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Finding impact investment opportunities in small markets is often expensive and risky. Impact Capital Africa overcomes these hurdles by providing access to a screened and investment-ready pipeline of impact enterprises that are poised for growth, and in need of capital.

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Taking the pain out of doing deals in Africa

ICA links growth-oriented African businesses with impact investors and promotes deal-making through our events and innovative online marketplace platform, Impact Starter.

We concentrate on post-revenue growth businesses looking to raise capital ranging from $250,000 to $10 million.

As an impact investor, are you:

struggling to find growth phase businesses with the right ticket size?
looking for enterprises that can truly deliver impact at scale?
finding interesting businesses only to discover they aren’t investment ready?
eager to explore new markets but worried the research and set-up costs are too high to take the leap?

If this is you, Impact Capital Africa can help.
We’ve got it covered.

>$ 80m

Deals closed 2018 to 2021
20,000

Jobs created 2018 to 2021
21

Deals closed
55

Businesses prepared & presented

How does Impact Capital Africa work for investors?

With long-standing and extensive networks, Impact Capital Africa can be your team-on-the-ground. Our networks can be your networks.

Registration with ICA gets you access to our pipeline of investment-ready businesses through our online Impact Starter platform and our annual ICA conference.

Proactive identification of investment ready SMEs

ICA consistently works to identify businesses that are investment ready or near investment ready. We are always building our pipeline of innovative, growth-stage enterprises to present to investors.

Connect at the ICA Summit

ICA & The National Advisory Board for Impact Investment Zambia (NABII) are hosting an in-person event in Sept 2022.

Join us to meet great Zambian businesses, fellow investors, and many others in the impact investment sphere.

Investors that register for the Summit will also be given access to Impact Starter: ICA’s deal origination platform (currently featuring Zambian businesses).

Browse deals on Impact Starter

Investors that register for the ICA’s 2022 Summit will be given access to Impact Starter: ICA’s deal origination platform (currently featuring Zambian businesses).

Using Impact Starter you can browse the pipeline of investment-ready impact enterprises, allowing cost-effective evaluation and screening of opportunities prior to active engagement and the in-person Summit.

For investors unable to attend the Summit, but still keen to get access to Impact Starter, please contact us.

Investment match-making

ICA categorises impact investors and tracks their interests and priorities to facilitate match-making with businesses, speeding up deal times by prioritising those most likely to receive a positive reaction from the investor community.

Exclusive data room information

Investors can use Impact Starter to request data room information from businesses, using the online tool to begin discussions with businesses and conduct initial due diligence before meeting at the in-person Summit.

Access market data & information

ICA’s established position and extensive relationships in Zambia keep us up to date on sector-specific market behaviours. We consult to investors and financiers at competitive rates with market knowledge that will inform investment decisions.

What makes Impact Capital Africa different?

Working with local partners, we proactively source and hand-pick the most exciting impact investment opportunities. We ensure they are investment-ready (or very near ready) by matching them with the best technical assistance and investment advisors. We:

actively seek out the best impact enterprises
know the SMEs, supporting and following their progress
have relationships with the investment advisors who support them
partner with donor-funded organisations to facilitate access to affordable technical assistance

Most importantly, we act as a catalyst to bring everyone together as one cohesive ecosystem.

Investors benefit by being able to explore this investment-ready pipeline long before meeting impact businesses face to face, saving time and money in sourcing new projects and maximising the chance of closing successful deals.

We believe in the power of technology to make things work efficiently. But we also believe in doing things personally which makes Impact Starter very different from other online investment platforms.

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