased to share that PowerStove, its Nigeria-based cleantech portfolio company, is among 13 lucky African start-ups to win US $100,000 in an off-grid, energy challeng... |
| 18.01.2022 | Angel Investing in Africa – Never a better time to Learn | Frankfurt (Germany), January 2022. To look for signs that the African VC segment is maturing, one need only to look at the staggering $4.3-$4.6+ billion in reported deals closed in 2021. While lower than other international start-up markets... |
| 17.01.2022 | New African Magazine Selects Tomi Davies as Among 100 Most Influential Africans | London (England), Frankfurt (Germany) January, 2022. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to share that Mr. Tomi Davies (TD), our Chief Investment Officer, was selected to be among those honoured as “The 100 Most Influential Africans of 2021” b... |
| 14.01.2022 | PowerStove Profiled in private wealth Magazine | Abuja (Nigeria) & Frankfurt (Germany), January, 2022. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that its portfolio company, PowerStove, was featured in private wealth magazine in the December 7th, 2021 issue. Private wealth is a Munich headq... |
| 11.01.2022 | Boreal Light GmbH opens solar water desalination unit in Nungwi, Zanzibar | Frankfurt (Germany) & Nungwi (Zanzibar) January, 2022. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to share that its portfolio company, Boreal Light GmbH, officially opened a solar, water desalination system in Nungwi, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Nungwi i... |
| 05.01.2022 | Francisco Schäfer Aguilar joins GreenTec Capital as Associate | Frankfurt (Germany), October 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to announce that Francisco Schäfer Aguilar has joined the firm in the role of Associate, after completing a 6 months internship role. Francisco will apply his background in econ... |
| 04.01.2022 | Powerstove signs $7.1 million supply contract with Finnish power company Fola Nature | Frankfurt (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), and Abuja (Nigeria), January, 2022. GreenTec is very pleased to share that Powerstove, our Nigeria-based cleantech portfolio company, has signed a US$7.1 million supply contract with Fola Nature of F... |
| 04.01.2022 | Powerstove signs $7.1 million International supply contract with Finnish firm | Frankfurt (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), and Abuja (Nigeria), January, 2022. GreenTec is very pleased to share that Powerstove, our Nigeria-based cleantech portfolio company, has signed a US$7.1 million supply contract with an undisclosed F... |
| 20.12.2021 | Pricepally secures seed investment from SOSV | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), December 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Pricepally was selected to receive funding and support from US-based SOSV as a part of their cross-border program. |
| 15.12.2021 | GreenTec Co-invests into creative-focused edutech platform LAFAAAC | Frankfurt (Germany) and Paris (France), December 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to announce our co-investment in LAFAAAC (The Franco-Anglophone Academy of Arts and Culture) with INCO Ventures through it’s vehicle Abeille Impact Inve... |
| 08.12.2021 | Thomas Reyal joins GreenTec Capital as Investment Manager | Frankfurt (Germany), September 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to announce that Thomas Reyal has joined the firm in the role of Investment Manager. Thomas will apply his background in acquisition finance and private equity in support of t... |
| 06.12.2021 | GreenTec CEO Erick Yong and investee Powerstove attend the SDG Finance Geneva Summit | Geneva (Switzerland) and Frankfurt (Germany), December, 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that its CEO & Co-Founder, Erick Yong, participated in a panel discussion as part of the SDG Finance Geneva Summit. The event was organis... |
| 03.12.2021 | GreenTec Captial featured in Handelsblatt article on record level investment in Africa. | Frankfurt (Germany), December 2021. GreenTec Capital CFO Thomas Festerling was quoted in an article in the the Finance Section of the weekend edition of Handelsblatt for December 3rd and 4th, 2021. The article (in German) titled ‘Record Inv... |
| 02.12.2021 | Powerstove selected as USADF inaugural ARIE grant awardee | Frankfurt (Germany) and Abuja (Nigeria), November 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to report that Powerstove was selected as one of the inaugural recipients of a grant for the Africa Resilience Initiative for Entrepreneurs (ARIE). Powersto... |
