Inspired Evolution
3rd Floor 1 Osborne Road, Claremont, Western Cape, 7708, South Africa
Overview
Inspired Evolution established in 2007 as a specialised investment business to lead sustainable clean energy and resource efficiency investments across sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired Evolution offers a dedicated, multi-disciplinary, professional investment team with a deep track record targeting superior returns with measured development outcomes. Inspired Evolution’s investment focus is centered on clean energy and resource efficiency assets. We have demonstrated that capital deployment to investments in this specialised asset class, can generate exceptional returns at the nexus of social equity, ecological integrity and responsible economic growth. This lies at the heart of sustainable investing. Inspired Evolution’s view is that sustainability is not only everybody’s business as citizens of a rapidly globalising world, but that it will define the future of business and investment decisions. Inspired Evolution manages Evolution One Fund – its first dedicated, closed-ended third party investment fund. Evolution One Fund makes early stage, expansion and development stage, and later stage or mature equity and equity-related investments primarily for control or significant minority positions in market-leading growth businesses located principally in South and southern Africa.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 5
Investment portfolio
- Solar Saver
Led · Equity · Nov 2025
SolarSaver develops, finances and operates small-scale distributed solar and battery installations for businesses in Southern Africa. The company supplies electricity through power purchase agreements and rent-to-own contracts that eliminate upfront capital requirements for customers, allowing SMEs to secure reliable power and stabilize energy costs. SolarSaver currently manages more than 700 installations with a combined capacity of roughly 140 MW across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. Its zero-capex model helps firms replace expensive diesel generators and mitigate the effects of chronic grid instability in the region. With new funding in hand, the company plans to accelerate deployment of additional rooftop and on-site systems, further easing pressure on national grids. Investor interest highlights growing demand for scalable, decentralized clean-energy solutions that bolster economic resilience while advancing climate goals.