In January 2022, Seedstars Africa Ventures invested in Beacon Power Services (BPS), a Nigeria-based developer of proprietary grid management software and data solutions for Africa’s power industry. BPS seeks to improve the reliability and quality of the continent’s energy supply through the creation of smart grids and by leveraging extensive data collected on the ground.
With Seedstars’ support, the population that BPS reaches through its clients has grown from eight million in January 2022 to over 60 million as of September 2023. The company expanded from working with one utility in Lagos to opening two more in Ghana. Seedstars has also pushed BPS to recruit more women across all levels of the company, recognizing that they are underrepresented in the energy industry. Over 30% of the staff is female, and BPS is striving to integrate more women on both the accounting and technology sides of the business.