What is Investor Capacity Building for the Blue Economy?
The blue economy sector has a potential that is estimated to reach $3 trillion revenue and 200 million jobs globally by 2030. Through a series of four highly structured trainings, this capacity building programme will assist you in your journey of engagement with different blue economy sectors, from discovering new sustainable technologies with high market potential to developing your investment strategies and launching your blue economy dedicated funds.
Upcoming trainings dedicated to investors
Session #5: Navigating the impact investing landscape: benchmarking, opportunities, and long-term trends (20 November 2024)
- Latest technological trends in the Blue Economy
- Recent deals’ evolution
- Refresher on the Blue Economy Fund landscape
- A emerging trend: Biodiversity funds
- Introduction to blue bonds as an innovative financing mechanism
Session #6: Fundraising for blue funds (05 March 2025, in person session at BlueInvest Day 2025)
- Who are the relevant sources of capital?
- Understanding Impact LPs: motivations and behaviour tailoring communication & marketing materials for your LPs
- Preparing for LP due diligence
Session #7: Strategic decisions throughout the fund journey (tbc)
- Strategic choices during fund set-up phase: structure & key service providers
- Navigating sustainable finance regulation: updates on Taxonomy and SFDR
- Deal sourcing and selection strategies for sustainable investments
- Deal structuring for sustainable finance: best practices and considerations
- Measuring impact: trends in frameworks, KPIs
Session #8: Post-investment management (tbc)
- Managing investee relationship: aligning interests
- Adding value: strategies to support and accompany your investee in their scale up strategies (blended finance)
- Reporting to investors: measuring impact, assessing risk, the role of the advisory committee
You are an investor and interested in our Investor Capacity Building or in assessing the event materials from these past sessions?
We invite you to join the BlueInvest Community to gain access to the materials of past sessions and register to our upcoming training sessions. Past sessions include:
Session #1: Discovering Blue Economy Investment Opportunities (20 November 2022)
Session #2: Impact Investing Masterclass (08 March 2023)
Session #3: Unpacking Investment Mechanisms in the Blue Economy (15 June 2023)
Session #4: Prototyping and Positioning for Blue Economy Funds (14 September 2023)
Reach out to us at lu-blueinvest@pwc.lu for any questions.