| 26.11.2021 | GreenTec expands Logisticstech portfolio with investment in ShapShap | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), November 2021. We are very happy to announce our investment and signing of a collaboration agreement with ShapShap, a Nigerian logistics platform focusing on deliveries in Africa’s fragmented logisti... |
| 17.11.2021 | GreenTec invests in Nigerian Mobility Solutions platform T40 | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), October 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to announce our investment in T40, a Nigerian intercity transport- and logistics-tech company developing solutions to help mobility service providers of... |
| 16.11.2021 | GreenTec’s Anandha Ponnampalam speaks at COP26 Panel | Frankfurt (Germany) and London (England), November 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Anandha Ponnampalam, its Chief Technology Officer, participated in a panel as part of the COP26 UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub Pavil... |
| 03.11.2021 | Amitruck partners with IMFact to access greater financial capital for East African scaling | Frankfurt (Germany) & Nairobi (Kenya), October, 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that its portfolio company, Amitruck, has partnered with IMFact, a pan-African FinTech offering alternative financing options to SMEs in the supp... |
| 27.10.2021 | GreenTec Capital at AFSIC 2021 in London | Frankfurt (Germany) and London (England), October 2021. GreenTec Capital CFO Thomas Festerling and Head of Financial Solutions Norbert Reeg traveled to London, England for The AFSIC 2021 Investing in Africa Conference and Expo on October 11... |
| 25.10.2021 | GreenTec CIO Tomi Davies participates in Nigerian National Startup Bill Learning Series webinar | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), October 2021. GreenTec Capital CIO Tomi Davies (TD) participated in Nigeria’s National Startup Bill (NSB) Learning Series webinar titled Incentivising and protecting investment in Innovation. This wa... |
| 13.10.2021 | Amitruck selected for Google’s Black Founders Fund | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), October 2021. We are very pleased to report that our Kenyan logistics-tech start-up Amitruck has been selected for Google for Startups Program’s newly launched Black Founders Fund. The $US 3 million ... |
| 01.10.2021 | GreenTec’s Tomi Davies Shares his Story and Poetry in Instagram LIVE Interview | Frankfurt (Germany), September 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Tomi Davies (TD), its Chief Investment Officer, was recently interviewed by Ms. Nadia Mensah Acogny, Co-Founder and COO of Acosphere Ltd. Acosphere Ltd. is a Dak... |
| 24.09.2021 | Pricepally Launches New Mobile Apps and Website, and will Expand Operations to Abuja | Frankfurt, Germany & Lagos, Nigeria, Sept., 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that our Nigerian portfolio company, Pricepally, has launched new mobile apps and website, and will expand operations into Nigeria’s capital city, Ab... |
| 23.09.2021 | GreenTec Capital and Boreal Light at the Impact Festival in Offenbach | Offenbach (Germany), September 2021. On September 16th and 17th members of the GreenTec Capital and Boreal Light teams attended the Impact Festival events in Offenbach in Hessen, Germany. The two days were part of a series of events of Impa... |
| 21.09.2021 | Coliba Collaborates with Vivo Energy to Collect Plastic Waste at Shell Service Stations | Frankfurt, Germany & Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Sept., 2021. GreenTec Capital (GCP) is pleased to share that Coliba, a GCP waste-to-value start-up in Côte d’Ivoire, announced that it has signed a contract with Vivo Energy’s Ivorian subsidi... |
| 17.09.2021 | Boreal Light teams with Ebara to bring fresh water to school for disabled children in Machakos, Kenya | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), May 2021. GreenTec is pleased to report that the partnership between Boreal Light and EBARA Pumps Europe is already bringing needed fresh, hygienic water to the faculty and students at the Machakos S... |
| 14.09.2021 | Arie Ben Josef attends American German Business Club Evening of Entrepreneurs | Frankfurt (Germany), September 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Dr. Arie Ben Josef, Lead Business Venture Builder, attended The Evening of the Entrepreneurs, hosted by the American German Business Club (AGBC). |
| 09.09.2021 | GreenTec’s Tomi Davies shares his POEM Framework at Tanzania Venture Capital Network Webinar | London (England) & Frankfurt (Germany), Sept. 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Tomi Davies (TD), it’s Chief Investment Officer, participated in an interesting and informative webinar hosted by the Tanzania Venture Capital... |
