Persistent
Industry
Energy / Sustainability
Address
Josefstrasse 59, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland
Persistent operates as Africa's Climate Venture Builder, focusing on leveraging climate-neutral economic development initiatives. Founded in 2012, the organization partners with exceptional entrepreneurs, providing both financial capital and operational support. Persistent aims to drive sustainable impact through venture building and early-stage investments in underserved African markets. Their portfolio is composed of companies that contribute to significant metrics, such as improving millions of lives, achieving a high portfolio growth rate, creating thousands of jobs, and avoiding over a million tons of CO2 emissions. Persistent supports its portfolio with strategic guidance, governance, technical, and legal expertise, particularly in emerging markets where such resources are crucial for new enterprises.
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