Investment Announcement
Factor[e] Ventures Provides Follow-on Funding to S4S Technologies in a USD1.75 Million Pre-Series A Round
| Nov 13, 2020
Factor[e] Ventures first invested in S4S Technologies during their seed round in December of 2018....
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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...
Thought Piece
Looking Beyond Appliances: Systemic Barriers to Minigrid Demand Stimulation
Jit Bhattacharya - Factor[e] Principal | Sep 24, 2020
Factor[e] Ventures is an early-stage venture builder focused on technology investments in energy access, agriculture,...
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A Conversation With Factor[e] Ventures’ Industrial Design Lead Jordan Westerberg
Paul Sohi - Autodesk | Sep 23, 2020
The original article can be found on the Autodesk website. Author: Paul Sohi Freelance designers:...
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In Defense of “Doing Too Much”
| Mar 28, 2018
Seth Silverman Principal and Director of Africa Operations at Factor[e] Ventures recently wrote the following excerpt...
Entrepreneur in Residence – East Africa
| Mar 05, 2018
Factor[e] Venture’s Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program seeks to empower East African entrepreneurs through support...
Income Generating Appliances: Data Collection and Research
| Feb 21, 2018
In an earlier blog post, we indicated that powering income generating appliances with high-penetration renewable energy...
Looking for Sanitation Innovation? Urine Luck!
| Feb 15, 2018
Today, 2.4 billion people around the world lack access to improved sanitation services and over...
A Simple Machine Changes Lives of Farmers in Rural Maharashtra!
| Oct 09, 2017
By: Atreya Pal “Ten years ago, I could not even believe that I would be an...
Waste-to-Value Pilot for Livelihood Improvement in Gujarat
| Oct 09, 2017
Waste-to-Value Pilot for Livelihood Improvement in Gujarat in Partnership with Tata Trusts and Factor[e] Ventures...
The Problem with Productive Use Appliances
| Oct 09, 2017
*For an update on what we’re doing in this area, please see this post.* “The minigrid...
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Factor[e] Ventures and Crofarm Announces Partnership!
| Sep 27, 2017
Factor[e] Ventures is excited to announce our first Indian investment with agriculture technology firm, Crofarm....
Preserving Produce: Factor[e] Presents ColdHubs
| Sep 13, 2016
Factor[e] Ventures welcomes another promising company to its portfolio. ColdHubs founder Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu’s foray into...
Portfolio News
Redavia Achieves Financial Milestone
| Sep 13, 2016
Efforts to bring low-cost energy to some of Africa’s poorest countries just got a major...
SparkMeter Ups Impact Potential Through Mobile Money Integration
| Sep 13, 2016
Factor[e] portfolio company, SparkMeter, offers a metering solution to energy providers in underserved markets. We welcomed...
No Wasted Opportunities: Factor[e] Presents Sistema Biobolsa
| Sep 13, 2016
Factor[e] Ventures is excited to announce investment in a new portfolio company. Meet Alexander Eaton...
Factor[e] Opinion
Rural electrification: Time to get messy?
| Sep 13, 2016
The story goes that Franklin D Roosevelt first took an interest in rural electrification while...
Factor[e] Hosts New Portfolio Companies For Venture Bootcamp
| Mar 08, 2016
FACTOR[e] recently welcomed our two new portfolio companies ColdHubs and Sistema Biobolsa to Fort Collins for our venture bootcamp,...
Factor[e] Sponsors the 2015 Northeast Regional USA Engineers Without Borders Conference
| Nov 13, 2015
FACTOR[e]’s Graduate Assistant, Tom Decker recently co-coordinated his alma mater’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) USA...
Jason Prapas discusses investing in social technology ventures at the MIT Tata Center Symposium
| Oct 06, 2015
I had the pleasure of participating in the MIT Tata Center Symposium last week. This...