| 02.09.2021 | Boreal Light enters Latin America with first kiosks planned for Mexico | Frankfurt & Berlin (Germany), August 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to share that Boreal Light GmbH, our Berlin-based portfolio company, is expanding into its third regional market with Latin America. Boreal Light specializes in... |
| 02.09.2021 | Boreal Light enters North America with first kiosks planned for Mexico | Frankfurt & Berlin (Germany), August 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to share that Boreal Light GmbH, our Berlin-based portfolio company, is expanding into its third regional market with North America. Boreal Light specializes in... |
| 02.09.2021 | Amitruck CEO Tells his Journey to Leading a Successful, Kenyan Logistics Firm | Frankfurt, Germany & Nairobi, Kenya, August 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Mark Mwangi, CEO and Co-Founder of Amitruck, a GreenTec portfolio company working in logistics-tech, was interviewed on the Fiftyfaces Focus pod... |
| 31.08.2021 | The Beer Garage Accelerator Program of AB InBev Selected Amitruck to Join its 2021 Accelerator Program | Frankfurt (Germany) & Nairobi (Kenya), August, 2021. GreenTec Capital is proud to share that our Kenya-based logistics-tech portfolio company, Amitruck, has been selected to join the Africa edition of the Beer Garage Accelerator Program... |
| 26.08.2021 | Boreal Light GmbH Wins The Smarter E Award in The Outstanding ProjectsCategory | Frankfurt & Berlin (Germany) August, 2021. GreenTec Capital is proud to share that Boreal Light GmbH was selected as the winner of The Smarter E Award in the Outstanding Projects category. The Smarter E Award recognizes solutions and co... |
| 11.08.2021 | Ecodudu helps Kenyan Farmer Transition to More Sustainable Business Model | Frankfurt (German) and Nairobi (Kenya), July 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Ecodudu Ltd., a GreenTec waste-to-value portfolio company, was included in a very interesting and timely podcast hosted by Ms. Sophie Mbugua; and l... |
| 02.08.2021 | GreenTec’s Tomi Davies speaks at the Angola Innovation Summit | Frankfurt (Germany), July 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Tomi Davies (TD), its Chief Investment Officer, participated in the Angola Innovation Summit (AIS) webinar on July 30th, 2021. AIS is an international knowledge platf... |
| 29.07.2021 | Anandha Ponnampalam joins GreenTec Capital as Chief Technology Officer | Frankfurt (Germany), July 2021. GreenTec Capital Partners is very happy to announce that Anandha Ponnampalam has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer and Head of the newly formed Digital Transformation Business Unit. In this role ... |
| 21.07.2021 | GreenTec Capital’s Co-Founders featured in Wir magazine | Frankfurt (Germany), July, 2021. GreenTec is very pleased to share that Co-Founders, Erick Yong and Thomas Festerling, were featured in the June issue of Wir, a German magazine focused on entrepreneurial families. The article presents Thoma... |
| 21.07.2021 | GreenTec Capital’s Mitbegründer im Wir-Magazin vorgestellt | GreenTec freut sich sehr, dass die Gründer Erick Yong und Thomas Festerling über ihre Sicht auf die afrikanische Start-up-Szene berichtet haben in einem Artikel von Johannes Sell in der Juni-Ausgabe des Magazins “Wir” mit Fokus auf Unterneh... |
| 16.07.2021 | Fabienne Kirchhof joins GreenTec Capital as an Associate Focused on Promoting a Circular Economy in Africa | Frankfurt (Germany) June, 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to announce that Fabienne Kirchhof has joined the firm as an Associate currently responsible for leading projects supporting the newly founded Circular Economy 4 Africa consortium ... |
| 12.07.2021 | GreenTec Capital Chief Investment Officer, Tomi Davies, profiled on TechCabal | London, England & Lagos, Nigeria, July, 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that its Chief Investment Officer, Tomi Davies (TD), is profiled in the June 29th issue of TechCabal. TechCabal’s Staff Writer, Daniel Adeyemi, conducted... |
| 06.07.2021 | Boreal Light GmbH opened first of 28 Solar Water Desalination Systems in Kenyan Hospital | Mombasa (Kenya) & Frankfurt (Germany), June, 2021. GreenTec Capital Partners is very proud to announce that Boreal Light GmbH opened its first of 28 planned solar water desalination systems in Kenyan hospitals. Boreal Light developed an... |
| 30.06.2021 | GreenTec’s Tomi Davies joined virtual panel focused on the Acceleration of Digitalization | Frankfurt, Germany & Lagos, Nigeria GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Tomi (TD) Davies, its Chief Investment Officer, participated in Nerds Unite 2021 panel webinar focused on “Acceleration of Digitalization” moderated by Ms. Li... |
