University of Cape Town

Sustainable Investments  -  Impact Investing  -  Clean Energy  -  FinTech  -  Technology  -  Startups

Combining the best of its Swiss roots and extensive local presence, candi offers companies of all sizes the simplest, most efficient way to take advantage of solar power for their business.

candi solar

Corporate Finance Advisor

Endow Capital meets the most pressing global development issues by matching innovative companies with impact capital, achieved by its corporate finance advisory and strategic consulting services.

Endow Capital

Founder

Mission Statement:

Our mission is to accelerate the mainstream adoption of impact & sustainability as the way of running companies and investing in companies. 

We deliver on this by accelerating the success of our own members.

Top Tier Impact provides unique advantages, contacts and opportunities to the leading investors, entrepreneurs and professionals in the impact space.

We create synergies among our members. This mainly includes investments, partnerships, active working groups for members in all our main industries, regular dinners and events across the world.

Top Tier Impact

Member

Involved in utility-scale and C&I solar renewable energy projects in the US. Activities include: M&A, greenfield development, origination, capital-raises and term negotiations.

Hodson Energy

Director - Corporate Finance and M&A

Achievements:
• Raised a Series-A €2.5 million in 6 months

ecoligo provides a fully financed solar-as-a-service solution for businesses in emerging markets. With a complete digital platform for financing and delivering solar projects, ecoligo removes the barriers that prevent such projects from being realised. Supplying these businesses with affordable electricity enables them to grow and boost the local economy.

The solar projects are financed through the crowdinvesting platform www.ecoligo.investments, offering fixed and attractive returns to private investors. Investments start from 100€ and save tonnes of CO2 emissions, enabling impactful citizen participation in the global energy transition. Find out more at ecoligo.com

ecoligo GmbH

Business Development and Corporate Finance Advisor

Achievements: 
• Advising an NGO that manages Green Fins, a United Nations Environment Programme
• Successfully proposed new capital raising strategy and technology platform business model that will lead to revenue generation and a reduced reliance on donors

The Reef-World Foundation

Global Partnerships Advisor

• Volunteered and developed fundraising strategy for turtle NGO 
• Completed an eco-divemaster course
• Advanced my Spanish skills

Travel and Conservation Volunteer

Sabbatical

Company Profile:
Clifftop Colony is an independent private equity, corporate finance, investment advisory and operational financial management firm focused on growth companies in sub-Saharan Africa. Headquartered in Cape Town, the firm also has representatives in the United States, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

Achievements:
• Built an extensive network of investors interested in African assets
• Successfully originated a variety of deals under the supervision of the CEO
• Created numerous financial models and investor packs across different industries
• Built strong relationships with clients, portfolio companies and investors
• Involved in all other aspects of a deal including business development, assessing new opportunities, due diligence, negotiations, liaising with all stakeholders

Clifftop Colony Capital Partners

Venture Capital and Corporate Finance Analyst

• Successfully developed a project finance model for the company
• Built strong relationships with international suppliers, the local energy industry and investors
• Involved in board-level strategic discussions, business development and project management

KJ Mahoney