<span>Although $1.6 trillion was invested in 2013 in global energy, of which $254 billion was in renewable energy, small power producer (SPP) entrepreneurs that focused their operations on the 1.4 billion powerless populations received a trifling $2.2 billion—less than $2 per person and 1.37% of overall investment. Prevailing research details policy methods, finance mechanisms, and business models intended to attract private capital and enlarge energy access; however, the nominal investment levels signify that private capital remains uninterested. This qualitative study used a grounded theory approach to discover the role of interaction experiences between SPP entrepreneurs and investors and the factors affecting limited investments from those interactions. We interviewed 21 SPP entrepreneurs </span><span>from Sub-Saharan Africa and India and 21 investors from Europe and the United States. We found that most investments are made by societal development investors (those seeking to transform people’s social conditions) and that private-capital profitmaking investors are mostly absent. The findings indicate a gap in understanding business logic between the two groups, caused by translation incoherence, different mental models, and weak social networks. We propose a transformed management construct to advance relational connectivity and intensified emphasis on the distinct entrepreneurial modes of value creation to attain investment alignment with private capital profitmaking investors. Key Words: Energy Access, Social Networks, Private Capital Investments, Entrepreneur Management, and Value Creation</span>