Finance in Service ofa Sustainable World.
Akipeo draws inspiration from the butterfly effect — the belief that small, focused interventions can have transformative impacts, transmitted and amplified by the ways in which people, places, markets and capital are connected.
What We Believe
At Akipeo this means helping to shape and grow natural capital markets while enabling the transitions towards sustainable food and energy production.
We mobilise private capital towards food and energy production that is financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. Our work is centred on developing investment strategies, originating investments and structuring financial mechanisms that enable greater private capital allocation towards sustainable investing.
What We Do
Advisory services for the sustainable transition.
Capital Markets Advisory
Developing capital markets strategies and research that support investments in the sustainable food and energy transition.
Financial Mechanism Development
Structuring financial instruments that monetize positive social and environmental outcomes alongside financial returns.
Portfolio Development
Originating sustainable investment opportunities and developing thematic portfolios for asset managers and impact investment funds.
Who We Work With
Trusted by institutions looking to invest with intention.
Leadership
Serge Mayaka
Founder & Managing Principal
Prior to founding Akipeo in 2016, Serge spent over 15 years in investment banking, executing M&A and capital markets transactions in the agriculture, infrastructure and financial institutions sectors.
Serge has worked across emerging and developed markets throughout his career, based in Kenya, South Africa and Singapore with Standard Chartered Bank, before joining Macquarie Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets where he continued to work across North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
Serge holds an M.B.A. with Distinction from the University of Oxford.
Looking to mobilise private capital?
We welcome conversations with investors and institutions on practical solutions to enable greater capital allocation towards natural capital and sustainable investment in food and energy transitions.