Oryx Impact

What Oryx Impact does

Oryx Impact S.L. is a Barcelona-headquartered, privately-held impact investment fund-of-funds manager investing across Africa, with regional offices in Lagos (Nigeria) and Pretoria (South Africa). The firm channels institutional capital into African impact fund managers — with a substantial focus on women-led and emerging managers — through three core offerings: a Fund-of-Funds Investment Strategy, a Co-Investment Platform for direct deal participation alongside partner GPs, and a Technical Assistance Facility that professionalizes ESG and impact-measurement practices for emerging managers. A Gender Lens Investing overlay aligned with 2X Challenge and IRIS indicators is applied at both fund-manager and underlying SME levels, targeting job creation, climate mitigation, and gender equality outcomes alongside risk-adjusted returns.

The firm earns revenue via traditional fund-of-funds economics — management fees and carried interest on committed and deployed capital from institutional LPs such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, development finance institutions, and family offices. Pricing is negotiated bilaterally and not publicly disclosed. GTM is enterprise and relationship-driven, executed through direct LP engagement, accelerator cohorts (ISFA, Convergence Blended Finance A4FM), and industry network memberships (AVPA, Impact Europe, SpainNAB). The leadership team — Founding Partners Teresa Guardans and Sebastian Waldburg, CIO/Partner Eva Abel, and an international advisory board — brings blue-chip pedigree from SBC Warburg, UBS, Rothschild, Pictet, and the European Investment Fund. The firm has screened more than 380 African impact funds and is recognized through ImpactAssets 50 2023 and Bridgespan Group inclusion, but remains at an early commercial stage with 1–10 employees and no disclosed AUM or fund close.

Name

Oryx Impact

Legal name

Oryx Impact S.L.

Website

https://oryximpact.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Oryx Impact is a Barcelona-based impact investment fund-of-funds that channels institutional capital into African fund managers — especially women-led and emerging GPs — through fund-of-funds, co-investment, and technical assistance vehicles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Investment Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Impact / ESG Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG), Impact Investing (Intentional, Measurable Social/Environmental Outcomes) (FSAAALAC), Impact / ESG Venture Capital (FSANAAAG)

Keywords

• Impact investing
• Fund of funds
• Gender lens investing
• Emerging market finance
• Private equity management

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Fund Management: Oryx Impact generates returns by investing in African impact fund managers. As a fund of funds, they earn management fees and carried interest from fund investments. The firm channels funding to enterprises that generate local jobs, mitigate climate change, and promote gender equality while delivering attractive risk-adjusted financial returns.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Oryx Impact operates as an impact investment fund-of-funds that channels private and institutional capital into African impact fund managers, which in turn finance SMEs generating local jobs, climate solutions, and gender-lens outcomes. Its core offerings include a Fund-of-Funds Investment Strategy, a Co-Investment Platform that invests alongside partner fund managers, and a Technical Assistance Facility that professionalizes ESG and Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) practices for emerging fund managers.

Product overview

Oryx Impact is an impact investment firm operating as a fund-of-funds, investing capital into African impact fund managers with a substantial focus on women-led and emerging fund managers. The core offering consists of the Fund-of-Funds Investment Strategy and Co-Investment Platform, which channel funding to SMEs generating jobs, mitigating climate change, and promoting gender equality. A Technical Assistance (TA) Facility supports emerging fund managers with ESG and impact measurement. The Gender Lens Investing module applies gender considerations at both fund and SME level. Impact measurement follows IRIS and 2X Challenge indicators aligned with UN SDGs. The firm maintains offices in Barcelona (headquarters), Lagos, and Pretoria.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fund-of-Funds Investment Strategy

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 380 funds analyzed and validated through due diligence
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Convergence Blended FinancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2026Awarded a proof-of-concept grant and acceleration support through the Blended Finance Accelerator for Fund Managers (A4FM), funded by Global Affairs Canada. Convergence is widely regarded as the leading global platform for blended finance, bringing together public, private, and philanthropic investors to structure and scale investment solutions in emerging markets.
• International Social Finance Accelerator (ISFA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 October 2025Selected into the inaugural cohort of ISFA, a highly selective programme backed by leading public and private institutions in Luxembourg to scale the next generation of high-impact investment managers. ISFA is the sister programme of the internationally recognised ICFA (International Climate Finance Accelerator). Through ISFA, Oryx Impact gains direct visibility among leading institutional investors, benefit from tailored expert support, and access a powerful network of global impact finance leaders.
• Ithmar CapitalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2024Co-host of the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum held in Mauritius, bringing together influential stakeholders including Sovereign Wealth Funds, financial institutions, asset managers, and policymakers to discuss innovative strategies for sustainable investment in Africa.
• Mauritius Investment Corporation (MIC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2024Co-host of the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum in Mauritius, participating in discussions on fostering growth and sustainable development across the African continent.
• African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2024Oryx Impact officially joined AVPA in May 2024, representing a significant milestone to accelerate sustainable growth and transformative impact across Africa. The membership aligns with Oryx Impact's mission to harness the power of impact investing for unlocking Africa's growth potential, joining a community of like-minded organisations dedicated to driving positive societal change through innovative financial strategies, venture philanthropy, and impact investments.
• The Bridgespan GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 August 2023Oryx Impact was featured in Bridgespan's report 'Closing the Capital Gap on Impact Investment in Africa.' The report surfaces ways asset managers and owners can help close capital gaps while achieving their financial goals, including seeding African GPs directly, building African GPs' track record, and reevaluating due diligence approaches.
• Impact EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Member since early 2022 to learn from and support the European impact investing sector. Impact Europe is a lively community of organisations sharing the same vision and a common goal: creating positive societal impact through venture philanthropy and social investments.
• SpainNABcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Selected as part of SpainNAB, The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG)'s Spanish representative, aiming to build an ecosystem committed to impact investing. Oryx Impact contributes to the promotion and consolidation of an economy that fosters positive social and environmental impact in Spain and beyond.
• Anza CapitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeer fund manager in the ISFA inaugural cohort alongside Oryx Impact, collaborating and learning together on unlocking Africa's potential and driving sustainable progress across emerging markets.
• IMPAQTO CapitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeer fund manager in the ISFA inaugural cohort alongside Oryx Impact, collaborating and learning together on unlocking Africa's potential and driving sustainable progress across emerging markets.
• Rift PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeer fund manager in the ISFA inaugural cohort alongside Oryx Impact, collaborating and learning together on unlocking Africa's potential and driving sustainable progress across emerging markets.
• ImpactAssetscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected as an Emerging Impact Manager for the ImpactAssets 50 2023. ImpactAssets is an impact investing trailblazer with more than $2 billion in assets in 1,700 donor advised fund accounts, working with purpose-driven individuals and their wealth managers, family offices, foundations and corporations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oryximpact

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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