Growth Clean Transportation Funders

Africa Go Green Fund is a climate-focused investment initiative supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low-carbon infrastructure projects across Africa. Established by KfW on behalf of the German government, the fund helps accelerate private sector investment into sustainable energy solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand climate resilience throughout the continent. The fund provides debt financing, mezzanine capital, guarantees, and technical assistance to companies, financial institutions, and infrastructure projects advancing Africa’s clean energy transition.

Lightrock is a global impact investment platform that backs technology-enabled growth companies across People, Planet, and Productivity themes. Established as an independent platform in 2021 and backed by LGT and the Princely House of Liechtenstein, it sits between growth equity and impact PE for founders scaling proven solutions. Private-market strategies include Growth Solutions, a Climate Impact Fund that closed at €860M, Latin America growth funds, and energy-access strategies such as Accelerate7 for Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Public materials cite on the order of $5.8B assets under advice at the platform level, 90+ private equity portfolio companies, and teams across four continents. Climate Impact tickets have been described in the roughly €10M to €40M range for Europe and North America net-zero companies. Lightrock typically prefers meaningful minority stakes and board participation, pairing commercial growth support with impact and ESG monitoring. The platform also has public-markets capabilities, but the directory-relevant story for most founders is private growth capital with an explicit impact frame. If you are past early product risk and need a global growth partner that still takes People, Planet, and Productivity seriously, Lightrock is a major node.

New Energy Nexus is an international non-profit organization that supports clean energy entrepreneurs through funds, accelerators, and networks across the globe. With over two decades of experience, the organization has supported 1,700+ businesses and startups, engaged 11,500+ entrepreneurs, and mobilized $5.44 billion in funding. Operating in 48+ countries across multiple continents including the US, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Australia, Nigeria, Pakistan, UAE, and others, New Energy Nexus has distributed $107 million in grants, investments, loans, and vouchers. The organization takes a comprehensive approach to supporting clean energy ventures through four key pillars: Launch (bootcamps, hackathons, educational courses), Accelerate (accelerators, incubators, commercial partnerships), Fund (impact funds, grant programs, voucher programs, loan programs), and Connect (activities linking entrepreneurs with corporations, education institutions, civil society, and financial organizations). New Energy Nexus backs diverse entrepreneurs with the capital, skills, and global networks needed to build and scale climate solutions across sectors including renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation, energy access, agriculture, and industrial applications.