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The FlipThis Funding Model is Helping Fight Climate ChangeThese climate investors are funding climate startups using a hands-on venture-building model to support founders across Africa. In this episode, we’re joined by James Mwangi from Africa Climate Ventures, Maxime Bayen from Catalyst Fund, and Lyndsay Holley Handler from Delta40.We discuss why African ventures and climate startups, in particular, benefit from the venture building model; the limitations of the traditional two and twenty fund model in the African tech ecosystem; the types of founders and opportunities these investors are looking for; the pitch these investors are making to global investors for why they sho...
2024-11-1148 min
Role Models for ChangeDelta40 is reimagining how to find and fund female climate entrepreneurs | Lyndsay Holley HandlerLyndsay Holley Handler has over 21 years of experience building, leading, and investing in high-impact businesses in Africa. Currently, Lyndsay is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Delta40, an investment group and venture studio investing in, building & scaling life-changing technology ventures in Africa. Lyndsay is also an Operating Partner at Equator, and is a Board Director for SunFi, PowerUp and Giraffe Bioenergy.
Before this, Lyndsay was CEO of Fenix International, a clean energy and fintech company that delivered life changing products to 5 million low-income customers in 9 countries across Africa with a team of over 1,000 employees. In 2018, ENGIE, the world’s largest independent el...
2024-10-2310 min
Fintech for the PeopleBuilding and Investing in Scalable Climate Fintech Solutions in Africa
After seeing the need for climate solutions in Africa, Lyndsay Holley Handler decided to commit to building a company that would deliver clean, affordable energy and financial services to hard-to-reach communities. Amee Parbhoo speaks with Lyndsay, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Delta40 Studio, an early-stage investor and venture builder in energy, agriculture, and mobility sectors that are increasing incomes and tackling climate change in Africa.Lyndsay shares how Factor[e] and Delta40 Studio are investing in climate solutions that immediately impact income and resilience in Africa, can mitigate climate change, and are delivered with...
2023-04-2046 min
ALU PodcastBuilding teams, trust and cultureOne of the biggest challenges that leaders face are finding the right talent and building strong effective teams for their companies. Join us on this week’s podcast as we have a candid conversation with Lyndsay Holley Handler on breaking barriers and building strong pan-African teams.
2020-02-1437 min
Business for Good PodcastBringing Power—Solar and Social—to Rural Africans, with Lyndsay Holley HandlerYou've heard the folklore time and again: a group of young idealists starts a company in their garage with dreams of one day changing the world. In the case of Fenix International, they too started in a garage, but this garage happened to be in Uganda, and those idealists happened to be a group of ex-Apple engineers. The problem they were trying to solve: Lots of rural Africans just don't have access to safe, clean energy. As a result, they either burn kerosene or local trees, both of which are polluting and create real hazards in the...
2019-11-0141 min