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Mirepa Capital SME Fund I (MCSFI) has reached an Initial Close after securing funds from local institutions, including the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF), Petra Trust, Axis Pensions, and CAL Asset Management Company Limited (CAMCOL). The fund was launched on Thursday, 27th July at the ENSafrica office in Cantonments, Accra. 

The Fund is licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Ghana and focuses on light manufacturing, technology, and cleantech businesses within the following sectors: agribusiness (emphasis on agro-processing), education, healthcare, financial services, and business services (including industrial and mining support).

Mirepa Investment Advisors is dedicated to making a positive impact through MCSFI investments, and will actively seek opportunities to support and empower portfolio businesses to be inclusive and female-friendly. The Fund will play a crucial role in creating jobs, driving economic prosperity, and fostering sustainable development in Ghana by investing in high-growth SMEs

Mirepa Investment Advisors is grateful for the trust and support shown by its investors and looks forward to working closely with Ghana’s SMEs to create a lasting impact on the nation’s economic landscape.

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Mirepa Investment Advisors’ maiden fund, Mirepa Capital SME Fund I (MCSFI), which was recently licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ghana (SEC) as a Private Equity/Venture Capital Fund, has secured catalytic capital of GHS 10M from the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF). The CEO, Mr Samuel Yeboah, and Ms Enyonam Kakane, a Principal and Executive Director of Impact Investing at Mirepa Investment Advisors Ltd. (MIA), signed the warehouse agreement on Wed, 09.11.2022 at the office of VCTF in Accra.

The funds from the warehouse agreement will enable the fund manager, Mirepa Investment Advisors Ltd., to begin investments in pipeline companies while they work towards the initial close for MCSFI. Target sectors for The Fund are agribusiness, education, healthcare, business services (including industrial and mining support), and financial services, with an allocation for strong businesses outside of these sectors. Overarching sector lenses for investments are light manufacturing, technology, and cleantech/climate change mitigation.

Congratulations to the MIA team on achieving this milestone.

Mirepa Investment Advisors (MIA) received approval for its Investment Advisory (IA) License from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Ghana this past month.  The license was issued by the regulator to MIA specifically to carry out the business of managing private equity and venture capital funds.

The IA license is currently the first step in the regulatory process to being authorized to manage a private fund in Ghana.  The next step for MIA is to file for approval from the SEC for the respective funds it wants to manage.  The SEC license and approvals allows MIA to manage locally domiciled funds that source capital from local institutional investors such as the pension funds.