Mission & History

AlphaMundi’s approach to impact builds on our theory of change that spells out the challenge motivating our work, the solutions we propose, and the impactAlphaMundi’s approach to impact builds on our theory of change that spells out the challenge motivating our work, the solutions we propose, and the impact objectives that we pursue. In addition, we also define specific objectives for each of the sectors in which our portfolio companies operate and develop sectoral theories of change to help us to select appropriate indicators for measuring sector-specific impacts. The sectoral theories of change are presented in our FIMM report 2024.

Our investment approach is to design financial products that invest in effective, profitable and scalable solutions to global challenges, with an emphasis on key sustainable development sectors such as Financial Inclusion, Sustainable Food and Renewable Energy. We strive to embed gender analysis throughout our investment process and believe that all companies, even those that don’t explicitly target women and girls, can advance gender equality in their operations.

AlphaMundi contributes to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals by investing in privately-held impact ventures through debt, mezzanine and venture capital instruments, with tickets of USD 200K-2M in early- and growth-stage companies operating across multiple sectors in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a minimum track-record of 3 years of sales and USD 1M+ in gross annual revenues. We often are the first or among the first international and institutional investors investing in an impact venture.

We help our portfolio companies manage risk pro-actively and build up resilient operational capacity, to attract other local and international investors, diversify their product range and markets of operations, and ensure most of their revenues are derived from products and services that have a positive transformational impact on their clients, household beneficiaries, and communities. Our investment strategy therefore pursues commercial or quasi-commercial risk-adjusted returns on a short- to mid-term basis, as well as a measurable and positive economic, social and environmental impact, and a catalytic role in the growth trajectory of most of our portfolio companies.