Insights from the Field

Reporting Analyst

| Nov 27, 2024

Job Description Reporting Analyst Factor E and Equator are complementary investment vehicles that target sequential...

Investment Director, West Africa

| Nov 27, 2024

Job Description Investment Director, West Africa Factor E and Equator are looking to expand their...

Prize

GreenPod Labs Wins $50K Post-Harvest Loss Innovation Prize

Factor E Ventures | Oct 03, 2024

GreenPod Labs Secures $50K Post-Harvest Loss Innovation Prize for Groundbreaking Active Packaging Solution London, UK...

Press Release

Open Access Energy Secures $750,000, Launching $1.5 Million Seed Round

Factor E | Aug 12, 2024

    Cape Town, South Africa - August 12, 2024 Open Access Energy (OAE), a...

Prize

$50,000 Post-Harvest Loss Innovation Prize

Factor E Ventures | Jun 26, 2024

We are seeking groundbreaking solutions that empower smallholder farmers in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa...

Press Release

Giraffe Bioenergy Receives Grant to Scale Sustainable Ethanol Production in Kenya

AmpUp Consortium | Jun 03, 2024

Giraffe Bioenergy, a company dedicated to creating rural economic opportunities through large-scale cassava cultivation that...

Press Release

Tenbite Ermias Joins Factor E as Partner to Bolster Firm’s Global Investment Operations

Factor[e] Ventures | Apr 04, 2024

[Fort Collins, CO] – Factor E, a leading impact investment firm focused on technology-driven solutions...

Article

We should be crying over spilled milk: Innovative food preservation technologies and smart business models urgently need to scale to meet challenges in Africa.

Factor[e] Ventures | Sep 23, 2022

This article was originally published on Medium. Approximately ⅓ of the food produced in the...

Thought Piece

Catalytic Investing in Emerging Markets

Jamie Doyen | Dec 17, 2020

In emerging markets, big opportunities are disguised as challenges. We need more entrepreneurs focused on...

Report

The Opportunity for Productive Agriculture Activities to Strengthen the Commercial Performance of Community Minigrids

Factor[e] Ventures | Dec 14, 2020

This report details a modeling exercise that quantifies the benefit of cold storage for minigrid...

Article - NextBillion

The Nexus of Agriculture and Energy in Africa: Five Lessons for Bridging the Ag-Energy Gap

Silverman & Chaplin | Dec 11, 2020

This article was originally published on NextBillion. Even as the continent urbanizes rapidly, Africa’s economies...

Report

The Opportunity at the Nexus of Energy and Agriculture

Factor[e] Ventures | Dec 01, 2020

This report includes research and insights derived from a program led by Factor[e] Ventures to...

News

Factor[e] contributes engineering and industrial design expertise to demonstrate a cost-effective way to disinfect personal protective equipment in Kenya

Belle Raab | Nov 19, 2020

Factor[e] Ventures exists to create positive impact in emerging markets. Under typical circumstances, this means...

Investment Announcement

Factor[e] Ventures Provides Follow-on Funding to S4S Technologies in a USD1.75 Million Pre-Series A Round

Factor[e] Ventures | Nov 13, 2020

Factor[e] Ventures first invested in S4S Technologies during their seed round in December of 2018....

News - The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation Commits USD1 billion to Catalyze a Green Recovery from Pandemic

The Rockefeller Foundation | Oct 26, 2020

Driving public-private investment, transformative solutions, and a more inclusive, sustainable future Launching next chapter for...

Thought Piece

Looking Beyond Appliances: Systemic Barriers to Minigrid Demand Stimulation

Jit Bhattacharya | Sep 24, 2020

Factor[e] Ventures is an early-stage venture builder focused on technology investments in energy access, agriculture,...