We are a strategic consortium between Africa Energy Transition Ventures and Petra Rock Investments. Our directors hold a range of further positions that are highly relevant to the Just Energy Transition agenda.

INVESTING IN ENERGY TRANSITION & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

We exist to create shared value by harnessing our strategic leadership and technical expertise to address social needs, such as enabling a just energy transition and adopting emergent technologies, to deliver meaningful impact in society.

We invest in disruptive, startups that are actively operating, generating revenue, and scaling their operations and, post-revenue, growth stage companies expanding market presence, acquiring customers, and developing operational capabilities. We focus on scalable businesses poised to tackle challenges and create lasting, meaningful industry change.
Our investment philosophy is focused on long term sustainable outcomes that are inclusive of environmental, social, governance and financial outcomes with a keen eye on future resilience.
We have strategic partnerships with world-class transaction advisors across the private sector, public sector and academia. This gives us access to deep market insights we can leverage to make research-driven evaluations and decisions about investment opportunities
We place high priority on cutting-edge technology, specialising in tailored funding models and expert advisory services that will advance critically needed research and innovation of both soft and hardware.
We coach, build and empower leadership teams that provide integrated energy solutions, enabling both strategic and operational executive leadership. Our investments benefit from global expertise
We provide world class strategic support to our investee companies. This includes embedding strong governance capabilities. We coach, build and empower leadership teams that perform both strategically and operationally.

OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Our strategic partners, investments and collaborators include the following organisations:

SECTORS WE INVEST IN

Our positioning across the energy and technology sectors creates powerful synergies that drive sustainability, efficiency, and inclusion. Matla Rock Energy focuses on these sectors for their potential to foster innovation, enable sustainable energy systems, and promote social transformation.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

The renewable energy sector presents significant investment opportunities for investment driven by the just energy transition to renewable energy, climate awareness, technological advancements. Areas of investment include Solar energy, Wind Energy, Hydrogen , Energy storage, Energy Efficiency solutions amongst others.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Fintech sector offers diverse investment opportunities driven by technological innovation, increasing digital platform and increased demand for more inclusive and financial services. For instance, Fintech platforms facilitate microloans, digital payments, lending platforms and Financial inclusion solutions amongst others