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Mapping the Market for Energy Access CROWD POWER Mapping the Market for Energy Access Davinia Cogan and Simon Collings CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Energy Access Crowdfunding 3 Scale and nature of energy access crowdfunding Equity on the rise Limits to the role of the crowd PAYG a likely game changer Spotlight on Sub-Saharan Africa 6 Micro-loans dominate Product testing and early stage equity Platforms for Energy Access 9 Crowd Power Campaign Update 12 Interview: SteamaCo 14 Conclusion 16 Note on Data Sources 17 This materialhas been funded by UK aid from the UK government; however the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies. Published May 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Crowdfunding for energy access refers to the donation, reward, debt and equity campaigns launched each year by social enterprises, charities and other organisations raising capital for off-grid energy projects. This market is currently very small, with $3.4 million raised for projects in Africa and Asia in 2015. Debt campaigns currently dominate the market, accounting for 75% of funds raised and 95% of campaigns1. Much of this is for micro-loans. Recent shifts in solar crowdfunding and the emergence of in-house financing across energy access business models will continue to alter the crowdfunding landscape significantly. Over the short term, equity and debt crowdfunding could grow substantially as more early-stage business ventures, unable to raise capital from traditional financiers, seek funds from the crowd. Regulatory changes could also assist this growth. The off-grid energy sector is capital-intensive, with the leading market players offering pay-as- you-go (PAYG) financing, with high working capital requirements. Longer term, as these companies reach scale, the role of the crowd is likely to reduce as other investors in the sector will be better placed to provide the required financing. GVEP International is a non-profit organization, headquartered in London, and works to increase access to sustainable, renewable energy sources in off-grid communities. To achieve this goal, we support the development and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries which deliver energy products and services to the poor. Energy Access refers to the 1.2 billion people globally living without electricity, and the 2.7 billion people still cooking with firewood. The International Energy Agency estimates over 50% of energy access will be met by off-grid energy solutions – like solar home systems and minigrids. 1 1INTRODUCTION This report is the first in a series on crowdfunding The programme provides funding to selected for energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. crowdfunding platforms to support off-grid energy Published by GVEP International, with funding access campaigns in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. from UK Aid, the five reports will focus on different Approximately $850,000 has been allocated to aspects relating to the financing of energy access support eligible campaigns through match funding, initiatives and businesses, via donation, reward, debt as well as debt protection and gift cards. Platform and equity crowdfunding platforms. The series is partners include Indiegogo, Crowdcube, Global part of a wider programme – called Crowd Power – Giving, Trine and M-Changa. Crowd Power will also established by GVEP International in 2015. Crowd examine the world of energy access crowdfunding Power ends in March 2018. from a research perspective, and this report is intended to provide an overview of the market as it stands today. Crowdfunding for energy access is a nascent sector, and there is limited aggregate data available. Please refer to the Note on Data Sources on page 17 of this paper for further information. Success & Failure – The Key to a Winning Campaign Powering the Crowd into Mapping the Market for Analysis of successful the Future: Energy Access and ‘failed’ campaigns, Key learnings and An overview of the across debt, equity, recommendations on crowdfunding for energy donation and reward crowdfunding for access market to date platforms energy access 2016 2017 2018 Can the Crowd Close Mapping the Crowd the Financing Gap? Examines who is ‘the Explores the role of crowd’, what are their crowdfunding in financing motivations, and how energy access start-ups incentives may be used to and projects entice new contributors 2 ENERGY ACCESS 2CROWDFUNDING Growing from a little known concept at the beginning of this century to an industry worth over $140 billion globally in 20152, crowdfunding is now ubiquitous. From tech start-ups raising millions of Debt platforms, facilitate loans typically to individuals, dollars, to individuals raising microdonations to groups and businesses, and may be made directly cover healthcare costs, crowdfunding now covers (peer-to-peer) or via an intermediary such as a bank or the gamut of financing for individuals, charities, microfinance institution. businesses and other organisations. As the scope and guise of