Investments- Start-ups and Global Energy Transition

 Start-ups working on the
global energy transition

1. Acacia Innovations Ltd., Kenya
Category: Special Prize, Sustainable Development Goal 7; Funding Stage: Seed
Acacia Innovations makes modern clean cooking affordable for schools in Kenya, through an
innovative subscription model which allows schools to get a highly discounted affordable clean
cookstove if they sign a contract to purchase Kuni Safi biomass briquettes (an alternative to firewood
made of sugarcane waste). They have benefited 75,000 students in over 150 schools with a smoke-
free learning experience and lower costs for school meals.
2. Adaptricity AG., Switzerland
Category: Intelligent Grids, Platforms & Cyber-Security; Funding Stage: Series A
Adaptricity develops and markets innovative cloud-based, data-driven grid analytics tools and
services for cost-efficient planning, operation and adaptation of electric distribution grids for the
challenges of the energy transition. Adaptricity creates value by making grid planning and operation
significantly more cost-effective – saving 10-20% in CAPEX (grid infrastructure investments) and 30-
70% in OPEX (grid planning and grid analytics, operational improvements).
3. AESP Green Energy Inc., Canada
Category: Special Prize, Sustainable Development Goal 7; Funding Stage: Series B
AESP Green Energy Montreal Canada has designed, developed, and deployed the i-kabin to sub-
Saharan Africa. The i-Kabin is IoT solar-powered battery-recharging, similar to a solar well. The i-
kabin replaces the need for noxious kerosene used in candles and Lanterns. Each kiosk supports 250
families with clean light and power.
4. Africa GreenTec AG., Germany
Category: Special Prize, Sustainable Development Goal 7; Funding Stage: Series A
Africa GreenTec is developer, producer and seller of the "Solartainer" (Solarcontainer), a mobile plug
& play solar power plant including energy storage to substitute diesel generators in rural areas of
Africa. Their corporate entities are managing the distribution of electricity for approximately 1,500
people and offer financing solutions for rural villages within the core markets in Mali and Niger.
5. AgriProtein Holdings, Gibraltar
Category: Energy, Water & Food; Funding Stage: Series C/D
AgriProtein helps provide sustainable protein to the world, while reducing waste-to-landfill, and
mitigating greenhouse gases. AgriProtein is leading the new industry of nutrient upcycling, creating
natural, sustainable, protein & oil from organic waste. Using fly larvae fed on organic waste,
AgriProtein has developed a new large scale, sustainable and natural source of protein and oil.