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Zero Carbon ChargeNew on the radar

SA · Africa · Climate / Cleantech

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Zero Carbon Charge — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$5.6M
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 35%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Jun 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Zero Carbon Charge looks fair against its niche peers and is quiet on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the climate/enviro sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Fair
  • Modeled value is 0.71× the median modeled value of Series A Climate / Cleantech companies in 2025–2027 (7 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
  • Within the normal band (71% of peer median) for its niche.
Quiet
  • Last raise 13 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 9 months.
  • Slightly overdue versus sector cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

1 Investor
Where it sits in Climate / Cleantech

Zero Carbon Charge is one of 207 Climate / Cleantech companies tracked from SA, Africa. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 66% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

SA’s Zero Carbon Charge raises $5.6m funding from DBSA 0 By Tom Jackson on June 12, 2025 News , Southern Africa South Africa’s Zero Carbon Charge, which has built a national network of off-grid, solar-powered ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, has announced a ZAR100 million (US$5.6 million) equity investment from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). Zero Carbon Charge has developed a decentralised energy generation model that produces power directly at the point of consumption and sale, ensuring a sustainable and reliable energy supply for electric mobility.

SA’s Zero Carbon Charge raises $5.6m funding from DBSA 0 By Tom Jackson on June 12, 2025 News , Southern Africa South Africa’s Zero Carbon Charge, which has built a national network of off-grid, solar-powered ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, has announced a ZAR100 million (US$5.6 million) equity investment from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). Zero Carbon Charge has developed a decentralised energy generation model that produces power directly at the point of consumption and sale, ensuring a sustainable and reliable energy supply for electric mobility.

climate/cleantechenergymobility

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

ZA
Jurisdiction
1
Investors (latest)
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$5.0M$10M$15M$20MSeries A · 2025-06-12 Raised $5.6M (real) Modeled valuation $19M (est)$5.6M$19MSeries A2025

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series A$5.6M · 2025

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$19.2M
Base estimate est.
$7.0M
Conservative case
$33.3M
Upside case
$25.5M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the climate/enviro sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
51%
Survival probability
28% low · 69% high
1.46×/yr
Annual markup
1.84×/yr upside case
1.1 yr
Elapsed time used
1.1 yr actual, capped for stale marks
climate/enviro
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
1.1 yr
On record since
2025
First round
New
First-time filer
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 207 companies in Climate / Cleantech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 0.7× of median
This company$5.6M
Sector median$8.1M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.8× of median
This company$5.6M
Sector median$7.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 0.3× of median
This company$19.2M
Sector median$59.8M

Raised more than 66% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 61% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #6 of 7.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Tagaddod · Series A Raised $26.3M · modeled $79.7M (est)Dodai · Series A Raised $13.0M · modeled $31.5M (est)Kofa · Series A Raised $8.1M · modeled $29.0M (est)Ezra Climate Inc. · Series A Raised $7.6M · modeled $26.8M (est)Insight Terra · Series A Raised $5.7M · modeled $22.4M (est)Battery Mineral Resources Corp. · Series A Raised $7.9M · modeled $16.8M (est)Zero Carbon Charge (this company) Raised $5.6M · modeled $19.2M (est)Zero Carbon Charge
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
TagaddodSeries A$26.3M$79.7M2.97×
DodaiSeries A$13.0M$31.5M1.18×
KofaSeries A$8.1M$29.0M1.08×
Ezra Climate Inc.Series A$7.6M$26.8M1.00×
Insight TerraSeries A$5.7M$22.4M0.84×
Zero Carbon Charge this companySeries A$5.6M$19.2M0.71×
Battery Mineral Resources Corp.Series A$7.9M$16.8M0.62×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series A$5.6M2025-06-12$25.5M$19.2M45%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series A$5.6M2025-06-12
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
$9.0M
Modeled next size est.range $5.8M$14.3M
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Zero Carbon Charge is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
ZA
Jurisdiction
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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Investors

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

FirmRoundConfidence
DBSASeries A55%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Zero Carbon Charge raised?
Zero Carbon Charge has raised approximately $5.6M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Zero Carbon Charge's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Zero Carbon Charge is approximately $19.2M (modeled range $7.0M–$33.3M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Zero Carbon Charge at?
Zero Carbon Charge's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Jun 12.
What does Zero Carbon Charge do and where is it based?
Zero Carbon Charge operates in the Climate / Cleantech sector, based in SA, Africa. SA’s Zero Carbon Charge raises $5.6m funding from DBSA 0 By Tom Jackson on June 12, 2025 News , Southern Africa South Africa’s Zero Carbon Charge, which has built a national network of off-grid, solar-powered ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, has announced a ZAR100 million (US$5.6 million) equity investment from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). Zero Carbon Charge has developed a decentralised energy generation model that produces power directly at the point of consumption and sale, ensuring a sustainable and reliable energy supply for electric mobility.
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