| 25.06.2021 | Yasser Lotfy joins GreenTec Capital as Associate in the Investment Business Unit | Frankfurt (Germany) June, 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to announce that Yasser Lotfy has joined the firm as an Associate responsible for sourcing, assessing and supporting startups in the Investment Business Unit. Yasser comes to us wi... |
| 23.06.2021 | Amitruck Teams with Sanergy to Remove more than 12,000 Tons of Waste Per Year | Nairobi (Kenya) and Frankfurt (Germany), June 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Amitruck has signed a partnership agreement with Sanergy, a Kenyan start-up working to address issues of hygiene and waste-management in Afr... |
| 15.06.2021 | Xhensila Beka (Jenny) has joined GreenTec Capital in the role of IT Coordinator | Frankfurt (Germany), June, 2021. Xhensila Beka (Jenny) has joined GreenTec Capital as the IT Coordinator. Jenny will supervise and execute transformation projects as well as serve as a bridge between company stakeholders and the management ... |
| 10.06.2021 | Amitruck CEO, Mark Mwangi, Joins High-Level Advisory Board of DIGILOGIC | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), June 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to share that Mark Mwangi, founder and CEO of Amitruck, has joined the High-Level Advisory Board (HLAB) of DIGILOGIC. DIGILOGIC boosts cooperation and strategic... |
| 09.06.2021 | Bahon Gbalé joins GreenTec Capital as an Associate in the Investment Business Unit. | Frankfurt (Germany), June, 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to announce that Ms. Bahon Jessica Gbalé has joined the firm as an Associate in the Investment Business Unit. In this role Ms. Gbalé will be responsible for the sourcing, assessin... |
| 08.06.2021 | Powerstove pitches at UNDP Growth Stage Impact Ventures finalist event | Frankfurt, (Germany) & Geneva (Switzerland), June 2021. GreenTec Capital is happy to report that Powerstove joined 12 finalists chosen by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Geneva Growth Stage Impact Ventures (GSIV) for a spe... |
| 07.06.2021 | GreenTec’s Andrew Gwadiva speaks at Africa Tea Week | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), May 2021. GreenTec Capital’s Vice President of Growth, Andrew Gwadiva participated in Africa Tea Week this past May by joining a panel hosted by Trastea titled ‘Tea and Fair Trade.’ Appropriately, An... |
| 02.06.2021 | Boreal Light partners with EBARA Pumps for Impact in Kenya | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), May 2021. GreenTec is pleased to report that Boreal Light has recently partnered with EBARA Pumps Europe. The companies are joining forces for a pilot project bringing clean drinking water to a schoo... |
| 25.05.2021 | Ecodudu CEO Adan Mohammed talks alternative protein and impact at the Okavango Impact Leader Panel Series | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), May 2021. Ecodudu Founder & CEO, Adan Mohammed, participated in the Okavango Impact Leader Panel Series titled Food Systems, Biodiversity and Climate. The series was organized by Okavango Capital... |
| 21.05.2021 | WidEnergy Africa secures funding from OPES-LECF to expand rural distribution network | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lusaka (Zambia), May 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that WidEnergy Africa has secured funding from OPES-LECF. WidEnergy was one of two African companies to receive funding through their Restart East... |
| 12.05.2021 | Powerstove builds team in preparation for Upscaling. | Frankfurt and Abuja, May 2021. GreenTec is very pleased to report that Powerstove is growing its team as a part of preparations for upscaling. The Abuja-based company is continuing to build on its growth in 2020 and positioning itself to me... |
| 04.05.2021 | Amitruck wins spot in the first JICA Ninja Accelerator Africa program in Kenya! | Frankfurt (Germany), Tokyo (Japan) and Nairobi (Kenya), April, 2021. GreenTec Capital is excited to report that Amitruck has been selected to join the JICA Ninja Accelerator Africa’s first cohort in Kenya. Amitruck is a Nairobi-based startu... |
| 28.04.2021 | Powerstove selected as Finance Geneva Summit Growth Stage Impact Ventures Initiative finalist | Frankfurt (Germany) and Abuja (Nigeria), April 2021. GreenTec Capital is happy to report that Powerstove, was selected as a 2021 Finalist for the Finance Geneva Summit Growth Stage Impact Ventures Initiative. The UNDP’s Growth Stage Impact ... |
