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title: "Cercano Management"
description: "Cercano Management is a privately held investment management and advisory firm that works with ultra high net worth individuals, families, family foundations, and related charitable organizations. It is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and operates as an independent SEC registered investment adviser. In Africa, Cercano Management has been an active investor in the clean energy sector, with a specific focus on Tanzania. Based on available investment records, the firm participated in three funding rounds for ZOLAi, an energy and utilities company in Tanzania that provides AI tools to run and optimize distributed clean energy. These rounds included Series A, Series B, and Series D stages between 2014 and 2018, totaling 78.0 million dollars of committed capital. Across these Tanzanian investments, Cercano Management has co invested alongside a set of global strategic and impact oriented partners such as Omidyar Network, EDF, Helios Investment Partners, GE Ventures, DBL Partners, TotalEnergies Carbon Neutrality Ventures, Tesla, Zouk Capital, Electranova Capital, and SolarCity. This pattern highlights the firm’s role in large scale, later stage financings that support technology driven, distributed clean energy solutions in emerging markets."
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# Cercano Management

Cercano Management is a privately held investment management and advisory firm that works with ultra high net worth individuals, families, family foundations, and related charitable organizations. It is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and operates as an independent SEC registered investment adviser. In Africa, Cercano Management has been an active investor in the clean energy sector, with a specific focus on Tanzania. Based on available investment records, the firm participated in three funding rounds for ZOLAi, an energy and utilities company in Tanzania that provides AI tools to run and optimize distributed clean energy. These rounds included Series A, Series B, and Series D stages between 2014 and 2018, totaling 78.0 million dollars of committed capital. Across these Tanzanian investments, Cercano Management has co invested alongside a set of global strategic and impact oriented partners such as Omidyar Network, EDF, Helios Investment Partners, GE Ventures, DBL Partners, TotalEnergies Carbon Neutrality Ventures, Tesla, Zouk Capital, Electranova Capital, and SolarCity. This pattern highlights the firm’s role in large scale, later stage financings that support technology driven, distributed clean energy solutions in emerging markets.

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## Summary

Cercano Management is a privately held investment management and advisory firm that works with ultra high net worth individuals, families, family foundations, and related charitable organizations. It is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and operates as an independent SEC registered investment adviser. In Africa, Cercano Management has been an active investor in the clean energy sector, with a specific focus on Tanzania. Based on available investment records, the firm participated in three funding rounds for ZOLAi, an energy and utilities company in Tanzania that provides AI tools to run and optimize distributed clean energy. These rounds included Series A, Series B, and Series D stages between 2014 and 2018, totaling 78.0 million dollars of committed capital. Across these Tanzanian investments, Cercano Management has co invested alongside a set of global strategic and impact oriented partners such as Omidyar Network, EDF, Helios Investment Partners, GE Ventures, DBL Partners, TotalEnergies Carbon Neutrality Ventures, Tesla, Zouk Capital, Electranova Capital, and SolarCity. This pattern highlights the firm’s role in large scale, later stage financings that support technology driven, distributed clean energy solutions in emerging markets.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ZOLAi | /zolai | Debt Financing | 45000000 | 2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| ZOLAi | /zolai | Series D | 55000000 | 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| ZOLAi | /zolai | Series B | 16000000 | 2014-12-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| ZOLAi | /zolai | Series A | 7000000 | 2014-03-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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