Since 2016 the European Union and four European countries are supporting decentralized renewable energy companies with getting access to finance in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. How successful is this program GET.invest? On the recently updated website you can find an actual overview of the companies and projects that we have supported or still support, including 16 project stories.

GET-invest is made possible by the European Union, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and Austria. The service GET.invest Finance Catalyst is implemented by Partners for Innovation on behalf of GET.invest, including contract management, the intake process and monitoring. A word wide team of over 30 advisors support companies in the process towards investment readiness.

From 2016 up until January 2023 GET.invest has received 1228 applications, supported 350 projects and companies, are currently working with 172 clients, 132 projects are accepted by financiers and 66 have come to a financial close. For about 40% of the projects the investment needed is between €500k- 5 million and 28% `between 5 and 20 million.

Interested?

Look for here for more information about our involvement in GET.invest Finance Catalyst or for the Sub-Saharan Solar projects. Contact Carla Logan or Menno Veen for more information.