| 26.04.2021 | WidEnergy Africa selected as a GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion Grantee. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lusaka (Zambia), April 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that our Zambian portfolio company, WidEnergy Africa was selected as one of nine grantees for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adopt... |
| 20.04.2021 | Andrew Gwadiva joins GreenTec Capital as Vice President of Growth | Frankfurt (Germany), April 2021. GreenTec Capital is pleased to announce that Andrew Gwadiva has joined the leadership team as Vice President, Growth. He is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with DFIs, Foundations, In... |
| 20.04.2021 | Emmett Kelly joins GreenTec Capital as Grants Manager and Technical Writer | Frankfurt (Germany), January 2020. GreenTec Capital Partners is very pleased to announce that Mr. Emmett Kelly has joined the team in the role of Grants Manager & Technical Writer. Emmett comes to us with a strong background in journali... |
| 20.04.2021 | Emmett Kelly joins GreenTec Capital as Communications Officer | Frankfurt (Germany), January 2020. GreenTec Capital Partners is very pleased to announce that Mr. Emmett Kelly has joined the team in the role of Communications Officer. Emmett comes to us with a strong background in journalism and corporat... |
| 16.04.2021 | Dr. Arie Ben-Joseph joins GreenTec Capital as Lead, Venture Building Team | Frankfurt (Germany), April 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to announce that Dr. Arie Ben Josef has joined the team as Lead, Venture Building team. In this role he will drive GreenTec’s assessment of potential portfolio companies, pro... |
| 09.04.2021 | Norbert Reeg joins GreenTec Capital as Head of Financial Solutions | Frankfurt (Germany), March 2021. We are very happy to announce that Mr. Norbert Reeg has joined the company as Head of Financial Solutions. Mr. Reeg comes to us with deep experience in wealth management that he will leverage in leading the ... |
| 01.04.2021 | PricePally raises six-figure pre-seed funding from VCs and Angels | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), April 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to share that PricePally has recently raised six-figure funding from Samurai Incubate, Launch Africa Ventures, and Angel Investors. The investment comes a... |
| 26.03.2021 | Boreal Light featured on BBC Africa for World Water Day 2021 | Berling (Germany), March 2021. Monday, March 22nd was International Water Day, and Boreal Light GmbH’s CEO and Co-Founder, Dr. Hamed Beheshti, participated in an interview on BBC-Africa Facebook Live addressing Impact of COVID19 on the Live... |
| 23.03.2021 | GreenTec Capital CEO Erick Yong featured on Voice of America’s “Our Voices” program | Frankfurt (Germany), March 2021.We are very happy to share that GreenTec Capital CEO and Co-Founder, Erick Yong, was recently interviewed on VOA (Voice of America) Africa’s Our Voices program by Tatenda Gumbo. The program’s theme was Africa... |
| 19.03.2021 | Powerstove included in SET100 list of start-ups in the Start-up Energy Transition | Frankfurt and Berlin (Germany), March 2021. GreenTec is very happy to report that Powerstove has been included in the SET100 list of the best start-up in the Start-up Energy Transition Awards for 2021. Powerstove was selected from a pool of... |
| 15.03.2021 | Powerstove selected as a finalist in the JUA Kickstarter awardee | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), March 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Powerstove Energy is one of seven start-ups to be awarded funding from the Jua Kickstarter Program. Each of the seven participants was awar... |
| 09.03.2021 | GreenTec Capital, Shequity, and Djembe Consultants host gender lens investing webinar for International Women’s Day | Frankfurt (Germany), March 2021. ShEquity, in collaboration with GreenTec Capital and Djembe Consultants, hosted a “fireside chat” webinar to celebrate International Women’s Day. ShEquity Founder & Managing Director, Pauline Koebl, and ... |
| 02.03.2021 | Ecodudu begins construction on 8-acre rearing facility. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), February 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Ecodudu will begin construction on an 8-acre rearing facility that will allow the innovative Kenyan waste-to-value company to significan... |
| 19.02.2021 | Boreal Light begins expansion into South Asia | Frankfurt and Berlin (Germany), February 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Boreal Light GmbH has begun their expansion beyond the African continent with projects initiated in Indonesia and the Philippines. Earlier this m... |
