VENTURE BUILDING
Pachamama is a female-founded sustainability technical and project consultancy firm based out of West Africa, providing services locally, south-east Asia and Europe.
All female founders have >5 years frontline experience in sustainability practices as well as successful proven track record in environmental entrepreneurship (>5 years of positive revenue or beyond US$1M Annual income).
ESG angle: Pachamama educates and traines professionals in sustainability practices in Sub-Saharien Africa & Africa
-> traine local talents that can work in international markets
-> enhances environmental awareness and induces behavioural change in society.
Strategy Summary
Seeks to generate risk-adjusted returns by identifying and capturing talent market price asymmetry and inefficiency due to regional economic development spread
Focused on long term value investments into human capital in emerging regions of Africa and South-East Asia
To capture market opportunities from both sustainability and emerging markets
Investment Rationale
« ESG AuM under this scenario set to reach US$33.9 trillion by 2026, the ESG share of overall AuM would increase from 14.4% in 2021 to more than one-fifth of all assets (21.5%) by 2026. » - Harvard Law School -
A quicker rebound after COVID-19 is forecasted in Africa & Asian developing countries compared to developed countries and other developing countries
Large potential markets of over 4.5 billion thanks to Asia countries’ quick development and growing pollution level
Large venture capital funding potential
« It’s quite an extraordinary achievement: the African Tech ecosystem has continued to grow in 2022, despite a global economic crisis and a dramatic slowdown in the venture capital landscape. Funding for the African sector grew +8% to US$6.5B, through 764 rounds, with debt funding doubling in the year (+102% to US$1.5B in 71 rounds) to compensate for a slight decline in equity rounds (-6% to US$4.9B in 693 rounds). Clearly, the deep forces driving growth of the African Tech ecosystem have prevailed against the headwinds.« - Partech Africa 2022 report
