Mitsiry Biodiversity and Climate fund is a blended finance fund that will focus on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation by supporting and financing SMEs in the South-West Indian Ocean

Our vision is to replace these scenes …

In Madagascar and the least developed countries in the Southwest Indian Ocean, the root cause of environmental degradation is extreme poverty which leads to extensive ecosystem loss and overexploitation of natural resources.

MBCF aims to tackle this challenge by financing and supporting businesses that create jobs and income, provide essential social goods, enhance adaptation to climate change, and generate sustainable revenue streams, thereby reducing the pressure on natural resources.

… By these scenes

Fund terms

Investment strategy

MBCF will finance and accelerate 20 companies in the South-West Indian Ocean championing in :

Sustainable use of
natural resources

Innovative nature-based solutions

Climate change
mitigation

Livelihood improvement and
climate change adaptation

We will deliver measurable impact at the company and at the portfolio level

~ 10,000 jobs

created or
maintained

$80 million

value of annual sales
generated

~ 350,000 people

with improved lives

Land conservation and regeneration

~ 4 800 000 tons of GHG emissions

reduced, sequestered
or avoided

We have assembled a dedicated and highly committed investment team

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Emmanuel Cotsoyannis

Fund Director
EDHEC & SCIENCEPO PARIS

Founder and CEO of Miarakap, with over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience, having founded and managed 5 SMEs.

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Koloina Ramaromandray

Fund Director
INSCAE MADAGASCAR
PRIVATE EQUITY FELLOWSHIP

7 years + experience in investment on development and environmental issues.

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Yohann Fare

Technical Director
AgroParisTech & ESSA Madagascar

20 years + experience in the design, monitoring and evaluation of rural development solutions
20 years + experience in sustainable value chain

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Alexis Befeno

Investment Director (Debt profile)
ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL

15 years + experience in M&A, advisory, fundraising, debt and equity financing

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Eric Ravohitrarivo

Investment Director (Equity profile)
HEC Paris & INSCAE MADAGASCAR

7 years + experience in investing in fast growing companies.

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Oliver Razafimbelo

Investment Officer
EM Lyon

2 years + experience in financial analysis and fundraising

With an experienced investment committee

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Nicolas Métro

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
ESSEC Business School

Founder and president of Kinomé

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Nanie Ratsifandrihamanana

Cornell university

Regional representative of WWF Southwest Ocean Region

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James Ranaivoson

HEC Paris, Insead, Cambridge

Former treasurer of the EIB and AfDB

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Agnes Hiere

SciencePo, HEC Paris,
Warton School

Co-founder and CFO of Aerial Metrics