mar invest

Name

mar invest

Legal name

MAR+Invest

Website

https://mar-invest.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conservation Finance / Impact Investing

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239), Miscellaneous Intermediation (52391)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Loan Brokers (6163)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Thematic Investing (Climate, Clean Tech, Water, Biodiversity) (FSAAALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable Private Markets (Impact PE/VC, Private Credit, Infrastructure) (FSAAALAG), SME Term Loans & Growth Capital (FSAKAGAB), Venture Capital Fundraising Placement (FSAEALAC)

Keywords

• Blended finance facility
• Reef-positive investment
• Coral reef conservation
• Impact acceleration programs
• Sustainable blue economy

Headquarters

HQ city

Guatemala City

HQ country

Guatemala

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Blended Finance Mobilization: MAR+Invest mobilizes private capital toward businesses generating positive impacts on the Mesoamerican Reef and coastal communities through strategic combination of public, philanthropic, and private capital to make reef-positive projects more attractive to private investors with reduced financial risk.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

MAR+Invest is a blended finance mechanism and Business Development and Finance Facility for the Mesoamerican Reef that mobilizes private, philanthropic, and public capital toward reef-positive businesses. It delivers an Acceleration Program for established reef-positive companies, a Build & Connect mentorship program for early-stage businesses, Transactional Services for capital raising, a Technical Assistance Facility (MARTAF) for program coordination, and Impact Monitoring across 18 priority sites in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Product overview

MAR+Invest is a blended finance mechanism offering a coordinated suite of programs and services to invest in market solutions contributing positively to the health and resilience of the Mesoamerican Reef. The core offering consists of the Acceleration Program for established companies, the Build & Connect program for early-stage businesses, Transactional Services for capital raising, and the Technical Assistance Facility (MARTAF) for coordination and technical support. These are complemented by Impact Monitoring services to assess coral-positive outcomes and a Blended Finance Model that strategically combines public, philanthropic, and private capital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acceleration Program A six-month deep acceleration program supporting established companies with positive impact on the Mesoamerican Reef through tailored training and facilitating access to financial solutions. Each cohort supports approximately eight selected enterprises.
• Build & Connect Program A training-based mentorship program for market ideas and early-stage businesses with positive impact on the Mesoamerican Reef, delivered through impact investment training, leadership skills development, and business model training.
• Transactional Services Provides financial advisory services to help companies raise capital for developing, implementing, or enhancing sustainable practices that have a positive impact on the Mesoamerican Reef.
• Technical Assistance Facility (MARTAF) Coordinates the MAR+Invest initiative and provides technical support for the programs and portfolio projects, ensuring effective implementation across the MAR region.
• Impact Monitoring A monitoring and evaluation process focused on assessing and tracking the coral-positive impact generated by MAR+Invest market solutions across 18 key priority sites within the Mesoamerican Reef region.
• Blended Finance Model A financing approach that strategically combines public, philanthropic, and private capital to make reef-positive projects more attractive to private investors with reduced financial risk.

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional environmental fund serving as implementing partner of the MAR+Invest initiative. Coordinates reef conservation activities across the MAR region.
• Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading Mexican conservation fund and partner in the MAR+Invest strategic alliance, contributing to blue economy development in Mexico.
• Sureste SosteniblecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMexican sustainability organization that leads the Build & Connect program, providing training and mentorship to early-stage reef-positive businesses.
• Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative (HRHP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional initiative providing monitoring and evaluation for the MAR, developed the 2022 Report Card showing 44% of reef in poor condition.
• New VenturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness development organization that leads the MAR+Invest Acceleration Program, providing technical assistance and mentorship to portfolio companies.
• VIWALAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainability-focused organization participating in the MAR+Invest strategic alliance for reef-positive business development.
• International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF Mexico)supportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerICCF Mexico implements the Build & Connect program alongside Sureste Sostenible, contributing to public policy integration for ocean-based climate actions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sustainable Ocean Alliance: Accelerator and venture builder for ocean startups, with a portfolio comparable to MAR+Invest's reef-positive ventures. Comparable early-stage ocean-economy accelerator and investor model.
• Blue Finance: Specialist in designing and financing blue-economy and marine protected area deals, including debt-for-nature swaps. Comparable emerging player in structuring blended finance for ocean conservation.

Broad incumbents

• Rare: Global conservation organization that blends philanthropy with enterprise development and behavioral change campaigns to deliver ocean and coastal conservation outcomes — directly comparable model of conservation-linked enterprise support.
• The Nature Conservancy — NatureVest: Impact-investing arm of The Nature Conservancy that structures blended-finance deals for conservation outcomes (water, oceans, land). Directly comparable institutional model for deploying catalytic capital into nature-based SMEs.
• Global Fund for Coral Reefs: Parent funding entity and the largest global blended-finance vehicle dedicated to coral reef conservation. It finances multiple regional reef facilities including MAR+Invest, making it the closest broad incumbent comparator.
• Conservation International Ventures: Impact investment and venture arm of Conservation International deploying catalytic capital into nature-positive enterprises globally — a comparable broad incumbent in conservation-linked enterprise finance.

Direct peers

• Aqua-Spark: Impact investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture and ocean-positive ventures. Operates a similar blended investment model targeting ocean-economy SMEs and is a natural comparator for marine SME capital deployment.
• Mirova Natural Capital: Asset manager dedicated to natural capital and biodiversity investments including ocean and coastal assets. Comparable as a private-capital mobilizer into nature-based and marine-themed investment opportunities.
• Encourage Capital: Blended-finance impact investor specializing in ocean and small-scale fisheries finance through Catalytic Ocean Investment Funds. Closely comparable blended-finance mechanism targeting marine conservation outcomes.

Regional players

• Reef-World Foundation: International reef-conservation NGO operating programs across multiple reef geographies with finance and enterprise components. Comparable mission and multi-country reef-program delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/MAR_Fund
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MARFund
• Facebookfacebook.com/MARFund
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mar-positive-invest
• Instagraminstagram.com/mesoamericanreef

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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