Lightrock Accelerate7

United Kingdom

Growth

About Lightrock Accelerate7

Lightrock Accelerate7 is a $500M dedicated growth-stage fund focused on energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Writes $10-50M growth checks into off-grid solar, clean cooking, electric mobility, and energy storage. LP base includes Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies, and LGT. The first SDG 7-specific $500M growth fund in market. Portfolio includes Sun King (public in India), SolarSquare, Euler Motors, and ATEC Global. Total Lightrock energy AUM near $2B.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Climate & Sustainability

EVs & Charging

Energy Tech

Mobility & Transport

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Tech-enabled growth-stage founder scaling impact across 30+ countries

energy-access

SDG-7

off-grid-solar

clean-cooking

electric-mobility

fintech-inclusion

sustainable-transport

people-planet-productivity

technology-enabled-scale

Bullish Signals

Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies as LPsblog

First $500M SDG 7-specific growth fundblog

Portfolio: Sun King, SolarSquare, Euler Motors, M-KOPA, Satispaywebsite

Ranked #12 New Private Markets Impact 75 (2026)website

150+ companies backed, 30+ country presencewebsite

People, Planet, Productivity macro themes; tech-enabled focuswebsite

Recent exits: Kauvery Hospitals, AiDASH; active deploymentnews-2026

London HQ, four-continent footprint; institutional LP basewebsite-2026

Contrarian Signals

Emerging-market execution risk remains highblog

Oil-major LP optics may concern someblog

Founder Do's

Build energy access in Africa, Asia, or Latin America

Target $10-50M+ growth round

Show clear SDG mapping & theory of change

Demonstrate proven unit economics at scale

Leverage technology for scalable impact

Position as trusted CEO partner, thought leader

Founder Don'ts

Pitch early-stage or pre-revenue

Target Western markets only

Ignore emerging-market distribution & execution

Key GPs & Partners

Lightrock Team

Fund Manager (LGT Group)

impact-focusedpatient-capitalinstitutional

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$500M

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Key People

Lightrock (LGT Group)

Lightrock TeamFund Manager (LGT Group)

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