Established in 1997, the Canopus Foundation is a German private family foundation seeking to improve energy access, and promote education and science for a sustainable economy.
The Foundation applies the Venture Philanthropy model, which seeks to apply the principles of Venture Capital investing to philanthropy, hence creating impact. Since 2017, the Canopus Foundation has built a portfolio of mission-related investments in partner companies in Germany, Senegal and Rwanda which seek to improve accessibility to water in Western Africa, for example.