Mandy Nyarko
Managing Partner at Sahara Impact Ventures
Mandy Nyarko
Managing Partner at Sahara Impact Ventures
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2020 - Current
ESG Innovation consultancy working with public and private sector organisations to design innovation programmes that help them tackle their environmental and social sustainability objectives. We do this by collaborating with diverse entrepreneurs solving these problems with a view to improve equality within issues such as climate change leading to a more just net zero society.
Co founder and Managing Partner
2023
Chairwoman
2022
We’re building a community of women founders and investors in climate, using gender lens investing principles to increase the amount of capital being deployed in women building climate solutions.
Expert Advisory panel
2023
Head of UK delegation & Co chair Sustainability task force
2023
Angel Investor
2023 - 2024
Ada Ventures is the inclusive venture firm. Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We are investing out of our second fund and we invest £250,000 - £1m in UK technology companies across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. Ada Ventures has chosen a second cohort of 20 Ada's Angels who are seed-series A specialist operators & founders in their sectors.
SME advisory board member
2021 - 2024
Monthly roundtables with the Minister for Small Business to advise them on issues and opportunities relating to entrepreneurship and small business.
Non Executive Director
2022 - 2022
Managing Director
2018 - 2021
Innovation programme focused on accelerating zero carbon goals in cities and organisations through collaborating with SME’s tackling climate change! Currently seeking sustainability leads to work with on their carbon reduction action plan. If you’re interested in learning more contact me @ mandy.nyarko@globalcityfutures.co.uk
Venture Partner
2018 - 2021