Who We Work With
Our Investor Criteria
Institutional Investors
Banks, insurance companies, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and asset managers with established alternative investment mandates and the internal resources to conduct their own due diligence on proposed transactions.
Family Offices and HNWI
Single and multi-family offices and high net worth individuals with sufficient capital to participate at meaningful ticket sizes and an investment horizon aligned with the illiquidity profile of alternative asset investments.
Development Finance Institutions
DFIs and impact investors seeking to deploy capital in emerging and frontier markets, particularly those with a mandate to invest in infrastructure, climate, or financial inclusion transactions where our pipeline is concentrated.
Submit Your Enquiry
Complete the investor enquiry form with details of your organisation, investment capacity, and sector preferences. The more specific you are, the better we can tailor our initial conversation to the opportunities most relevant to you.
Initial Discussion (3 Business Days)
A member of our investor relations team will contact you within three business days of your submission to schedule an introductory call. This call is an opportunity for both parties to understand whether there is a good fit before proceeding to more detailed engagement.
KYC and Onboarding
Investors who wish to proceed beyond the introductory discussion complete our KYC and suitability assessment process. This involves submission of identity documents, source-of-funds information, and, for institutional investors, regulatory filings and governance documentation.
Deal Flow and Access
Once onboarded, investors receive access to relevant transaction opportunities as they arise, with full information memoranda and our internal assessment. Co-investment participants also receive access to the Polinvest Investor Portal.
FAQ
Common Questions
What is the minimum investable assets threshold for investor registration?
We do not publish a fixed minimum. However, given the ticket sizes of our transactions and the minimum investment thresholds of our fund vehicles, individual investors typically need at least USD 1 million in investable assets to participate meaningfully. Institutional investors are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Do investors need to commit to a fund or can they participate in individual deals?
We offer both options. Investors can commit to one of our fund vehicles for broad exposure, participate in individual co-investment opportunities, or do both. The right approach depends on your investment objectives and capacity.
How do you protect investor information?
All investor information is treated as strictly confidential and is subject to our privacy policy. Investor identities are never shared with borrowers or project sponsors without explicit consent.
Investor Relations
How We Serve Our Investors
Our investor relations function is central to how we build and maintain trust with the institutional and individual investors who commit capital to our transactions and funds. We invest significant resource in keeping investors informed, responding to their questions promptly, and managing the relationship with the same professionalism we bring to transaction execution. We believe that how we treat investors between transactions is as important as what we deliver in the transactions themselves.
We are selective in who we accept as investors. This might seem counterintuitive, surely more investors means more capital means more transactions. But the quality of our investor base directly affects the quality of our transactions: investors who conduct genuine due diligence, make decisions quickly, and honour their commitments are the partners who allow us to execute efficiently. Slow or unreliable investors create problems for all participants in a syndicate or fund. By maintaining standards for who we work with, we protect the experience of all our investors and the reputation of our transaction processes.
For investors who are new to emerging market alternative investments, we provide substantial educational support alongside deal flow. This includes background reading on the markets and sectors we cover, introductions to our due diligence process and the standards we apply, and in some cases supervised participation in early transactions where the investor can observe our process before committing capital independently. This investment in investor education pays dividends over time as investors become more confident, more efficient in their decision-making, and more valuable participants in our transaction processes.
The Investor Journey
From Enquiry to First Investment
The journey from initial investor enquiry to first transaction commitment typically takes four to eight weeks, depending on the speed of KYC completion and the availability of suitable transactions in our pipeline. This timeline assumes that all required documentation is provided promptly and that the suitability assessment is completed without significant complications. Complex ownership structures, politically exposed persons, or unusual source-of-funds situations may extend the timeline.
We do not guarantee that investors who complete the onboarding process will immediately have access to suitable transactions. Our deal flow reflects the pace of our origination pipeline, which varies by sector and market conditions. During periods of high origination activity, newly onboarded investors may see several opportunities within their first month. During slower periods, they may wait several months for a suitable transaction. We set these expectations clearly at the outset so that investors are not surprised by the cadence of our deal flow.
We work with investors to refine their criteria over time as they gain experience with our transactions and develop a clearer picture of what they are looking for. Initial criteria are often broad, "emerging market infrastructure" or "African private credit", and become more specific as investors learn about the range of transactions that fall within those broad categories. We encourage this refinement and actively incorporate updated criteria into how we share opportunities, ensuring that our investors' time is spent on transactions genuinely relevant to them rather than on a broad screening exercise.