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Catalyst Fund: Investing in Climate Innovation for a Resilient Africa. FSDAi's investment enables the fund to support tech startups building solutions for a climate-resilient future. Together we drive impactful change & foster sustainability. #ClimateInnovation #SustainableAfrica

💼Maelis Carraro is passionate about building a more climate-resilient future in Africa. With her experience in impact investing & tech, she has nurtured the innovation ecosystem & backed startups in fintech and climate tech to bring transformative solutions to underserved communities

🔍What technologies capture the interest of food & climate investors? 🔑What advice do they have for founders navigating the current tough fundraising environment? Interesting article by ClimateHack: climate-hack.beehiiv.com/p/30-food-and-… #climatehack #Resilience #SustainableDevelopment

🎉The 2023 Lab instrument Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund has been named as one of four new partnerships announced by Prosper Africa. Congratulations Maelis Carraro and the rest of the team! climatefinancelab.org/news/prosper-a…

One week until the #AfricaClimateSummit23! Building lasting resilience is about urgently lifting people out of poverty & securing lives and livelihoods. #CommonButDifferentiatedResponsibilities. #climatejustice #greengrowth africaclimatesummit.org

Folks, it’s been 7 years… (what!?) We’re all grown up and wrote our impact report through 2022. Check if out 👇 proud of our portfolio, our team and grateful for the support of our backers through the years.

Looking forward to this week! #ACS2023

And I’d add also #AfricaClimateSummit23: 🚀 African climate tech innovation. 🌊 ocean innovation. 🌾the future of agriculture and food systems 📈 carbon and nature credits

🚀 Exciting news!! We're thrilled to announce the first close of our $40m venture capital fund and accelerator. FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), Cisco Foundation, USAID Prosper Africa , and tech investor Andrew Bredenkamp are backing us🌍Read more: techcrunch.com/2023/09/05/cat…

Africa Climate Tech Festival kicked off today! Energy is palpable! Hottest event of the week 🔥🔥#actf2023 Catalyst Fund AfricArena

⏩ In 2020, startups led by women received just 2.3% of venture capital funding globally and even less, only 2%, in 2021. 40% percent of Catalyst Fund companies are founded or co-founded by women, far surpassing the industry standard 🚀: thecatalystfund.com/insights/impac…

Just last year 1.8m people in Africa were displaced because of Cyclone Freddy. The continent faces significant challenges due to climate change. However climate fintech solutions can play a vital role in addressing these climate resilience challenges:

👩🏾‍🌾 🌽The vast majority of Africa’s population relies on agriculture for their livelihoods. However, yields are expected to drop due to climate change. Learn more on how such innovations play a crucial role in farming, fisheries, pastoralists and many more thecatalystfund.com/insights/our-i…

One more day to go 🚀 Have you registered for the first conversation in our ClimateTech Unveiled: Investor Series? Come learn tomorrow at 4pm EAT (1pm GMT) as we breakdown how Africa can lead in carbon removals and why investors are betting on it: bfaglobal.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Feb 14th-15th 2024. Delighted to have Karen Waithaka, Chief Investment Officer, Catalyst Fund, join us on the speaker line-up at #ATSNBO. Join them & 1000+ leaders from across the #AfricaTech ecosystem. Register here bit.ly/3SuXKBh

✨Join us for the Africa Tech Summit - Nairobi, Feb 12-13, 2025 in Nairobi next week, Feb 14th-15th. During the summit, our very own Maelis Carraro and Karen Waithaka will speak in an exciting panel to discuss Mastering Climate Tech Innovation in Africa🚀 Register: bit.ly/3SuXKBh #ATSNBO

Join us at Africa Tech Summit - Nairobi, Feb 12-13, 2025 this week!

🎥 #ATSNBO24 Recap: A conversation with Maelis Carraro, Managing Partner at Catalyst Fund and Juliet Munro, Director of Early-Stage Finance at FSD Africa looking at Africa’s Pioneering Role in Climate Tech at the Africa Climate Tech. Watch here bit.ly/4doyrds

📰 Maelis Carraro of Catalyst Fund was featured in a recent The Associated Press article on the funding gap for African climate startups! ✅ The Catalyst Fund's instrument was endorsed by the Lab in 2023. Check out the article: climatefinancelab.org/news/catalyst-…

🌍💡While the global market for carbon credits is experiencing significant growth, the momentum in Africa could be faster. Nevertheless, the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative anticipates a substantial shift, her's why: thecatalystfund.com/insights-blog/…