DPI expands portfolio with investment in Green Li-on

DPI is very glad to annouce a new investment in energy-storage recycle leader Green Li-on.

Green Li-on’s multi-cathode tech and battery units manufacturing are based in Singapore and the US respectively.

Their proprietary solutions allows to recycle up to 6 tons of end of life batteries per day.

This pre-series B funding will increase Green Li’on’s annual output to 50 modular units and pushes the total inventment recived to US$36 million.

DPI believes that this new investment will ultimately have a great impact in the sustainability of the renewable energy sector in general and the storage solutions in particular.

We continue to  strive to make a better world through clean energy related investments with a global range.

For additional information, please refer to the following link:

Green Li-ion bags $20m to transform energy storage industry (techinasia.com)

DPI-backed Persistent Energy closes series C round led by Kyuden

DPI-backed Persistent Energy Capital LLC announced that it has raised USD 10M in equity in its Series C round. The investors also obtained a seat on the Board of Directors. Two world level institutional investors, Kyuden International Corporation and FSD Africa Investments, have led the round and will enable Persistent to continue to grow its successful climate venture building business in Africa.

Persisten Energy wanted to express special gratitude to DPI Energy Ventures Pte. Ltd. for our strong support and renewed investment in the Series C.

The newly raised capital will enable Persistent to strengthen the team across the continent and scale its climate venture building activities in Africa.

DPI believes that the Series C will have a great positive impact, potentially improving 2 million people’s lives, creating 6,000 jobs and avoiding 700,000 tCO2e.

For more information, please refer to the link below:

https://persistent.energy/news/persistent-raises-10-million-equity-round-led-by-kyuden-international-and-fsd-africa-to-grow-climate-venture-building-in-africa/

DPI hits milestone in Australia with 204 MW Solar Project

DPI Group is glad to annouce the succesful completion of the development and subsequent sale of the 204 MW Megasolar Project “The Edenvale Solar Park” in the Western Downs region, 300 kilometers West of Brisbane, Australia.

The project has been purchased by Sapphire Energy Pty Ltd., owned 50%/50% by Japanese conglomerates ENEOS and Sojitz and it is expected to come online in the second half of 2022.

Edenvale Solar Park is a project developed greenfield by DPI Group and one of Japan’s biggest energy projects ever in Australia. It will help greatly reduce emissions from a metallurgical coal mine in central Queensland.

DPI believes that this newmilestone will ultimately have a great impact in the lives of thousands of individuals in Australia and globally.

We continue to  strive to make a better world by increasing clean energy availability.

For additional information, please refer to the following links:

https://www.sojitz.com/en/news/2021/06/20210610.php (in English)

https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=000000026.000073843&g=prt (in Japanese)

DPI invests in series B round in leading West-Africa Solar Group Oolu

DPI is glad to annouce a new investment in leading West-Africa solar distributor Oolu.

Since its founding in 2015, Oolu has provided over 60,000 solar home systems to customers in the region. With this new investment, the company “will expand its core product offering to meet the needs of its current and future clients”. Oolu currently employs over 250 full time employees and is run by a Dakar-based management team of which 50% are women.

DPI believes that this new investment will ultimately have a great impact in the lives of thousands of individuals in West Africa through leading off-grid power solutions.

We continue to  strive to make a better world through clean energy availability in developing regions.

For additional information, please refer to the following link:

https://businessday.ng/news/article/west-africa-based-solar-energy-distributor-oolu-raises-8-5m-funding/

DPI Group reinforces presence in South East Asia with investment in Myanmar

DPI Group has participated in the Series A-2 round of SolarHome, a pioneer in Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) solar for off-grid households in Myanmar.

SolarHome is set to utilize the additional financing to expand and consolidate its position as the rural off-grid electrification market leader in Myanmar.

We continue to strive to generate a positive impact in the lives of thousands of individuals in the ASEAN  through off-grid energy solutions.

For additional information, please refer to the following link:

http://solar-home.asia/en/news/

DPI expands its presence in Africa with investment in SunCulture

DPI commitment to a cleaner and more sustainable world through renewable energies has being reinforced with an investment in SunCulture, a leading company in solar-powered irrigation water pumps and off-grid solar power systems.

SunCulture’s best-selling product supports irrigation for a two-and-a-half acre farm and up to four lights, two phones and a plug-in submersible water pump. 

With the current funding, from investors including Dream Project Incubators (DPI), Energy Access Ventures (EAV), Électricité de France (EDF), and Acumen Capital Partners (ACP) , SunCulture will expand its footprint in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Togo and Cote D’Ivoire.

DPI believes that this new investment will ultimately have a great impact in the lives of thousands of individuals in Africa through off-grid energy solutions.

We continue to  strive to make a better world through clean energy availability in developing regions.

For additional information, please refer to the following link:

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/04/sunculture-wants-to-turn-africa-into-the-worlds-next-bread-basket-one-solar-water-pump-at-a-time/

DPI partners up with Renewvia Energy for Sub-Saharian Region

DPI is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with global solar developer Renewvia Energy for Sub-Saharian Africa.

In March 2020, DPI and Renewvia have joined forces to develop solar micro-grids in Kenya and Nigeria. The purpose is to capitalize large portfolios of solar micro-grid projects and the first 10 projects have received capital support from the French Development Bank and the World Bank.

Kazuomi Kaneto, Founder and CEO of DPI stated that: “Renewvia presented an immediate scalable solar microgrid opportunity on a continent where there are many millions of people living without power”

DPI believes that this partnership will positively impact the lives of large portions of the population in the Sub-Saharian Region struggling to have access to a realiable and affordable source of power.

DPI remains passionately committed to make a better world through clean energy availability in developing regions

For additional information, please refer to the following link:

https://www.prweb.com/releases/renewvia_energy_achieves_exponential_growth_in_sub_saharan_africa_with_strategic_investment_from_the_dpi_group/prweb16975823.htm

DPI invests in Series B round of Persistent

DPI commitment to a cleaner and more sustainable world through renewable energies has being reinforced with an investment in Nigerian/Swiss company Persistent.

In late 2019, Dream Project Incubators has participated in Series B round of Persistent, a company focused in providing early stage capital and extensive operational support to exceptional entrepreneurs in underserved markets.

DPI believes that this contribution to Persistent will ultimately have a great impact in the lives of thousands of individuals in Africa through off-grid energy solutions. We strive to make a better world through clean energy availability in developing regions.

For additional information, please refer to the following link:

https://persistent.energy/news/persistent-closes-series-b-round/