Briter Bridges
March 1st, 2025
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Build, commercialise, grow: a playbook for financing climate ventures in Africa
In 2024, ClimateTech ventures captured one-third of all startup funding in Africa. Yet, much of the capital is concentrated in a few deals, across a few sub-themes, and just a handful of markets. This concentration highlights a deeper truth within Africa’s ClimateTech venture space: ClimateTech ventures require funding approaches that differ from traditional VC models, yet practical guidance is lacking. As a result, many ventures, especially science-based, women-led, or locally founded ones, face early-stage funding gaps, not due to quality, but because of a lack of knowledge on how to deploy, coordinate, and align funding strategies.
"Build, Commercialise, Grow" is a ClimateTech financing playbook funded by the GIZ Spark programme and implemented by Briter Bridges in partnership…
Briter, Ventures 54, GIZ Spark, Global Gateway
June 19th, 2025
Latest funding rounds captured
Nile.ag (South Africa) raised $11.3m
from Cathay Innovation, Dutch Entrepreneurial Investment Bank (FMO)
Sun King (formerly Greenlight Planet) (United States of America) raised $80.0m
from Stanbic IBTC, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Most funded companies
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