Vulcan Capital

Vulcan Capital has backed 1 African startup across 3 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $160M since 2015.

Mostly Series C: 2 of its 3 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Venture Round (1).

Companies Vulcan Capital has backed operate in Côte d'Ivoire (3), Ghana (3), Nigeria (3), and 2 more markets. Each figure counts the rounds behind companies serving that market, so a company operating in several markets counts in each of them.

Its tracked rounds lean toward Energy & Utilities (3).

Vulcan Capital most often shares rounds with DBL Partners (2 shared deals), Omidyar Network (2 shared deals), Western Technology Investment (2 shared deals).

Vulcan Capital is the multi billion dollar private equity and venture capital investment arm of Vulcan Inc, founded by Microsoft co founder Paul G Allen. It manages a diversified portfolio that includes both public and private investments and has historically been headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Based on available data, Vulcan Capital has backed ZOLAi, an AI tools provider for distributed clean energy, through three funding rounds in Tanzania. These include one venture round and two Series C rounds, totaling 160 million dollars invested between December 2015 and September 2021.

In its Tanzania clean energy investments, Vulcan Capital has co invested with firms such as DBL Partners, Omidyar Network, Western Technology Investment, Total Energies, Helios Investment Partners, Electron Capital Partners, FMO, SunFunder, Serious Change, Aster Capital, DBL Investors, Energy Access Ventures, SolarCity, and angel investors. These partnerships show that Vulcan Capital often participates in syndicated rounds with impact and sector focused investors.