crowdfunding expands, it is no surprise then to see campaigns targeting energy access for the 1.2 billion people globally without energy, and 2.7 billion still cooking with firewood – 95% of which live in Africa and developing Asia3. Crowdfunding for Equity platforms have grown robustly in recent energy access is a niche market segment, with $3.4 times as regulations in various countries have caught million raised for individuals, charities, NGOs and on to the prospect of using crowdfunding to raise social enterprises in Africa and Asia in 2015. This commercial capital. These platforms raise early-stage, is for all types of energy. By comparison, the off- high risk capital for businesses. grid solar sector alone raised in total $276 million in investments across both regions in 20154. What is Crowdfunding? Donation platforms raise funds from contributors Crowdfunding is the process of raising small who do not expect a monetary or non-monetary award amounts of money from a number of individuals to in return. Their motivation is philanthropic, and could fund a specific initiative, project or business, and is include contributions to local community projects or almost exclusively online. It is a way of formalising global causes. contributions and investments from family and friends, while catalyzing funding from the crowd – be it people completely unknown, members of an extended network, philanthropic contributions or institutional funds. Broadly, crowdfunding platforms can be broken down into four categories: debt, Reward platforms offer the crowd non-monetary equity, donation, and reward. rewards in exchange for their contribution. Rewards are often used by businesses aiming to bring an innovative product to market. Hybrid platforms, which offer various campaign types, must also be considered. The most common combinations are debt-equity and donation-reward platforms. 3 (a) Scale and nature of energy energy access we could identify in 2015. The previous access crowdfunding year, there were three equity campaigns, raising over $300,000 in total – the largest campaign being While crowdfunding in developing markets is gaining Shamba Technologies on Crowdcube, a company 5 momentum, with over $430 million raised in 2015 , which designs and manufactures affordable, modular energy access campaigns in the developing world solar systems, intended for Sub-Saharan Africa. 6 raised just $3.4 million across debt, equity, donation Crowdfunded investment capital is most helpful for and reward platforms over the same period. In 2015, seed and early-stage capital, where few financing there were approximately 2,000 energy access alternatives exist. Donation or reward capital is most campaigns funded, with an average campaign size effective for companies in pre-pilot mode, or for 7 of $1,725 . community initiatives. Debt campaigns account for 75% of the total raised (b) Equity on the rise for energy access from the crowd – $2,538,782. Microfinance loans dominate this segment, and Kiva During the first quarter of 2016 we saw the close accounts for the majority of these. of the most successful crowdfunded equity raise the energy access market had seen at that point in Reward campaigns accounted for 16% of funds time. The campaign by Buffalo Grid, a company raised, with an average campaign size of $7,500. providing off-grid mobile charging stations to Indiegogo was the leading platform, raising over entrepreneurs in India and Uganda, raised over $500,000 across 60 campaigns. The most successful $750,000 – double its target. See the graph on page reward campaigns (in terms of % of target reached) 13 for further details on the campaign. This was tended to offer campaign backers product trials, bettered a few weeks later by Renovagen raising while the least successful offered perks such as a close to $1,500,000 on Crowdcube for a portable postcard. Campaign objectives varied widely, from solar power plant designed for use in emergencies. distributing solar lanterns to cacao farmers in Ghana to The Trine platform also launched in early 2016, GravityLight’s commitment to establish a production following a successful proof of concept, and their line in Kenya for their version 2.0. While 73 reward first two campaigns in East Africa funded in only a campaigns were funded, many of these were only few days. partially funded and did not meet their targets. These campaigns were, nevertheless, able to keep the funds Source: Buffalo Grid raised as they opted for a flexible campaign. For further information on flexible and fixed campaigns refer to Platforms for Energy Access on page 9. Donation campaigns represented 7% of the market in 2015 with 18 campaigns in total – 13 for solar products. Global Giving was the dominant platform, raising $170,000 across 4 campaigns. The most successful donation campaign in 2015 was for a mobile solar laptop library, visiting schools in Ghana. The campaign raised $137,135 – over three times its target. The successful, quick to fund, equity raise by Trine8 in Q4 2015 shows there is a market for energy access equity campaigns.
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