Nairobi-based pre-seed fund and accelerator dedicated to climate-resilience start-ups in Africa (agriculture, energy, fintech, adaptation). First cheques, hands-on support, and frequent co-investment with international seed funds.
Based on observed investment behaviour: 13 recorded deals
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Activity : Forestry, agroforestry and carbon
Biochar Industrial Group (BIG), a climate-tech startup founded by Releaf Earth executives, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to turn agricultural waste from African food factories into carbon-removal credits.
Source : techcabal.com
Co-investor alongside Breega
Activity : Agricultural inputs and services
BIG installs modular pyrolysis units inside food factories to collect agricultural waste and turn it into biochar: a permanent carbon store, audit-grade carbon removal credits, and a soil amendment that restores depleted farmland and boosts crop yields. Disposal cost becomes new revenue for factories.
Why they invested
Team
Co-investors The Mulago Foundation (Non-dilutive)
Source : techcabal.com
Co-investor alongside Jambaar Capital
Activity : Insurtech
Instrument : Seed investment · Vehicle : Jambaar Capital Fund I
Insurtech providing index-based and parametric agricultural insurance to smallholder farmers.
Why they invested
Co-investors Mercy Corps Ventures
Source : linkedin.comN1 · Primary source
Co-investor alongside Breega
Activity : Commercial & industrial energy
PowerLabs builds Pai Enterprise, an AI-enabled energy orchestration platform that coordinates in real time the distributed energy sources (grid, generators, solar, batteries) of businesses across Nigeria and West Africa.
Why they invested
Team
Co-investors Kaleo Ventures, Mercy Corps Ventures
Source : launchbaseafrica.com
Co-investor alongside Delta40
Activity : Online marketplaces
Farm to Feed, a Kenyan agritech startup that connects smallholder farmers to businesses, has closed a $1.5 million seed funding round.
Co-investors 54 Collective, Acumen, DRK Foundation, Holocene, Levare Ventures, Marula Square
Source : techcabal.com
Activity : Insurance
OKO, a Malian climate and agritech startup that provides climate insurance for African farmers, has raised an undisclosed funding round led by Catalyst Fund, with participation from two existing investors.
Co-investors Newfund, ResiliAnce
Source : techcabal.com
Activity : Agritech
Tanzanian agri-tech startup MazaoHub has raised USD 2 M in an oversubscribed pre-seed round to expand its AI-powered, climate-smart farming platform across Africa.
Co-investors Impacc, Livelihood Impact Fund, Mercy Corps Ventures, Nordic Impact Fund
Source : weetracker.com
Co-investor alongside Futuregrowth Asset Management
Activity : Enterprise software (SaaS)
South Africa’s The Awareness Company , a SaaS startup transforming business data into actionable insights for operations and sustainability, has raised USD 1.6 M in seed funding.
Co-investors Aions, E Squared, Holocene
Source : weetracker.com
Co-investor alongside Lateral Frontiers
Activity : Forestry, agroforestry and carbon
Octavia Carbon, a Kenyan-based cleantech startup, has raised a $5 million seed round.
Co-investors E4E Africa, Fondation Botnar, Launch Africa Ventures, Renew Capital
Source : techcabal.com
Activity : Fruit, vegetables and market gardening
Vehicle : Catalyst Fund
Farm to Feed improves agricultural value-chain efficiency by aggregating imperfect and surplus produce from smallholder farmers and distributing it to buyers.
Why they invested
Source : thecatalystfund.com
Activity : Productive use: solar cooling and pumping
Vehicle : Catalyst Fund
ColdHubs provides modular solar-powered cold rooms to preserve perishable food and reduce food losses.
Why they invested
Source : bfaglobal.com
Activity : Vertical software
Vehicle : Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator
KudiGo provides a mobile retail-management solution integrating inventory, CRM, digital payments and online storefronts for micro and small businesses.
Why they invested
Source : thecatalystfund.com
Activity : Digital lending and scoring
Vehicle : Catalyst Fund
Indicina develops AI-powered credit infrastructure enabling lenders to improve credit underwriting and risk management.
Why they invested
Source : thecatalystfund.com
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Catalyst Fund invests tickets ranging from 100 k$ to 2 M$, across the following sectors: Agribusiness, Energy, Fintech, Infrastructure (all), Water & environment, Real estate, Telecoms & digital infrastructure, Transport & civil engineering, E-commerce, SaaS, and Financial services, in the following areas: West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and North Africa. Check in 30 seconds whether your company fits these criteria.
