# Shell Foundation: portfolio, investments and team

> Shell Foundation is an investment firm based in United Kingdom. 3 investments on record, latest May 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/shell-foundation (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Shell Foundation

Last cheque observed May 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Email

Quiet Investment firm

Grant Pre-seed Series A Media And Entertainment Social Media Charity

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **548** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$11M** Rounds led **0 of 3**

Pitch Shell Foundation

## Shell Foundation highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Grant and Pre-seed: 67% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** Investment firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Media And Entertainment Social Media Charity
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **May** **[Kofa](https://millionrounds.com/company/kofa)** Pre-seed · GH · Disrupt Africa **$8.1M** With 4 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Sistema.bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/sistema-bio)** Series A · IN · Indiacsr **$12M** With 9 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Jan** **[d.light](https://millionrounds.com/company/d-light)** Grant · US · FinSMEs **$11M** With 2 others

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

We hold **44** 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.

Funds they back

## 1 fund commitment on record

- **Managers:** 1

Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it. Source: fund news.

Managers it backs most

- [Equator 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equator-vc)

Most recent commitments

- [Equator first fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equator-vc)

## The cheque

Grant Pre-seed Series A

Median round joined **$11M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** May 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Grant *1*
- Pre-seed *1*
- Series A *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Shell Foundation put money into.

[**Kofa** $8.1M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/kofa)[**Sistema.bio** $12M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/sistema-bio)[**d.light** $11M · Jan 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/d-light)

## Quick answers about Shell Foundation

### What does Shell Foundation invest in?

Shell Foundation invests most often at Grant and Pre-seed (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Media And Entertainment, Social Media and Charity.

### How active is Shell Foundation?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2025.

### What has Shell Foundation invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Kofa (Pre-seed, May 2025), Sistema.bio (Series A, Jun 2019) and d.light (Grant, Jan 2017).

### How big are Shell Foundation's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M.

### Is Shell Foundation investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2025.

### What kind of investor is Shell Foundation?

Shell Foundation is an investment firm based in London, United Kingdom.

### When was Shell Foundation founded?

Shell Foundation was founded in 2000.

### Where does this information on Shell Foundation come from?

From 5 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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