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Boulder-based Odyssey Energy wins Keeling Curve Prize
Belle Raab | Jul 29, 2020
We celebrate the achievement of our portfolio company Odyssey Energy Solutions who won the prestigious...
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Factor[e] Invests in Clean Crop Technologies’ Next Generation Solution for Food Waste & Crop Loss
Belle Raab | Jun 08, 2020
We’re excited to announce our seed investment in Clean Crop Technologies. Press release can be found here....
Investment Announcement
60Hertz raises seed funding from Impact Investor Factor[e] Ventures
Belle Raab | Apr 23, 2020
We’re thrilled to announce another addition to our portfolio of microgrid technology companies that are...
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The Clock is Ticking on Energy Access: Exploring Factor[e] Ventures’ Big Bet on Mini-Grids
Amanda DelCore | Mar 06, 2020
Since 2010, the number of people without energy access has decreased from almost 1.2 billion...
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60Hertz deploys its mobile O&M software – equipped with new language capabilities – to Africa and Southeast Asia
Homer Microgrid News | Aug 03, 2020
60Hertz isn’t resting on the early success of its mobile app designed to improve operations...
Article
Silver Linings from the Factor[e] Portfolio
Belle Raab | May 15, 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 has left no industry unaffected and we have been sobered by...
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Factor[e] Co-hosted Impactful Investor Forum in Kenya
Belle Raab | Apr 23, 2020
Factor[e] Ventures recently co-hosted an Investor Forum in Nairobi, Kenya alongside EEP Africa and the...
Article
Redesigning S4S’ Solar Conduction Dryer to Further Empower Rural Farmers in India
Jordan Westerberg | Aug 06, 2019
Recently Factor[e] and portfolio company S4S Technologies took on the challenge of redesigning their patented...
Opinion
Impact Metrics… Strategy or Storytelling?
Morgan DeFoort | Jul 30, 2019
As early-stage impact investors, we at Factor[e] Ventures are often asked how we measure an investment’s impact....
Research Insights
Income Generating Appliances Study: Results and Video
Amanda DelCore | Jan 10, 2019
Powering income generating appliances with high-penetration renewable energy systems is not straightforward. To tackle this...
Research Insights
Solar Water Pump Market Sizing with Apollo Agriculture
admin-factore | Dec 13, 2018
With the help of our portfolio company, Apollo Agriculture, we recently developed research methods to study...
Factor[e] Field Trip: Hands-On Look at Pump Applications
admin-factore | Dec 10, 2018
Getting our hands dirty is fundamental to work at Factor[e]. We find immense benefit in,...
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In Defense of “Doing Too Much”
Seth Silverman | 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
admin-factore | 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
admin-factore | 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!
admin-factore | 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!
admin-factore | 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
Amanda DelCore | 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
admin-factore | Oct 09, 2017
*For an update on what we’re doing in this area, please see this post.* “The minigrid...
Factor[e] Ventures and Crofarm Announces Partnership!
admin-factore | Sep 27, 2017
Factor[e] Ventures is excited to announce our first Indian investment with agriculture technology firm, Crofarm....