About
The Energy and Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF) is an investment fund providing tailored flexible, patient, risk-tolerant capital to the off-grid energy sector. It is long-lived and flexible in its instruments, from straight equity to long-term debt, including mezzanine structures, to support investees across their development stages.
Project Focus
Initiated in 2019 by Shell Foundation and FMO, the Energy and Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF) provide catalytic financing for early and growth stage companies in sub-Saharan Africa operating in the access to energy ecosystem. Managed by Triple ump and advised by Persistent, EEGF provides tailored mezzanine, equity, and debt investments combined with technical assistance.
EEGF aims to address the unique needs of women as customers, employees, and energy entrepreneurs by applying the 2X Challenge criteria. Shell Foundation co-designed and seeded this new multi-product investment vehicle specifically targeting catalytic financing to early growth stage companies.
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