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elea Foundation
Investor · Zurich, Switzerland · Europe
elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization is a Swiss philanthropic foundation that invests capital and provides long-term strategic support to entrepreneurially led ventures. It aims to reduce absolute poverty by giving people in Africa, Asia and Latin America access to employment, markets and value chains, and it reinvests any returns into new ventures.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsimpact investingpoverty alleviationagricultureclimateskillslast-mile retail
Your fit with elea Foundation
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Or find every investor that fitselea Foundation lists 43 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 80% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (41%), Education (11%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (8%). It invests most often alongside Catalyst Fund, E4E Africa and Potencia Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name elea Foundation, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not elea Foundation's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 43. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundelea Foundation does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 80% |
| Series A | 20% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 79th | 43 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 83th | 80% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 80th | 12% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 74th | 41% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 99th | 18 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 41% | 18% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 7% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Catalyst Fund | 2 |
| E4E Africa | 2 |
| Potencia Ventures | 2 |
| Save the Children Global Ventures | 2 |
| AgFunder | 1 |
| Astella | 1 |
| Astir Ventures | 1 |
| Atta Impact Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers43100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare elea Foundation head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with elea Foundation| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for elea Foundation
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in elea Foundation's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
43 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AgriBolo brings the entire agri ecosystem on the fingertips of the farmers through its app and services | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Agrix provides farming solutions and services to smallholder farmers | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Angaza provides sales and customer management software for product distribution businesses. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Arbusta implements decisions that automate processes and scale the quality of its customers' services | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| ATEC generates carbon credits with data from IoT-enabled cookstoves and leads the transition to a new digital era in carbon markets. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| BagoSphere develops the human capabilities behind frontline competence and retention | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| B'Ayoba produces baobab products, including baobab fruit powder, that are ethically and sustainably harvested in partnership with rural producer communities around Southern Africa. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| BluLever Education provides technical and vocational education and training | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The company allows users to pre-order food online. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| CarbonFarm uses satellites and AI to monitor and certify decarbonisation projects in rice farming | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Coast4C is a supplier of quality, responsibly sourced seaweed, solving the supply challenges for responsible global brands across multiple applications. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Dharmalife advances women’s economic power, agency and leadership to drive inclusive growth and positive climate action. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI data solutions and model fine tuning services | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Elucid transforms global supply chains by improving the health and livelihoods of producers and workers and providing verified data for sustainable impact. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Essmart helps companies sell products in rural India with market research, distribution, and supply chain solutions | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Hasiru Dala Innovations is a waste management company | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for operational personnel training with AI | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Inka Moss processes and sells high-quality Sphagnum moss for horticultural use | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- elea.org
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 22 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 43
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