Shell Foundation’s portfolio
Shell Foundation supports a portfolio of pioneering social enterprises and institutions at various growth stages. All have the potential to impact over 10m low-income consumers and achieve financial viability within 10 years.
Featured partners
Funding early-stage innovation
Rooted in a customer lens and robust investment strategy, we support innovative businesses providing income-generating clean energy technologies, with the potential to reach millions of people in ways that are commercially viable.
Smallholder Farmers
Transporters
Micro-Entrepreneurs
Scaling viable clean energy innovations
We broker partnerships with large companies, cooperatives and others already serving millions of people. We collaborate on research and development and supply chain initiatives that provide scaled market access.
Smallholder Farmers
Transporters
Micro-Entrepreneurs
Mobilising finance for innovation and scale from leading donors, development finance institutions, and impact asset managers
We use our expertise and experience to present the investment case in clean energy solutions, our concessional capital to de-risk opportunities and unlock commercial funding, and our understanding of markets and business to develop and scale financing mechanisms.
Smallholder Farmers
Transporters
Micro-Entrepreneurs
Explore all our partners
4R Digital Limited
4R Digital designs and builds digital applications for partners that solve financial inclusion, sustainability, and scalability challenges.
500 Global
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm with $2.3B in assets under management that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Accion
Accion is a global nonprofit on a mission to create a fair and inclusive economy for the nearly two billion…
Advik
Advik is a leading global manufacturer of automotive components, with a large portfolio of products serving the world’s top manufacturers…
AFEX Fair Trade Limited
AFEX Fair Trade is an agricultural supply chain solutions company creating inclusive, sustainable, and efficient food systems for Africa.
Ampersand
Africa’s first electric transport energy company with the longest track record of serving a commercial e-motorcycle fleet and battery swapping…
BFA Global
An impact innovation firm that combines research, advisory, venture building, and investment expertise to build a more inclusive, equitable, and…
BIX Capital
BIX Capital is fan investment vehicle that provides carbon pre-financing to increase access to emission reducing, durable products such as…
British International Investment (BII)
British International Investment, is the development finance institution of the UK government (FCDO).