Sebastian Waldburg

Founding Partner at Oryx Impact

Speaker

Sebastian is a seasoned investment professional with more than 28 years of experience in the financial sector related to energy, venture capital and impact investments. He started his career with two years of humanitarian relief work in Bosnia Hercegovina during the Balkan War leading the planning and implementation of large-scale projects for international organisations. After completing an MBA at IESE, he joined Schroders, an independent UK based merchant bank in London where he advised governments and large utilities on Privatisations, M&A transactions and project financings. In 2004 he co-founded a VC investment firm, SI Capital, focused on climate finance - one of the pioneer VC firms within the climate finance space in Europe. In 2019, he co-founded Oryx Impact, a fund-of-funds platform mobilising capital into high-impact opportunities across Africa through a curated, diversified strategy that de-risks investments and catalyses institutional capital. The Oryx Impact team has screened and analysed more than 400 private market funds in Africa.