ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator - News by MorganaICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator - News by Morganahttps://www.icfa.lu/news/author/morganaWed, 15 Apr 2026 04:37:59 +0200http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[Call for External Reviewers]]>https://www.icfa.lu/news/post/call-for-external-reviewersWe’re recruiting External Application Reviewers Accelerating Impact is currently building our external review team for the upcoming International Clima ]]>

Call for External Reviewers for the ICFA 2026 Cohort

We’re recruiting External Application Reviewers
Accelerating Impact is currently building our external review team for the upcoming International Climate Finance Accelerator (ICFA) and International Social Finance Accelerator (ISFA) cohorts.

his is a paid, short-term expert role reviewing early-stage climate and social impact fund proposals, taking part in structured interviews, and helping identify standout emerging fund managers.

We’re particularly keen to hear from people with backgrounds in:
Impact / social finance
Fund setup or fund-of-funds investing
Emerging manager assessment/fund due-diligence
Climate or social investment strategies
Blended finance and innovative fund structures

If this sounds like you - or someone in your network - we’d love to connect.


Access the Indicative Terms of Reference


Interested?
]]>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:06:22 +0100<![CDATA[Request for Proposal (RFP) - Matanataki - Pipeline Development and Investment Committee Readiness]]>https://www.icfa.lu/news/post/request-for-proposal-rfp-matanataki-pipeline-development-and-investment-committee-readinessMatanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate ada ]]>


Matanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate adaptation fund for the Pacific, Matanataki Pacific Fund 1 (MPF1 or Fund). MPF1 provides investors with access to community-serving, gender equitable businesses that deliver climate resilience to Pacific communities, with coral reefs as the guiding star indicating the health and climate resilience of the whole. MPF1 aims to bring together development financing institutions and private investors with aligned values, and channel investment into long term Pacific-owned businesses which will deliver climate resilience for our ocean communities.


To expedite the delivery of targeted investments, MPL seeks a Singapore-based CMS-licensed fund manager to prepare pipeline investments for Investment Committee (IC) review in compliance with MPL’s established investment management SOPs, which are endorsed by its potential Limited Partners (LPs).


The primary objective is to guide and prepare selected investment opportunities to full Investment Committee readiness, ensuring each meets all documentation, analysis, and due diligence standards as defined in Matanataki’s SOPs. The fund manager may be engaged on a deliverables-based or capped retainer basis.


For full details about the engagement, including scope of services and proposal submission guidelines, please download the full RFP below.


Please submit your queries and final proposal by email in PDF format by 31st October 2025 to:- rimash@matanataki.com jodi@matanataki.com and CC programme@icfa.lu


Download the RFP
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that this Request for Proposal is subject to the Accelerating Impact General Terms of Business.
]]>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:19:52 +0100<![CDATA[Request for Proposal (RFP) - Matanataki - Legal Advisory Services for the Establishment and Launch of Matanataki Pacific Fund 1 ]]>https://www.icfa.lu/news/post/request-for-proposal-rfp-matanataki-legal-advisory-services-for-the-establishment-and-launch-of-mataMatanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate ada ]]>


Matanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate adaptation fund for the Pacific, Matanataki Pacific Fund 1 (MPF1 or Fund). MPF1 provides investors with access to community-serving, gender equitable businesses that deliver climate resilience to Pacific communities, with coral reefs as the guiding star indicating the health and climate resilience of the whole. MPF1 aims to bring together development financing institutions and private investors with aligned values, and channel investment into long term Pacific-owned businesses which will deliver climate resilience for our ocean communities.


Matanataki Pte Ltd has an exclusive strategic partnership with Enyorra Private Equity, a licensed fund manager headquartered in Singapore, and recognized for its expertise in ESG management, impact and gender investing. The Fund will appoint Enyorra Private Equity Pte Ltd to act as its external authorized fund manager (the “FM”). The FM holds a Capital Market Services license and qualifies as a FM in accordance with the SFA 2001 Act. The FM shall delegate deal origination and portfolio management functions of the Fund to Matanataki Pte Ltd, a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Fiji (the “Portfolio Advisor”), pursuant to a portfolio management agreement. MPF1 will be a private equity/venture capital impact blended finance fund focused on investments in Fiji and selected Pacific Island Countries. Activities related to the Fund will involve multiple jurisdictions, namely Singapore (fund domicile and management), Luxembourg (single investor requirements), and Fiji and selected Pacific Island Countries (portfolio investments).

Matanataki invites reputable law firms with demonstrable expertise in fund formation and cross-border investment structures to submit an Expression of Interest and Proposal to provide legal advisory and documentation services for the establishment and launch of MPF1 in Singapore, with a feeder fund in Luxembourg for European investors. The bidding firm may operate across more than one jurisdiction, and if operating in a single jurisdiction, may engage experienced third-party advisors and the scope may be adjusted accordingly.


For full details about the engagement, including scope of services and proposal submission guidelines, please download the full RFP below.


Please submit your queries and final proposal by email in PDF format by 27th October 2025 to:- rimash@matanataki.com jodi@matanataki.com and CC programme@icfa.lu


Download the RFP
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that this Request for Proposal is subject to the Accelerating Impact General Terms of Business.
]]>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:30:07 +0200<![CDATA[Request for Proposal (RFP) - Matanataki - Green Climate Fund – Funding Proposal No Objection Letters Support]]>https://www.icfa.lu/news/post/request-for-proposal-rfp-matanataki-green-climate-fund-–-funding-proposal-no-objection-letters-suppoMatanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate ada ]]>


Matanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate adaptation fund for the Pacific, Matanataki Pacific Fund 1 (MPF1 or Fund). MPF1 provides investors with access to community-serving, gender equitable businesses that deliver climate resilience to Pacific communities, with coral reefs as the guiding star indicating the health and climate resilience of the whole. MPF1 aims to bring together development financing institutions and private investors with aligned values, and channel investment into long term Pacific-owned businesses which will deliver climate resilience for our ocean communities.


