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title: "Powerhouse Ventures"
description: "Powerhouse Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in digital and software solutions that drive decarbonization across energy, utilities, mobility, financial services, and technology. It operates as part of the broader Powerhouse platform, which includes Powerhouse Innovation, and is based in Oakland, California, in the United States. In Africa, Powerhouse Ventures has participated in seed stage investments focused on energy and utilities, reflecting its emphasis on software enabled climate and energy innovation. According to available investment records, its African activity includes multiple seed rounds in Nigeria, backing SHYFT Power, a company that provides sub metering, monitoring, and billing solutions for distributed energy systems. Powerhouse Ventures also partners with leading corporations, investors, and utilities that are active in the global energy and industry transition, aligning its capital with strategic stakeholders interested in climate technology and digital infrastructure. Its investor base includes major corporate and financial institutions committed to decarbonization, as well as individual industry leaders who support its mission to scale software driven energy innovation."
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# Powerhouse Ventures

Powerhouse Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in digital and software solutions that drive decarbonization across energy, utilities, mobility, financial services, and technology. It operates as part of the broader Powerhouse platform, which includes Powerhouse Innovation, and is based in Oakland, California, in the United States. In Africa, Powerhouse Ventures has participated in seed stage investments focused on energy and utilities, reflecting its emphasis on software enabled climate and energy innovation. According to available investment records, its African activity includes multiple seed rounds in Nigeria, backing SHYFT Power, a company that provides sub metering, monitoring, and billing solutions for distributed energy systems. Powerhouse Ventures also partners with leading corporations, investors, and utilities that are active in the global energy and industry transition, aligning its capital with strategic stakeholders interested in climate technology and digital infrastructure. Its investor base includes major corporate and financial institutions committed to decarbonization, as well as individual industry leaders who support its mission to scale software driven energy innovation.

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## Summary

Powerhouse Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in digital and software solutions that drive decarbonization across energy, utilities, mobility, financial services, and technology. It operates as part of the broader Powerhouse platform, which includes Powerhouse Innovation, and is based in Oakland, California, in the United States. In Africa, Powerhouse Ventures has participated in seed stage investments focused on energy and utilities, reflecting its emphasis on software enabled climate and energy innovation. According to available investment records, its African activity includes multiple seed rounds in Nigeria, backing SHYFT Power, a company that provides sub metering, monitoring, and billing solutions for distributed energy systems. Powerhouse Ventures also partners with leading corporations, investors, and utilities that are active in the global energy and industry transition, aligning its capital with strategic stakeholders interested in climate technology and digital infrastructure. Its investor base includes major corporate and financial institutions committed to decarbonization, as well as individual industry leaders who support its mission to scale software driven energy innovation.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SHYFT Power | /shyft-power | Seed | 3100000 | 2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| SHYFT Power | /shyft-power | Seed | 1100000 | 2018-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| SHYFT Power | /shyft-power | Seed |  | 2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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