Impact Africa Invest
Raphael Viallet is currently the Managing Director at Impact Africa Invest, a financial and strategic advisory firm focused on impact investments in Africa. Previously, Raphael worked as a Venture Capital (advisory) at Proparco and as a Project finance and Mezzanine debt (advisory) at British International Investment. Raphael also has experience as an Assistant Director at The Private Infrastructure Development Group and as a Senior Investment executive at Igneo Infrastructure Partners. With a background in project finance and infrastructure investments, Raphael brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the field.
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Impact Africa Invest
Impact Africa Invest is a financial and strategic advisory firm focused on impact investments in Africa. We advise our clients on fundraising, M&A and value creation. We focus on businesses which provide essential products and services to under-served populations and businesses and have a strong economic, social and environmental impact where they operate. Activities - We support early-stage (often-tech-enabled) to growth-stage companies on capital raising (equity and debt, from seed stage to Series B typically), venture building, partnerships & other strategic and financial initiatives. We have a strong bias towards innovation, digital transformation and new business models. - We support corporates on growth capital, M&A, debt and business development - We assist investors on deal execution, due-diligence (eg market), portfolio management and exit strategy - We help infrastructure businesses on projects, financial structuring, commercial negotiations and fundraising. Sectors: - Energy, including energy access - Climate smart investments (including low-carbon solutions, water, waste) - Technology and Innovation - Agribusiness (incl. agri-tech) - Healthcare & Education (incl. health-tech and ed-tech) - Access to finance (incl. fintech) - Distribution, logistics and mobility (including logistics-tech & e-commerce) - Infrastructure (incl. telecoms/digital infrastructure) We support our clients on financial and strategic initiatives including: - Capital raising (equity and debt) - M&A and partnerships - Financial structuring - Business planning and financial modelling - CFO interim services - Venture building - Due-Diligence (eg market and commercial) - Projects Since inception, we have supported over 30 companies & transactions, leading to $250m+ of investments.