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Blue Haven Initiative

Blue Haven Initiative is a family office based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2012. It specializes in private equity and venture capital, focusing on investments in early-stage companies across diverse sectors, including green real estate, renewable energy, financial services, fintech, waste management, agriculture, and logistics. The firm aims to make a positive impact through its investments, targeting innovative businesses in emerging and pioneer markets. Blue Haven Initiative invests globally, with a minimum investment threshold of $0.5 million, and diversifies its portfolio through various asset classes such as public equities, fixed income, and real assets, often utilizing third-party investment managers.

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Lauren Cochran

Managing Director

Kelly Escobedo

Managing Director, Operations

Dave Horwich

Managing Director

Grace Horwitz

Associate

Liesel Simmons

Investor

Ian Simmons

Principal

25 past transactions

M-KOPA

Private Equity Round in 2023
M-KOPA Kenya Limited develops and markets solar home systems. It offers solar systems with three lights, phone charging, and a solar powered radio. The company sells its products through dealers and retail shops in Kenya. It offers M-KOPA 5, KOPA 6, KOPA 600, and KOPA 6000. M-KOPA Kenya Limited was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. M-KOPA Kenya Limited operates as a subsidiary of M-Kopa, LLC.

Twiga Foods

Series A in 2017
Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls. The company is using a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium-sized vendors in African urban markets. Founded in 2013, Twiga is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

PaxVax

Series B in 2013
PaxVax is a vaccine start-up company developing candidate oral vaccines for influenza, and key infectious diseases. It has developed a proprietary oral vaccine technology based on a common virus called adenovirus. The technology removes the delivery hurdles of traditional injectable vaccines, namely the need for cold storage, needles, and administration by medical personnel. PaxVax was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

TIBU Health

Seed Round in 2021
TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.

SmartProcure

Series B in 2014
SmartProcure, LLC provides information database of government purchase orders in the United States. It works with government agencies on various levels of government, local, state, and national to aggregate purchasing data and make it accessible to a community of agencies for better purchasing power. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

Umati Capital

Series A in 2015
Umati Capital is a start-up financial services company that aims to revolutionize access to finance through the consistent and innovative use of technology. Launched in September 2012, they are a non-bank financial institution focused on the provision of credit and related payment technologies. They are currently focused within agri-business supply chains, retailer value chains and fast moving consumer goods manufacturers. They leverage proprietary technology to provide branchless financial services to small scale suppliers, trading companies and industrial processors.

Mosaic

Series B in 2013
Solar Mosaic enables the modern home possible by providing financing to homeowners for home improvement projects, including generating and storing their own solar energy as well as other energy-efficient upgrades. It empowers solar and home improvement professionals to deliver financing through a simple point-of-sale app creating a hassle-free and positive experience for both the contractor and homeowner. Solar Mosaic was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.

PaxVax

Series B in 2014
PaxVax is a vaccine start-up company developing candidate oral vaccines for influenza, and key infectious diseases. It has developed a proprietary oral vaccine technology based on a common virus called adenovirus. The technology removes the delivery hurdles of traditional injectable vaccines, namely the need for cold storage, needles, and administration by medical personnel. PaxVax was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

CleanChoice Energy

Series A in 2014
CleanChoice Energy, Inc. sources and supplies renewable energy to residential and commercial customers in Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. The company sources energy from wind and solar farms. Its product offers features, such as no changes in utility, regionally sourced, cancellation at any time, and nothing to install. CleanChoice Energy, Inc. was formerly known as Ethical Electric, Inc. and changed its name to CleanChoice Energy, Inc. in October 2016. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Washington, District Of Columbia with an additional office in New York, New York.

Yusudi

Grant in 2019
Yusudi LTD provides training to youth and corporate organizations to contribute to the growth of the organization and the young person. It offers training for self-management, decision-making, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, networking, and business communication. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Pivot Works

Series B in 2014
Pivot Works is a city-scale treatment solution that converts human waste into renewable fuel. By creating fuel from waste and selling to industrial customers like cement companies, Pivot Works shifts the cost burden of sanitation away from poor urban citizens. Pivot Works was founded by Ashley Muspratt and is based in Kigali, Rwanda.

Field

Series A in 2020
Field Intelligence, Inc. provides a cloud based application to monitor, manage, and monetize asset ecosystem in real time. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Diego, California. As of July 24, 2019, Field Intelligence, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Network Innovations Inc.

M-KOPA

Series D in 2015
M-KOPA Kenya Limited develops and markets solar home systems. It offers solar systems with three lights, phone charging, and a solar powered radio. The company sells its products through dealers and retail shops in Kenya. It offers M-KOPA 5, KOPA 6, KOPA 600, and KOPA 6000. M-KOPA Kenya Limited was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. M-KOPA Kenya Limited operates as a subsidiary of M-Kopa, LLC.

PEG

Series A in 2016
PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller founded PEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana.

Field

Private Placement in 2020
Field Intelligence, Inc. provides a cloud based application to monitor, manage, and monetize asset ecosystem in real time. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Diego, California. As of July 24, 2019, Field Intelligence, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Network Innovations Inc.

BlueMark

Series A in 2023
BlueMark engages in providing independent impact verification services for investors and companies. It focuses on strengthening trust in impact investing and helps bring more accountability to the impact investment process. The company was founded in 2020 with a belief that impact verification is a key ingredient for establishing and maintaining trust between impact investors and their stakeholders.

Ecopost Limited

Seed Round in 2013
Ecopost Limited manufactures plastic lumber products for residential and commercial applications. The company offers fencing items and accessories, such as barbed wires, chain links, u-nails, straight nails, and galvanized line wires. Its products are used in fencing, road signage, cattle enclosures, playgrounds, garages, home gardens and landscaping, and outdoor furniture applications. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Pivot Works

Series A in 2012
Pivot Works is a city-scale treatment solution that converts human waste into renewable fuel. By creating fuel from waste and selling to industrial customers like cement companies, Pivot Works shifts the cost burden of sanitation away from poor urban citizens. Pivot Works was founded by Ashley Muspratt and is based in Kigali, Rwanda.

Shortlist

Private Placement in 2019
Shortlist works in India and East Africa to help growing enterprises hire based on skills and potential, rather than pedigree. The Shortlist platform screens candidates using predictive chat-based interviews and online competency-based assessments, letting employers skips the most time-consuming and bias-prone phases of hiring.

PEGAfrica Ltd

Private Placement in 2018
PEGAfrica Ltd, an asset financing company, provides solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana. It offers M-KOPA III, a solar home device that give off-grid customers with access to light, mobile phone charging, and appliances, such as radios. PEGAfrica Ltd is based in Accra, Ghana.

PEG

Series B in 2017
PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller founded PEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana.

PEG

Series C in 2019
PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller founded PEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana.

Shortlist

Series A in 2019
Shortlist works in India and East Africa to help growing enterprises hire based on skills and potential, rather than pedigree. The Shortlist platform screens candidates using predictive chat-based interviews and online competency-based assessments, letting employers skips the most time-consuming and bias-prone phases of hiring.

PEG

Series A in 2016
PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller founded PEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana.

PEG

Series C in 2019
PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller founded PEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana.