ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator

🤝 Collaboration will be central to the Funds for Change program’s purpose: highlighting innovative investment practices, bringing together bold investors, and bridging the capital gap needed by funders. We are delighted that Morgana Bourggraff is part of the Selection Committee of the Funds for Change program 2025! 🌐 Connect with Accelerating Impact's team and get the conversation going on impact finance, blended finance and other catalytic investments.    Morgana Bourggraff, Stephan Peters, Jekabs Vinauds Marie Suduca, Batbayar Namnan #ChangeNOW2025

🔎 The diversity within this inaugural ISFA Applicants pool, in geography and sector as well as in instrument types and sizes, gives us valuable insights into the current state of the social finance market and the trends shaping its future. Looking forward to diving deeper with the 16 projects invited to continue on the selection journey. #SocialFinance #Innovation #impactfinance #acceleration

Scalar International, emerging fund manager selected as part of the 2024 ICFA Cohort, and Mergence Investment Managers announce the launch of a $150 million project to finance clean energy and digital infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa. 👉 Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/eJxgsr8Q Scalar is dedicated to addressing Africa’s $3 trillion NDC Climate and SDG investment gap by mobilizing private capital through DFIs, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), and Private Capital Mobilization (PCM). Their $100 million Africa Decarbonization project is a testament to Scalar’s vision, focusing on SMEs and supporting first-time women and indigenous developers. Their involvement in South Africa Real Estate Corporation’s (REIT) renewable energy projects led to the creation of the Scalar Africa Decarbonization project, investing in clean energy and energy efficiency projects across sub-Saharan Africa. Scalar’s mission is to unlock institutional funding to support indigenous-owned project developers and independent power producers (IPPs) in the clean energy sector. As an Indigenous-owned firm, Scalar integrates socio-economic development considerations to ensure the sustainability of its investments. Their impact is integral to their DNA, and they are committed to filling the space with specialist fund management capabilities in the clean energy sector. We’re always delighted to hear successful achievements from the emerging fund managers accelerated through our programmes. 🎉Congratulations to Scalar and Mergence teams! 👉 Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/eJxgsr8Q 🔎 Read also the Bloomberg piece: https://lnkd.in/e9quR_5r Hubèrt Gutsa, Lucy Reyburn Photo credit: Felipe Barradas at Unsplash.com

Tameo's 2024 Private Asset Fund Report is out 👉https://lnkd.in/eZMfnAST Download the report and get access to the most comprehensive analysis to date on private debt and private equity impact funds targeting developing countries. This year’s edition also features a dedicated chapter exploring Luxembourg’s pivotal role as a leading fund jurisdiction for sustainable and impact investing. #ImpactInvesting #SustainableFinance #Africa #Luxembourg #ImpactFinance

📢 Our Accelerating Impact Event Calendar, freely accessible for all since January this year, is now updated with upcoming events. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKSsgxbn As part of our ongoing efforts to mobilize impact investments, we are hosting, co-organising, joining, and/or promoting these events to connect with the impact finance ecosystem, to discuss innovative solutions for climate and social impact finance, and to build partnerships with our peers. While we have maintained this resource internally since 2022, we felt it important to share it with the broader impact finance ecosystem going forward. We’d love to hear from you on this resource. Feel free to submit any event we might have missed! We aim to update this calendar quarterly. #impactfinance #networking #ecosystem

Exciting start for Accelerating Impact's Social Finance Accelerator! After a thorough review of all applications, our dedicated ISFA - International Social Finance Accelerator team provided feedback to the total 37 submissions received during the Expression of Interest window, and 16 projects have been invited to pursue the ISFA selection journey.🚀 Congratulations to all applicants for your work and commitment in bringing positive impact where it is most needed. Laurence Hulin, Giulia Dunand Accelerating Impact #impactfinance #acceleration #socialfinance

🎬 Training Workshop 2 is a wrap! This week we held virtual Training Workshop 2 for 30 fund managers across 13 fund management teams shortlisted for the ICFA 2025 Cohort. It was an intense and rewarding week, packed with expert-led sessions! A big thank you to our incredible partners for sharing their insights: - TIIME – Fundraising & Fund Positioning - Arendt & Medernach and Elvinger Hoss Prussen – Legal Structuring - EY – Fund Management - EY – Tax - Innpact – Impact Measurement and Management - Innpact – Fund Structuring - PwC Luxembourg – Marketing & Distribution With Training Workshop 2 now behind us, the 13 shortlisted managers will submit their final applications in the coming weeks, and in June we will select only 4 high impact climate fund managers to join the ICFA 2025 cohort! Watch this space! 👀 Cécile Sevrain, Hedda Pahlson-Moller, Michel Marques Pereira, Laetitia Duren, Norman Finster, Matteo Cortesi, Albert Seoane Miguel, Christophe Jacobs, Antoine Bardou, CAIA, Per Ohlin, Arnaud Gillin

Stephan Peters, Laurence Hulin and Jekabs Vinauds from Accelerating Impact joined #MOMENTUM today, Deloitte’s annual flagship event designed to shed light on the critical steps we need to take in policymaking, strategy setting, and operational processes to move sustainability forward. The event kicked off with an inspiring keynote speech by Alexandre Mars, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder & CEO of the investment firm blisce/, the Epic Foundation and the social EdTech INFINITE. Alexandre shared his vision for the future of sustainability along with insights on sustainable investing, impact, and innovation. Two panel discussions dived into how sustainability can move from strategies to tangible results: 🌏 Has asset management delivered on sustainable investing, or have regulations hindered the progress of sustainable investment strategies? 🌏 How can we synergize sustainability and profitability in today’s competitive and ever-changing environment, also considering the growing challenges of global markets? #Sustainability #Impact #Innovation #AcceleratingImpact #MOMENTUM2025

Every month, the House of Startups Luxembourg (HoST) brings together the community of entities (Luxembourg-City Incubator, Accelerating Impact, Le Village by CA, The LHoFT - Luxembourg House of Financial Technology and many others) for a delightful breakfast session. During these gatherings, new startups have the opportunity to introduce themselves and share relevant programmes and events in a lively and inclusive atmosphere. These sessions provide a wonderful opportunity for startups to connect, network, and learn from each other. Today’s session was particularly exciting as we welcomed Romain Diaz from Satgana, a fund manager who was selected in our ICFA 2021 Cohort. Romain shared great insights into Satgana’s impressive achievements and detailed the types of investments they are seeking. It was incredibly inspiring to hear the latest updates from Satgana, who continues to make significant strides in impact finance, innovation, climate mitigation, and more. Witnessing our accelerated fund managers complete milestones is always a rewarding experience.🎉 A big thank you to the House of Startups Luxembourg (HoST) for fostering this vibrant ecosystem and bringing us all together!💫 #impactfinance #innovation #climate #mitigation

Laurence Hulin, Directrice du programme ISFA - International Social Finance Accelerator au sein d'Accelerating Impact, a présenté notre initiative lors d'une séance d'information à la Maison de l'orientation. Cette séance sur la thématique "Sustainability in finance" s’est tenue dans le cadre de la semaine "Orientation & développement durable" au Luxembourg. Merci à Gontran Poirot et à la Maison de l'orientation pour leur accueil, et à tous les participants pour leur enthousiasme. Nous espérons avoir pu inspirer de futurs professionnels de la finance durable! #sustainablefinance #impactfinance