We operate in within the fintech, tech-enabled commerce, communications tech sectors but more importantly our main focus is CLIMATE TECH, an area in which we have deep expertise.
Momentum to tackle the climate crisis has been building across the world, with progress being made at every front. Bold new emissions-reduction targets, more stringent regulations and a shift to ESG in the private sector have spurred massive investments. Climate tech is only just starting to heat up and we want to support that growth.
The global climate tech market size is estimated to be at US$16.9 bn and is expected to reach US$147.5 bn by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 24.2%. The lion share of funding has flowed to startups in energy, mobility, food, agriculture, land use and water and industry/manufacturing sectors.
As our environment reaches a tipping point, climate tech is set to play an increasingly important role in enabling and accelerating transformation at the speed and scale required to address the climate crisis.
We have advised on over 30 transactions within the climate sector.
As Africa’s economy continues to recover from the pandemic, there are positive indications to suggest a robust M&A market is on its way. Economic sentiment is healthy, capital is flowing in, and companies are maturing and looking to expand.
In the last few years, we have seen significant changes; funding is pouring in at an unprecedented rate, and large funding rounds are becoming increasingly common. Last year alone we saw nearly $300m invested, an impressive figure considering this was the approximate total amount of funding recorded in the five years from 2015 to 2019. Africa has been described as the fastest-growing continent for foreign direct investment, ideal for investors.
Beyond deals involving large private companies and big multinationals, we’re likely to see the continued rise of locally led M&As as a growing number of African entrepreneurs are launching fast-growing companies and looking for ways to scale.
In the last few years, we have been on the frontlines facilitating deals and monitoring new developments as these markets continue to transform.
We have advised on over 10 transactions within these markets, where our landmark deals include:
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AI will become one of the biggest enablers of a truly sustainable fashion industry. This viewpoint is based on how AI transcends all the segments of the fashion value chain (downstream, midstream and upstream) and the amount of inefficiencies (and resulting emissions) it can eliminate. AI spending in retail is expected to be a $19 billion market by 2027, up from an estimated $7.3bn today (approx. 3x increase in absolute amount).
Smart flexible grids were initially anticipated to save up to £40bn in the UK alone over the next three decades. We believe these savings are likely to be several times this number given the improvements seen over the last few years.
Over the next 5 years, we expect $10bn of investment in circularity as the resale market opportunity grows to $218bn by 2026.
EV charging software looks set to eventually become a $50bn+ market, helping drive the global economy even faster toward net zero
The deep freeze in tech is upon us with the markets seeing significant decline since November 2021. We are at a level last seen in 2020, as if 2021 never happened. Before the downturn, the strongest growth companies faced unprecedented choice in the types of investors they could attract due to a growth in the size of private capital amongst different investor types, looking for growth deals.
Africa is on track to be the world’s largest education market by the end of the decade, creating challenges as well as unprecedented opportunities for those working to deliver the technology needed to reach the continent’s youth.
Aggregators play a key, and rapidly growing role in unlocking this potential by connecting smallholder farmers and offering platforms that give them access to efficient markets.
We anticipate nuclear funding to reach $100 billion a year by 2030, increasingly driven by privately financed innovative SMRs reaching commercial viability across the globe
Challenges facing health-tech After years of political instability across the continent, and constant competition between national governments, multilateral lenders, private […]
M&A activity is being driven by bolt-on acquisitions as larger firms look for the most efficient and effective ways to grow their market share and capture new opportunities.
In the past few weeks African fundraising has definitely slowed, with the general pace of activity more moderate than this time last year. However, capital is continuing to flow into deals where companies can demonstrate a clear path to profitability and an open market to continue to scale.
Over the next decade, it is expected that companies offering climate related technology, will garner the same attention from financiers as technology companies have enjoyed. Market capitalisation of green equities ballooned from under $2 trillion in 2009 to over $7 trillion by 2021, almost doubling its share of the global investable market from 4% to 7%.
Green hydrogen is now a key part of global governmental energy strategy, growing the current $150bn market to $600bn by 2050. The surge in oil and gas prices, and sudden risks of supply, has only accelerated commitment to fund technologies that improve production.
High-velocity M&A situations occur when companies that aren’t up for sale are approached by one or more buyers who can and want to move quickly to close a deal..