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SunCulture

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Develops and offers solar powered smart irrigation systems


Location: Kenya
Website: https://sunculture.com/
Sector: Energy
Funding Stage: Debt, Series A, Debt, Debt, Grant, Debt, Series B, Venture Round,
Total Funding ($m): 81.6
# of Founders: 2
Founding Year: 2012
Funding Year: 2025
YearAmountStageInvestors
2019$2.3mDebtFEI-OGEF
2020$14mSeries AEnergy Access Ventures, EDF, Acumen Fund, DPI Energy Ventures
2021$11mDebtNordic Development Fund, Triodos Investment Management, SunFunder, AlphaMundi, African Development Bank, FEI-OGEF
2022$10mDebtEDFI ElectriFI, Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund, Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF)
2023$0.8mGrantUSAID
2023$12mDebtMirova SunFunder, Nithio, Triodos Investment Management
2024$27.5mSeries BThe Schmidt Family Foundation, InfraCo Africa, Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF), Equator VC, Savant Fund Manager, EDF (Corporate), Angel Investors
2025$4mVenture RoundBritish International Investment
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Samir Ibrahim
Co-Founder & CEO
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Debt $2.3m
FEI-OGEF

Series A $14m
Energy Access Ventures, EDF, Acumen Fund, DPI Energy Ventures

Debt $11m
Nordic Development Fund, Triodos Investment Management, SunFunder, AlphaMundi, African Development Bank, FEI-OGEF

Debt $10m
EDFI ElectriFI, Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund, Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF)

Grant $0.8m
USAID

Debt $12m
Mirova SunFunder, Nithio, Triodos Investment Management

Series B $27.5m
The Schmidt Family Foundation, InfraCo Africa, Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF), Equator VC, Savant Fund Manager, EDF (Corporate), Angel Investors

Venture Round $4m
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News
https://launchbaseafrica.com/2025/02/19/bii-backs-sunculture-with-additional-4m-to-scale-solar-irrigation-in-kenya/