Bio

Lyndsay Holley Handler has over 19 years of experience building, leading, and investing in high-impact businesses in Africa. Currently, Lyndsay is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner of the new Delta40 Venture Studio, whose mission is to increase incomes and tackle climate change in Africa by investing in energy, agriculture & mobility ventures led by diverse founders. Lyndsay is also a Partner at Delta40's sister funds Factor[e] Ventures & Equator, and is a Board Director for SunFi, Gridless, Easy Solar, and Ampersand.

Before this, Lyndsay was CEO of Fenix International, a clean energy and fintech company that delivered life changing products to 5 million low-income customers and businesses in 9 countries across Africa with a team of 1,000 employees. In 2018, ENGIE, the world’s largest independent electricity producer, acquired Fenix and Lyndsay worked with ENGIE to further scale Fenix.

Lyndsay has a BA from Stanford University and lives in Kenya with her husband and two children.