Lightrock Accelerate7

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

Growth-stage energy access founder scaling in Africa, South Asia, or SE Asia

energy-access

SDG-7

off-grid-solar

clean-cooking

electric-mobility

Bullish Signals

Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies as LPsblog

First $500M SDG 7-specific growth fundblog

Portfolio: Sun King public, SolarSquare, Euler Motorsblog

Contrarian Signals

Emerging-market execution risk highblog

Oil-major LP optics may concern someblog

Founder Do's

Build energy access in Africa or Asia

Target $10-50M growth round

Show clear SDG 7 alignment

Demonstrate proven unit economics at scale

Operate in off-grid solar, clean cooking, or EV

Founder Don'ts

Pitch early-stage or pre-revenue

Target Western markets only

Ignore emerging-market distribution challenges

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)