Innovest Advisory is an impact investment advisory firm helping our clients to become more intentional about impact and embed impact into their processes. We help our clients to achieve targeted social and environmental outcomes, bringing extensive experience from the development, climate change and broader environmental sectors together with capital markets into the evolving impact investment field. We work with fund managers, asset owners, companies, international organisations and non-profits across a broad range of sectors including but not limited to infrastructure, financial inclusion, renewable energy, agribusiness, climate change, job creation and women’s economic empowerment.

We work closely with  Annan  Capital  Partners, a reputable corporate finance firm, to provide financial expertise and advisory services to creative enterprises. This strategic partnership ensures that African creative businesses have access to vital financial resources and insights.

Leveraging our collaboration with Agoo Africa, a digital platform dedicated to the  African creative sector,  we are committed to fostering financial innovation and inclusion within the industry. This platform provides valuable tools and resources to creative businesses.

We are sophisticated Dutch law experts focussing on national and international high-profile transactions and advisory work. We help you navigate through the Dutch legal landscape taking into account your commercial needs. We share best practices. We effectively coordinate and are efficient communicators. We speak your language. We help you take strategic and managerial decisions. We assist you locally allowing you to take advantage of global opportunities.

We do tax, and only tax. No audit or attest issues. That’s why we can focus entirely on advising and supporting you to adopt best practices, become more cost-efficient and reduce the burden that tax issues bring. We are the worlds largest independent tax organisation with more than 550 tax partners and over 2,500 tax advisors in 50 countries.

We help global investors focus on investing and preserving capital in a sustainable and compliant manner. We are a trusted partner providing high quality personalised investor services. We help our clients and the sector to stay compliant. We act as a guardian and facilitate our client’s investments. Our people invest the time to get to know our clients, so that we know how to best service them.

Initial $10,000,000 anchor investment commitment secured

Impact Fund For African Creatives ("IFFAC" InvestmenHoldings) formal launch in Paris at the closing of Paris FashionWeek

Presentation of Kenneth Ize at the Paris Fashion Week

IFFAC's identification of introductory equity portfolio, with an investment commitment of $2,600,000 and drawdown of$900,000

$280,000 grant awarded to five brands to support at fashion and film screening events

IFFAC structuring & pipeline development. Initial research, due diligence and exploration of brands for potential investment.

Soft launch of Impact Fund For African Creatives("IFFAC" Investment Holdings) concept at the Paris Peace Forum.

Active participation for sponsored brands at Paris Fashion Week through Frallain accelerator, financed with $150,000 from AFF

Committed $75,000 towards Celebration of African Culture and Art2016
through multiple institutional partnership

Awarded a $150,000 support for designer presentation at fashion week in Paris and Macy's Incubator Program in Washington DC,respectively

Initial support to Kenneth Ize with $50,000 to get technical experience through internship at Edun/LVMH in New York

Invested $70,000 in showroom sponsorship (New York/Italy) forNigerian Designers

Partnered with Fashion For Development to sponsor designer for up to $50,000 to attend a jewelry school in Korea

- It makes up 1.1% of GDP in Africa which could grow by a factor of 3-9 over the
  next 5 years. (collective GDP in Africa as of 2020 $2.6 trillion) – Mo Ibrahim
  2019 forum report
- 2 million jobs are currently provided in Africa by CCIs, with the potential to grow
   to 6-18 million
- Youth employer. CCIs create the highest number of formal, well-paid jobs for
   people aged 15-29 with a fair gender balance
- Home of Women Entrepreneurs. This sector has the highest rate of women
  entrepreneur
- 128 million: Number of households in Africa with discretionary income (as of
  2020) – McKinsey
- $1.4 trillion: Consumer spending in Africa (as of 2020)
- An increase in discretionary income has led to an increase in consumerism.
- The emergence of the growing middle class – The gig economy