| 17.02.2021 | Amitruck secures pre-seed funding for East African growth | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), February 2021. GreenTec is pleased to report that Amitruck has announced significant undisclosed, pre-seed investments from two US based investment firms, Dynamo Ventures and Plug and Play Ventures, ... |
| 10.02.2021 | Opportunities to join Amitruck Solylend campaign and make an impact! | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), February 2021. Amitruck is currently running a crowdlending campaign on Solylend, the France-based crowdlending platform, and they are well on their way. In fact, the campaign will run for several mo... |
| 05.02.2021 | AgroCenta Raises US$ 790K in working capital and development funding | Frankfurt (Germany) and Accra (Ghana), February 2021. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that AgroCenta has successfully raised US$ 790,000 in funding. The funding will be used to scale the Agri-Tech ecosystem in Ghana and for worki... |
| 27.01.2021 | Boreal Light closes USD $7.5 Million Investment Round. | Frankfurt and Berlin (Germany), January 2021. GreenTec Capital Partners is very happy to report that Boreal Light GmbH has successfully closed an Investment round raising USD $7,500,000. The investment was made in partnership with a US base... |
| 21.01.2021 | Case Study (B2B): How Pricepally helps organizations save on food costs in Nigeria. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), January 2020. We have previously written about how Pricepally helps Nigerians to mitigate the highly volatile prices of food staples and produce. Here we present a case study on how Pricepally’s feat... |
| 17.12.2020 | Freshbag completes successful One Woman Business Initiative Campaign | Frankfurt (Germany) and Yaounde (Cameroon), December 2020. We are very pleased to learn that our Cameroon-based portfolio company Freshbag has successfully started their One Woman Business Initiative (OWBI) campaign. The campaign was launch... |
| 15.12.2020 | GreenTec Capital Portfolio Impact Report 2019 | Frankfurt (Germany), December 2020. We are happy to close out 2020 by sharing our impact report for the year 2019. The report was produced by impact consultants Steward Requeen and summarizes the quantitative socio-economic and environmenta... |
| 10.12.2020 | Case Study: How Pricepally helps individuals and organizations save on food costs in Nigeria. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), December 2020. Africa’s rapidly expanding population and high rate of urbanization are among the factors contributing to a dramatic reorganization of the continent’s food and agri-systems. These and ... |
| 08.12.2020 | Powerstove at GITEX Technology Week in Dubai | Frankfurt (Germany) and Dubai (UAE), December 2020. GreenTec is very happy to report that Powerstove Energy is attending and presenting at the GITEX Technology Week in Dubai, UAE. Powerstove joined more than 300 start-ups from 40 countries ... |
| 27.11.2020 | Amitruck partners with Eneza Education for impact in Kenya | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), November 2020. GreenTec Capital is very proud to share that our Kenyan logistics portfolio company Amitruck has parterned with Eneza Education to expand access to education for Amitruck drivers’ fami... |
| 19.11.2020 | Why invest in Africa now? Four Questions with GreenTec Capital’s CIO Tomi Davies | Frankfurt (Germany); November 2020. We sat down with GreenTec Capital Partner’s CIO Tomi Davies (TD) to ask him a few questions and get a better sense of what one of Africa’s most prominent and recognizable angel investors has to say about ... |
| 04.11.2020 | Shequity Invests in Ecodudu | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), October 2020. We are delighted to report that Ecodudu has been selected for an investment from ShEquity. This will be the third investment from ShEquity, which focuses on supporting innovative women-... |
| 28.10.2020 | Amitruck takes 1st place in the Arctic15 pitching competition | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), October 2020. GreenTec is very happy to share that Amitruck has taken the first prize at the Arctic15 pitching competition. Our Kenyan logistics portfolio company was selected from eleven competing s... |
| 27.10.2020 | Boreal Light opens new WaterKiosk in Oog, Somalia | Frankfurt (Germany) and Oog (Somalia), October 2020. GreenTec Capital is happy to report that Boreal Light GmbH has completed the installation of a WaterKiosk® in Oog, Somalia. The new installation is powered by one of the company’s innovat... |
| 19.10.2020 | Powerstove opens new production facility in Kuje District, Nigeria | Frankfurt (Germany) and Abuja (Nigeria), October 2020. GreenTec is happy to report that Powerstove has opened a new production facility in the Kuje district in Abuja. The new facility will have a monthly production capacity of 25,000 units ... |