The objective of this assignment is to coordinate, prepare, and secure GCF No Objection Letters for MPF1’s funding proposal in alignment with GCF’s policies, national procedures, and country readiness frameworks. This assignment will ensure that MPF1’s regional submission meets all country-level endorsement requirements to proceed to the GCF Secretariat for consideration.


For full details about the engagement, including scope of services and proposal submission guidelines, please download the full RFP below.


Please submit your queries and final proposal by email in PDF format by 27th October 2025 to:- rimash@matanataki.com jodi@matanataki.com and CC programme@icfa.lu


Download the RFP
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that this Request for Proposal is subject to the Accelerating Impact General Terms of Business.
]]>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:27:50 +0200<![CDATA[Request for Proposal (RFP) - Matanataki - ESG & I Policy and ESMS Development]]>https://www.icfa.lu/news/post/request-for-proposal-rfp-matanataki-esg-i-policy-and-esms-developmentMatanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate ada ]]>


Matanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate adaptation fund for the Pacific, Matanataki Pacific Fund 1 (MPF1 or Fund). MPF1 provides investors with access to community-serving, gender equitable businesses that deliver climate resilience to Pacific communities, with coral reefs as the guiding star indicating the health and climate resilience of the whole. MPF1 aims to bring together development financing institutions and private investors with aligned values, and channel investment into long term Pacific-owned businesses which will deliver climate resilience for our ocean communities.


The objective of this assignment is to undertake Environmental and Social (E&S) work to evolve the existing ESG & I documentation for the proposed Fund and ensure alignment with GCF and other MPF1 commitments including EIB ES as described in the Fund’s existing Environmental, Social, Gender and Impact (ESG & I) policy.


For full details about the engagement, including scope of services and proposal submission guidelines, please download the full RFP below.


Please submit your queries and final proposal by email in PDF format by 27th October 2025 to:- rimash@matanataki.com jodi@matanataki.com and CC programme@icfa.lu


Download the RFP
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that this Request for Proposal is subject to the Accelerating Impact General Terms of Business.
]]>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:26:25 +0200<![CDATA[Request for Proposal (RFP) - Matanataki - Environmental and Social Risk Assessment]]>https://www.icfa.lu/news/post/request-for-proposal-rfp-matanataki-environmental-and-social-risk-assessmentopyMatanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate ada ]]>


Matanataki Pte Ltd (MPL), a woman-founded business developer and emerging fund manager in Fiji, is raising a US$50 million blended finance climate adaptation fund for the Pacific, Matanataki Pacific Fund 1 (MPF1 or Fund). MPF1 provides investors with access to community-serving, gender equitable businesses that deliver climate resilience to Pacific communities, with coral reefs as the guiding star indicating the health and climate resilience of the whole. MPF1 aims to bring together development financing institutions and private investors with aligned values, and channel investment into long term Pacific-owned businesses which will deliver climate resilience for our ocean communities.


The objective of this assignment is to undertake Environmental and Social (E&S) work for the proposed Fund and ensure alignment with GCF and other MPF1 commitments including EIB ES as described in the Fund’s existing ESG & I policy.


For full details about the engagement, including scope of services and proposal submission guidelines, please download the full RFP below.


Please submit your queries and final proposal by email in PDF format by 27th October 2025 to:- rimash@matanataki.com jodi@matanataki.com and CC programme@icfa.lu


Download the RFP
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that this Request for Proposal is subject to the Accelerating Impact General Terms of Business.
]]>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:24:52 +0200<![CDATA[Request for Proposal (RFP) - Miarakap - Mauritius Administrator]]>https://www.icfa.lu/news/post/request-for-proposal-rfp-miarakap-mauritius-administratorMitsiry is a blended finance fund created to support Small and Medium Enterprises working at the intersection of climate resilience, biodiversity cons ]]>


Mitsiry is a blended finance fund created to support Small and Medium Enterprises working at the intersection of climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable livelihoods across Madagascar and the broader South-West Indian Ocean region. The fund is jointly initiated by Miarakap and Kinomé. Together, Miarakap and Kinomé are forming a new joint entity, a NewCo, which will act as the Investment Advisor for Mitsiry Fund. 


Miarakap and Kinomé are seeking to appoint a licensed Mauritius-based administrator to support the successful incorporation and long-term operation of the Mitsiry Investment Advisory entity. In the short term, the administrator will handle all setup procedures and regulatory filings required under Mauritian law. In the longer term, the administrator will serve as the official corporate services provider, ensuring ongoing compliance, governance, and administrative continuity throughout the fund’s life cycle.


For full details about the engagement, including scope of services and proposal submission guidelines, please download the full RFP below.


Interested service providers are encouraged to engage with the Miarakap team before submission and shall submit their proposal in writing to k.ramaromandray@miarakap.com and  l.meleard@miarakap.com. by 20 June 2025, copying programme@icfa.lu.


Download the RFP
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note that this Request for Proposal is subject to the Accelerating Impact General Terms of Business.
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