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Camco Clean Energy is a specialist climate and impact fund manager with over 30 years of experience leading the transition to sustainable development in emerging markets. The firm manages $363 million in assets under management across 7 active impact funding vehicles, having completed over 200 transactions in 30+ countries. Camco focuses on delivering transformative impact to local communities while maintaining strong return profiles, combining the discipline of a development bank with the agility of a private company. The firm has achieved significant impact metrics including 17,710 direct jobs created, 342 MW of renewable energy capacity funded, and 229,629 tCO2e avoided through their managed funds.

The Catalyst Fund is a pre-seed VC fund and accelerator that invests $200K in early-stage startups and follows on at Seed and Series A rounds. As a thesis-driven investor, they focus exclusively on backing founders building climate adaptation and resilience solutions across Africa. The fund operates as both an investor and venture builder, with ex-founders and operators providing hands-on support spending 400+ hours with each startup to accelerate growth. Since 2015, they have accelerated 81 companies across 19 markets, connecting startups to their global network of 250+ investors and ecosystem partners. Their comprehensive approach includes tailored venture building support across key business areas including data, tech, sales, talent, product, fundraising, and growth.

Cerulean Ventures is a $10 million pre-seed venture capital firm that backs founders building asset-light, rapid scaling software companies focused on climate solutions. They specifically target companies applying AI to build exponential solutions for nature and climate change. Their mission is to bring climate solutions to market quickly while fighting greenwashing and moving the climate economy beyond the green premium. Unlike traditional climate investors who focus on niche markets with green premiums or first-of-a-kind moonshots with decades-long timelines, Cerulean takes a different approach by identifying systemic leverage points where proprietary data, compute, AI scaling, and fintech solutions can rapidly scale. Cerulean matters in the ecosystem because they focus on transforming large economic sectors that have been resistant to digital transformation, including mining, niche manufacturing, soft tropical commodities, pharma supply chains, and emerging markets of natural capital and biodiversity. They position themselves as addressing the gap in climate investing by targeting systemic change rather than status quo business model disruptions.

Climate Fund Managers (CFM) is a for-profit investment manager specializing in climate finance across emerging markets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm uses blended finance structuring to attract public and private capital for high-impact climate investments, with over USD 2 billion in assets under management and targeting an additional USD 6 billion. CFM provides complete lifecycle financing solutions for infrastructure developers, covering development, construction, and operational stages of projects. Their investment approach focuses on climate change mitigation and adaptation in areas most affected by climate consequences, delivering both environmental impact and risk-adjusted returns to investors.

Connectivity Capital is the world's first impact investment fund focused on expanding internet access in frontier markets. The fund provides investment management and advisory services to partners who share their mission of bringing affordable broadband connectivity to every community worldwide. Their debt fund finances connectivity infrastructure by identifying, investing in, and partnering with market-leading ISPs and digital infrastructure companies across frontier markets. The fund also operates an insights platform that offers project advisory services, market assessments, and operational assistance to investors, operators, and partners in the connectivity space.

Enabling Qapital Ltd. (EQ) is a FINMA-regulated Swiss impact asset manager with over USD 900 million under management. The company specializes in impact investing through private debt and listed bonds, focusing on microfinance, access to energy/clean cooking, and emerging market bonds. Their investments aim to generate financial, social, environmental, and economic returns while contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. With a diverse team of over 65 members representing 14 nationalities and speaking more than 21 languages, EQ operates under the philosophy of "moving money to meaning." The company's portfolio reaches microborrowers worldwide, with particular focus on rural and female clients. EQ is closely linked to the non-profit EMF Enabling Microfinance Foundation, which launches additional projects to improve conditions along the microfinance value chain.

Helios Investment Partners is the largest Africa-focused private investment firm, managing funds totaling approximately $3 billion since 2004. The firm bridges international capital and know-how with African talent and enterprise, applying world-class investment capabilities and entrepreneurial business-building across four distinct investment strategies. As the largest B Corp certified emerging market PE firm globally, Helios is committed to delivering growth with impact, focusing on generating globally competitive returns while driving positive social, economic and environmental outcomes across Africa.

Mercy Corps Ventures is the impact investing arm of Mercy Corps that invests in and accelerates high-impact enterprises operating in frontier markets. They focus on backing visionary early-stage founders who are building catalytic solutions across adaptive agriculture & food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and other climate resilience technologies in emerging markets. Their mission centers on increasing the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets by identifying, investing in, and accelerating the growth of innovative solutions. They operate as a family of funds that provide founders with the capital, support, and pathways needed to scale their impact-driven ventures from seed to scale. Mercy Corps Ventures plays a crucial role in the impact investing ecosystem by addressing some of the most pressing challenges of our time, including climate volatility, financial exclusion, and fragility of food systems. Their work matters because they bridge the gap between traditional development aid and market-based solutions, creating sustainable pathways for communities to build resilience against global challenges while supporting entrepreneurial innovation in underserved markets.

Next Billion Capital Partners is a private equity firm investing in transformative growth across global emerging markets, with a focus on sectors where mobile-first models are reshaping industries. Led by former IFC professionals with over a decade of working together, the firm combines institutional rigor with deep market knowledge to build enduring value. The firm backs growth-stage companies in financial services, insurance, and healthcare that serve consumers and small to mid-sized businesses driving economic expansion. With $200M+ invested across 40 companies in 15 countries and 10 exits, Next Billion Capital partners with market leaders in regions where digital adoption is redefining everyday services—from banking and credit to insurance and primary care.

Shell Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that enables millions of people in Africa and Asia to increase their incomes with clean energy solutions. The foundation focuses on three core people: smallholder farmers, transporters, and micro-entrepreneurs, working to impact their livelihoods through innovative partnerships and catalytic finance. The organization partners with public and private organizations to foster early-stage innovation and scale commercial clean energy solutions. Shell Foundation emphasizes its independence as key to delivering its mission and maintains strategic partnerships, including a unique partnership with the FCDO, to maximize impact across their target regions.

SIMA Funds is a social asset manager that specializes in impact investing with a focus on empowering the Bottom of the Pyramid through commercial capital and advisory solutions. They operate multiple investment funds including Commercial And Industrial Solar, Green Bond, Emerging Distributor Finance Fund, Energy Access Relief Fund, and Off-Grid Solar and Financial Access Fund. The organization's mission centers on driving positive change through demand-driven commercial capital deployment to underserved populations and markets. SIMA operates by combining investment capital with advisory services to create sustainable financial and social impact, positioning themselves as pioneers in the impact investing space. SIMA Funds plays a significant role in the impact investing ecosystem by focusing on energy access, solar solutions, and financial inclusion for underserved communities. Their comprehensive approach of providing both funding and advisory services helps build industry capacity while creating measurable positive change both financially and socially, making them an important player in sustainable development finance.