Invest with Impact.
Scaling up investable climate and social strategies
Who We Are
Akari Capital (あかりキャピタル) was set up by long time investment and finance professionals who contributed in building sustainable and impact investing globally in the last 2 decades.
We believe in making good financial returns, while problem solving to green the planet and empower people and importantly grow.
We are also committed to scaling the transition and impact market significantly and credibly.
Akari Capital aims to bridge genuine climate and social investments and investors, with large institutional investors, corporates and the public sector/governments through its impact platform and impact advisory business.
Yoshiko Saito
Founder and CEO
Yoko Sugita
Founder and Advisor
Mari Kogiso
Advisor
Catriona Paterson
Advisor
Jenny Koh
Advisor
Hama Makino
Advisor
What We Offer
The Impact Platform aggregates impact funds and direct investments that are tailor made to the investors’ strategic and impact objectives. Akari Capital closely supports investors by sourcing global investment opportunities, performing a detailed impact and financial due diligence, and creating a well-diversified strategic impact portfolio to be monitored closely for impact and financial returns achievement. This is suitable for corporates looking for strategic investment opportunities in new sustainable technology, decarbonizing their existing core business, as well as working with their supply chain to decarbonize and grow long-term, as well as institutional investors looking for a well-diversified portfolio in “genuine” impact investments with risk appropriate financial returns.
Our Impact Advisory business supports impact investors, such as climate and social funds as well as institutional, corporate and public/governments with their impact and ESG “roadmap”, in line with global best practice such as established by front-running development institutions (e.g., IFC). In order to implement such roadmaps, Akari Capital also provides fractional CSO service by acting as sparring partner to (or substitute) CSO and operationalizing such roadmaps through regular workshops to sustainability and investment teams.
Impact Platform
IMPACT MARKET SCOPING &
IMPACT MEASURE SETUP
FINANCIAL STRUCTURING & FUND SETUP (BLENDED FINANCE)
PORTFOLIO SELECTION
(DUE DILIGENCE) & MANAGEMENT
Impact Advisory
FRACTIONAL CSO SERVICE
IMPACT STRATEGY,
MEASUREMENT & REPORTING SETUP
OPERATIONALIZING IMPACT
Our Vision and Mission
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- What we offer：
We support corporates, financial institutions, and policymakers with strategic x impact investments, and promote collaborations among climate and social focused investors, funds, companies, and projects. - Our vision：
We strongly believe that financial return and impact can go hand in hand, and we strive to address critical sustainability and social challenges, with a core focus on climate change, gender empowerment, and long-term growth. - Our mission：
Akari Capital is a private markets investor dedicated to catalyzing and fostering long-term growth for our clients and partners beyond 2030-2050.
Sustainability Roundtables and Insights
For a mutual development of impact investing across the industry, Akari Capital hosts roundtables stakeholders including the below:
- Investors and impact fund managers
- CSOs or sustainability champions and teams
- Women led business & management / board members / investors
- Policymakers and industry associations for public-private-partnership efforts
Upcoming Sustainability Roundtables
2026.02.09-02.16. Series of workshops on European climate tech investing and a successful path to growth and exit – read case study.
2025.03.09. Corporate decarbonization and energy security: the potential of market mechanism neutralization
Please reach out to info@akaricp.com about future roundtables.
Past Sustainability Roundtables
2025.11. The front-lines of climate tech innovation and investment in India
2025.10. Buyout-driven case example of decarbonizing European SMEs and supply chains (annual target >7.5% CO2e reduction)
2025.06. Why do impact now? Revisiting leading corporate and impact fund strategies, to reflect on own strategy, pain points, and solutions
2025.05. Collaboration between GPs/LPs in European climate tech investment x Case of European portfolio company in Japan
2025.02. Promoting inclusive economic growth
by expanding the middle class in India through technology x AI investments in JobTech, EdTech, etc.
2024.12. Scaling Emerging Markets climate infrastructure as a blended finance
2024.10. Decarbonizing the European mid-market
2024.4. Breaking the myths of CSOs
Insights
For global knowledge share, Akari Capital contributes as a speaker at impact conferences, especially in the areas where impact x financial returns have been met such as in microfinance, gender finance, infrastructure, renewable energy, and SME investment; as well as unique structures such as blended finance and public partivate partnerships.
2025.07. At the “Frontlines of Blended Finance and its Potential in Japan,” organized by JANPIA, Akari Capital founder and CEO Yoshiko Saito shared about one of the earliest global case studies of blended finance she was involved, her lessons learnt, and any potential application to Japan.
2025.07. At the “FDSF PEST Conference 2025,” Akari Capital founder and CEO Yoshiko Saito gave a presentation of the oldest (social housing / microfinance) to newest areas (corporate supply chain decarbonization), where finance could contribute in sustainability “problem solving” through impact investng.
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Contact
For any inquiries, please contact us by e-mail.