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What does Equator invest in?
Equator invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Energy, Agriculture and Mobility.
Equator highlights
- 01
2 rounds on record
- 02
Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds
- 03
Led 1 rounds
What they do
A venture capital firm investing in tech-enabled, early-stage ventures that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Series ASeries B
- Sectors
- EnergyAgricultureMobility
- Based in
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances
- 2025
1 round
- Mar
- 2024
1 round
- Nov
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named
MWMorgan William DefoortManaging MemberiForm ADV
NJNijhad JamalManaging MemberiForm ADV
We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$54Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Equator Africa, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 331510
Who backs their funds
4 LPs on record in Equator's funds
- Funds
- 1
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: fund news.
British International Investment1 fundFund Vintage Committed Equator first fund - - 
International Finance Corporation1 fundFund Vintage Committed Equator first fund - - PROPARCO1 fund
Fund Vintage Committed Equator first fund - - 
Shell Foundation1 fundFund Vintage Committed Equator first fund - -
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
5 of 11 we have independently watched raise
An IoT-enabled suiteApollo provides aLeta provides aOpenaccessSunculture offers smallholderDownforce Technologies providesIbisa designs andIyrisNetwork Nation providesOdyssey provides anRoam designs and
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.