| 18.10.2020 | GreenTec Capital featured in Börsen-Zeitung | Frankfurt (Germany), September 2020. GreenTec is happy to report that we have recently been featured in an article by Sebastian Schmidt in Börsen-Zeitung. Börsen-Zeitung is German main financial daily exclusively focusing on financial marke... |
| 14.10.2020 | Coliba launches container-based collection kiosk in Cote D’Ivoire | Frankfurt (Germany) and Abidjan (Cote D’Ivoire), October 2020. GreenTec is very pleased to report that our Cote D’Ivoire-based portfolio company Coliba has deployed their first plastic collection kiosk in Abidjan. The container-based plasti... |
| 08.10.2020 | PricePally wins First Prize at the SA Innovation Summit Africa Cup. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Capetown (South Africa). GreenTec is very happy to report that PricePally has been awarded first prize at the 2020 Africa Cup competition at the South Africa Innovation Summit. The Africa Cup is a center-stage compet... |
| 30.09.2020 | GreenTec invests in Nigeria’s Powerstove | Frankfurt (Germany) and Abuja (Nigeria), September 2020. GreenTec is very happy to announce out investment in Nigeria-based Powerstove Energy. Powerstove has developed an innovative smokeless stove and fuel system to address problems of hig... |
| 22.09.2020 | WidEnergy receives investment from Shequity | Frankfurt (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland), and Lusaka (Zambia), September 2020. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to announce that Widenergy Africa received an investment from Shequity. Shequity is a newly launched investment vehicle that fo... |
| 18.09.2020 | PricePally releases app updates for Android and iOS | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), September 2020. GreenTec Capital is very happy to report that PricePally has released new mobile app versions of their innovative e-commerce platform. Our Nigeria-based portfolio company was hard at ... |
| 16.09.2020 | Amitruck selected for the AMI African Transformative Mobility Accelerator | Frankfurt (Germany) and Nairobi (Kenya), September 2020. GreenTec is very pleased to report that Amitruck has been selected for the Africa Mobility Initiative’s (AMI) Africa Transformative Mobility Accelerator. Our Kenya-based logistics por... |
| 14.09.2020 | Harry ‘Tomi Davies (TD) joins GreenTec Capital Partners as Chief Investment Officer. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), September 2020. GreenTec Capital Partners is very pleased to announce that Mr. Harry ‘Tomi Davies (TD) has joined the team in the role of Chief Investment Officer, where he will use his considerable ... |
| 07.09.2020 | GreenTec invests in Cameroon-based Freshbag | Frankfurt (Germany) and Yaoundé (Cameroon), August 2020. GreenTec is very pleased to announce our investment in Freshbag, an innovative digital Cameroon platform that connects farmers and vendors to ensure a fair and reliable food supply ne... |
| 03.09.2020 | Pricepally awarded Lagos State grant | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), September 2020. GreenTec Capital Partners is very happy to report that Pricepally was one of 23 innovators and technology firms to be awarded a grant by Lagos State in Nigeria. |
| 24.08.2020 | PricePally selected for the Digital Africa Social and Inclusive Business Camp. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), August 2020. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Pricepally has been accepted into the Agence Francaise de Developpment’s (AFD) Digital Africa Social and Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC). |
| 30.07.2020 | Case Study: Simplifying Retail Management with Sumundi’s Keepsales | Frankfurt (Germany) and Accra (Ghana), July 2020. GreenTec Capital is very happy to share the following case study from one of our new investees, Ghana-based Sumundi. Sumundi is an innovative Ghanaian start-up developing innovative e-commer... |
| 28.07.2020 | Superfluid Labs receives investment from ShEquity | Frankfurt (Germany) and Zurich (Switzerland), July 2020. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to announce that Superfluid Labs was selected as the first investment for the newly launched ShEquity investment vehicle which focuses on providing sm... |
| 23.07.2020 | Xavier Chapel joins GreenTec as Head of Venture Building | Frankfurt (Germany), July 2020. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to announce that Xavier Chapel has joined the team in the role of Head of Venture Building. Xavier will leverage his extensive international and entrepreneurial experience in ... |
