Blog by Stephan Peters

Barbara Boos Chair of ICFA Selection Committee

The ICFA is delighted to announce and warmly welcome Barbara Boos as Chair of the ICFA - International Climate Finance Accelerator Selection Committee. Barbara brings with her a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the climate and infrastructure investment landscape. Her expertise and in...

2024-05-27 15:08:16 - Comment(s)
Emanuele Santi Selection Committee member Emanuele Santi is CEO at Development Finance Lab and President and co-founder of Afrilanthropy. As Impact investing expert and social entrepreneur with nearly two decades working for major international development finance institutions (World Bank, African Development Bank, International Fund for A...
2024-05-22 14:41:12 - Comment(s)
Catalyst Investment Management is a specialized Middle East and North Africa (MENA) climate infrastructure fund management company, based in Jordan. Catalyst developed one of the MENA region’s first utility scale solar PV projects on a commercial basis with non-recourse financing. Catalyst also dev...
2024-05-16 14:31:47 - Comment(s)

• Spark+ is a pioneering impact fund investing in access to clean and modern energy solutions for cooking in frontier markets in Africa. • ATEC is a global leader in electric cooking appliances having developed eCook, an IoT-enabled PAYG electric induction cooking appliance targeted to low-income co...

2024-05-15 11:56:16 - Comment(s)
SVX MX is an impact investment advisory firm established in 2015 specialized in climate finance, regenerative economy, gender equity, and transformative finance working in Mexico and Latin America. SVX MX is launching Regenera Ventures Fund I to invest in companies that make the regeneration of Mexi...
2024-05-15 09:46:59 - Comment(s)

Following the success of its first call for proposals under the Product Window in 2023/24,  the SDG Impact Finance Initiative (SIFI) is excited to announce its second call for proposals in 2024 targeting a new set of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The SDG Impact Finance Initiative’s P...
2024-05-02 10:17:15 - Comment(s)
PandanGreen (Pandan) was established with a vision to scale-up capital markets climate finance, to finance solutions helping with the devastating effects of climate change for the most vulnerable rural communities, and especially women, in developing Asia Pacific. Pandan will be originating PDG1 as ...
2024-04-26 17:45:12 - Comment(s)
The International Climate Finance Accelerator Luxembourg SARL (“ ICFA” or " Accelerating Impact") and the Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency ASBL (“ LuxFLAG”), jointly referred to as the “ Parties”, are collaborating to launch this Request for Proposal covering two initiatives:
  • IC...
2024-04-26 11:51:08 - Comment(s)

DFC Boosts Mexico’s Ecosystem Regeneration With $4M Investment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved an up to $4 million investment in Regenera Ventures I, a pioneering impact investment fund aimed at bolstering the regeneration of Mexico’s ...
2024-04-26 09:38:06 - Comment(s)

This is a massive milestone for Romain Diaz and all of the Satgana team, part of the ICFA 2021 Cohort, who've recently closed their first climate VC fund.

'When you reach your first fund close, this is actually only the beginning.' In the below video interview, Romain Diaz shares on their recent fund...
2024-04-25 11:01:49 - Comment(s)