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$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...
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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...
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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...
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The State of the Sector: On Productive Partnerships and Leveraging Unique Resources toward a Global Climate Transition
Factor[e] Ventures | Jul 06, 2023
“If we want to reach SDG 7, in Africa alone, you need around $69B. That...
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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...