Impact Africa Invest

What Impact Africa Invest does

Impact Africa Invest (DBA Impact Global Invest) is a boutique financial and strategic advisory firm founded in 2017 by Raphael Viallet, headquartered in London with a distributed team across the UK, France, Switzerland, Senegal, Kenya, and Uganda. The firm advises ventures, SMEs, corporates, and investors on capital raising (venture and growth equity, debt), M&A (buy-side and sell-side), exit strategy, financial structuring, due diligence, and interim CFO services, with a thematic focus on sustainable and impact investments across the Global South and Europe/UK. Its core verticals include climate and environment, clean energy and infrastructure, technology, financial services, healthcare, agriculture, and consumer/distribution, with energy access representing a particularly heavy concentration of historical engagements.

The firm operates on a pure professional services model with no proprietary technology platform, generating fees through custom, engagement-based contracts negotiated per transaction complexity and scope, typically on multi-year horizons. Since inception it has advised 34 companies and investors, closed 25 transactions with combined advised deal volume exceeding $300 million, and executed deals across 18 countries, leveraging deep relationships with Development Finance Institutions (IFC, BII, Proparco, Norfund, EAIF), impact funds (Triodos, Stoa), and private capital providers. The senior team's prior experience spans EAIF, Igneo, 3i Group, PwC Advisory, and Thales, with the founder having personally closed over $2bn in investments across emerging markets and Europe.

The go-to-market is enterprise sales-led, driven by senior partners' personal networks, repeat DFI mandates, and referrals rather than formal marketing channels. Customer concentration is moderate: the client base is diversified across sectors and geographies but leans toward energy access engagements and is dependent on a handful of large institutional counterparties for repeat mandate flow. The firm is privately held and founder-owned, with no disclosed external institutional investors, and operates at boutique scale of 10-12 team members, several of whom participate in a volunteer analyst program.

Name

Impact Africa Invest

Legal name

Impact Africa Invest

Website

https://impact-global-invest.webflow.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Impact Africa Invest is a London-based boutique financial and strategic advisory firm advising ventures, SMEs, corporates, and investors on capital raising, M&A, and financial structuring for sustainable and impact investments across Africa and Europe, with a thematic focus on climate, clean energy, and emerging markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Advisory Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Impact / ESG Venture Capital (FSANAAAG), Impact Investment & Development Investment Funds (BPADACAO), Impact Investing & Social Finance (Funds, CDFIs, Microfinance) (BPAGALAA)

Keywords

• Financial advisory services
• Capital raising advisory
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Impact investment consulting
• Strategic advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Transaction Advisory: Fees generated from capital raising engagements (VC, growth capital), M&A transactions (buy-side and sell-side), and exit strategy engagements for corporates and investors.
2. Strategic Advisory: Revenue from partnerships facilitation, corporate development, equity story development, and value creation project engagements.
3. Consulting Services: Fees for financial structuring, due-diligence, investment readiness support, and interim CFO services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Impact Africa Invest is a boutique financial and strategic advisory firm that advises ventures, SMEs, corporates, and institutional investors on capital raising (equity and debt, including VC and growth), M&A (buy-side and sell-side), exit strategy, financial structuring, and value creation initiatives. The firm specialises exclusively in sustainable and impact investments across the Global South and Europe/UK, with a particular focus on climate, clean energy, infrastructure, fintech, healthcare, and agricultural technology.

Product overview

Impact Africa Invest operates as a financial and strategic advisory firm providing professional services to ventures, SMEs, corporates, and investors. The company offers a unified advisory platform encompassing three core service pillars: Transaction Advisory (capital raising, M&A, exit strategy, restructuring), Strategic Advisory (partnerships, corporate development, equity story, value creation projects), and Consulting (financial structuring, due-diligence, investment readiness, interim CFO services). For investors, they provide LP fundraising, portfolio valuation, deal execution, and value creation support. The firm specializes in sustainable and impact investments across the Global South and Europe/UK, with particular focus on climate-tech, fintech, energy access, and agricultural technology sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transaction Advisory Capital raising (equity and debt) for ventures from late seed to Series B onwards, SMEs and corporates for growth capital, and infrastructure for long-term capital. Includes M&A advisory (sell-side and buy-side), exit strategy (partial or full), restructuring, and corporate sale to strategic or financial investor.
• Strategic Advisory Commercial and strategic partnerships support, corporate development, equity story development, value creation projects, financial structuring and debt advisory including project finance, interim CFO services and financial planning, market assessment and due-diligence, catalytic and impact capital structuring and sourcing, and investment readiness support for ventures, SMEs, corporates, and investors.
• Consulting Services Financial structuring, due-diligence, investment readiness support, and interim CFO services for ventures, SMEs, and corporates.
• Investor Services LP fundraising for funds including development of investment proposition and fund structuring, portfolio or asset valuation, portfolio financing and structuring, value creation projects for investee companies, exit strategy, and deal execution including due diligence and commercial negotiations for development finance institutions, private funds, asset managers, and accelerators.

Quantifiable outcome

• $300m+ combined investment amount across 25 closed transactions
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impact-africa-invest

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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