Wealth and Money Management Awards 2019

Wealth & Finance International - Wealth and Money Management Awards 2019 17 APR2w2 Such developments will drive T Bridge to even greater success and help it to achieve real, beneficial change, as Fope proudly concludes. “Over the coming years, through this partnership we will build large utility scale solar farms, Distributed energy systems/mini grids, including solar Street Lights for those communities far away from the National Grid of their country, Commercial Solar Energy Systems for Industries and Institutions and of course Roof Top Solar Systems/Stand Alone for Homes. We also aim to build Building Integrated Solar PV Energy System (BIPV) for those who may be interested in this. These developments will help my company to flourish in the global renewable energy venture capital space.” Contact: Fope Oluleye Website: https://www.tbridgevp.com/ www.tbridgevp.com/t-bridge-renewable-energy-fund Group Website: www.zguildgroup.com Drawing on the expertise of its Senior Team, T Bridge Venture Partners is a dynamic and focused venture capital and private equity firm investing in companies. Fope Oluleye, Managing Partner provides us with an insight into the firm and how far it has come since he created it. Best Early-Stage Renewable Energy VC Firm 2019 T Bridge Venture Partners was founded by Fope Oluleye who has experience in building multi millions pound companies from the age of 21 and who now has three operating companies in three continents across the world in Europe, Africa and the USA. When creating this latest company, Fope selected a team dedicated and focused on bridging the gap for investment in innovative firms and driving them onwards across the bridge towards success and growth. Seeking out creative and impactful companies that show dynamism is the firm’s drive, with a strong focus on a number of sectors on a range of sectors including Renewable Energy, Fintech, Prop Tech, TMT, Consumer Retail and Agritech. Fope begins by outlining the firm’s core focuses and how these are helping to drive it to even greater success. “Within the wealth and management space we focus on attracting Climate funds, Private equity, Family offices and institutional funds that share our enthusiasm in co-investing into our chosen sectors. Our mantra is: ‘We back the innovative, the courageous, the risk takers and the boundary pushers’. Specifically, renewable energy is a very strong focal point for T Bridge, the renewable energy space represents a massive opportunity for us, and we are committed to adding value to this sector. “As part of this focus, T Bridge, in association with BrightStar Solar Global is setting up a renewable energy fund to target Brightstar’s renewable energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, to proactively solve some of the challenges in the sector. One of our foremost objectives is to solve the massive problem of inefficient and sporadic electricity access infrastructure in sub- Saharan Africa, there is an enormous shortage T Bridge Venture Partners Ltd Jul19112 of generation particularly in this region stifling productivity and economic growth. It is a radical problem that needs a dynamic approach to be methodically addressed.” Such a fund helps the firm to grow and flourish, enabling it to enhance its already impressive portfolio of investment options for its varied clients. Moving forward, in partnership with Brightstar Solar Global the Renewable Energy Arm of Zenith Guild Enterprises Nigeria Ltd, T Bridge Renewable Fund will invest in the four major operational systems as well other Solar Energy Systems starting from Nigeria with the intention to spread across Sub- Saharan Africa. Later, the T Bridge Renewable Energy Fund is to establish a £500m fund to invest into renewable energy projects with Brightstar Solar Global. Brightstar Global Solar mandate is to target a 1000MW of renewable energy projects by 2022, principally across sub-Saharan Africa. They are currently on a 30 MW project in Nigeria and currently looking at a further 300MW in the country. They have also executed an MOU with a major first tier banking institution to compliments its strategy with rooftop installation for homeowners and to complement its commercial industrial focus with manufacturing, mining, agribusiness, healthcare and commercial industries. BrightStar Solar Global investment horizons span from building solar projects across Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa with aim of providing electricity generated from the Solar Energy System to the National Grid, local government areas (including inter-lands and rural areas) as well institutions like universities, hospitals, and other industries.