Pan Africa Hybrid Fund
There is a gap in the Sub-Saharan Africa market, with around 66% of adults unbanked. This Strategy aims to be part of the solution by investing hybrid capital into Inclusive Financial Institutions: banks, microfinance banks, fintechs, SME-lenders, affordable housing financiers and similar non-bank financial institutions.
African Women Impact Strategy
This African Women Impact Strategy is creating a sustainable investment platform to grow the number of female asset managers on the African continent. This will help address the fundamental gap in female managers’ access to the private and public investments ecosystem.
Technology Investment Fund
This private equity fund manager invests in technology-enabled companies addressing climate change while prioritizing equity and access. Meanwhile targeting the untapped potential of the $15 trillion industries in the ocean, on land and in the air.
Climate Mitigation Private Equity Fund
Our partner in Europe is currently pitching for a new blended finance mandate – a Pan-Emerging Markets climate mitigation Private Equity fund supported by concessional capital from the Green Climate Fund – the largest global fund dedicated to help fight climate change.
Emerging Market Private Debt
This female-founded Manager seeks to generate competitive financial returns PLUS positive economic, social and/or environmental impact by providing financing to Small and Medium Enterprises (“SMEs”) in very select high-growth developing economies with stable political climates and reliable legal systems. All of their borrowers map to at least one of the UN SDGs + conform to the IFC’s exclusion list + meet local and international laws and respective practices + are in compliance with local environmental, labor, health, safety and business laws +commit to identify and track various bottom-up impact metrics, as defined by the GIIN’s Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) metrics.
Emerging Market Trade Finance
This female-founded manager is focused on facilitating trade finance by making short term private loans to private growth stage companies who are committed to responsible, sustainable management of their companies and to creating positive, measurable impact in their communities. The manager’s objectives are to provide current income, capital preservation and modest capital appreciation primarily through providing trade finance facilities to established, growth stage, middle market enterprises.
Climate Solutions Public Equity Strategy
Climate change is a defining issue of our time. In 2012, this Manager launched their Climate Solutions Strategy, a portfolio of companies focused on producing climate mitigation or adaptation solutions that they believe will outperform equity markets over the long-term. They believe that companies positioned alongside environmental sectors have the potential to significantly outperform the broader equity market over the long-term.
Long / Short Equity Strategy with ESG Integration
This Long / Short Equity Strategy with ESG integration is a female-led, fundamental-based, U.S. focused, multi-sector long/short equity strategy utilizing the co-founders’ experience running low net and a commitment to short selling, coupled with integrated ESG research and independent thinking, to pursue asymmetric risk/reward and strong alpha generation.
Emerging Europe Growth Equity
This manager has been investing in private equity and private credit in Emerging Europe, Central Asia and Turkey since 2005. Their investment focus is on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with an emphasis on developmental impact as a consequence of their investments. They believe that no other private market offers the growth of an emerging market and the structure & stability of the European Union. All of their portfolio companies map to at least one of the UN SDGs + conform to the EBRD & IFC’s exclusion lists + meet local and international laws and respective practices + are in compliance with local environmental, labor, health, safety and business laws +commit to identify and track various bottom-up impact metrics, as defined by the GIIN’s Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) metrics.
Blended Finance Green Growth India Strategy
With anchor funding and first-loss coverage from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world’s largest climate fund, the goal of this Blended Finance Green Growth India Strategy is to catalyze commitments to its India-focused green infrastructure strategy. The sector focus of the Strategy is on broad themes of decarbonization of energy and its uses, spanning renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy storage, e-mobility, resource conservation and associated value chains.
