Mscale was founded in 2022, for the purpose of establishing a sustainable venture capital ecosystem in the Caribbean.
Today, Mscale provides capital to greenfield and early-stage scalable companies. It is dedicated to optimizing returns to its Limited Partners and managing portfolio risk.
It has taken a wholistic ecosystem approach to investing with a focus on technology. While also investing in climate transactions in order to provide a resilient environment for long term sustainability.
The investments team has a successful track record in venture, entrepreneurship, climate, and AI.
The team also has deep knowledge of Jamaica, the Caribbean, and Africa.
The general partner is Carribean Mscale GP (“CMGP”), a Delaware registered company.
The fund team is based in Kingston, Jamaica. Mscale invests 2% in every transaction done by the Fund.
Establish and grow a high return, high impact venture capital fund for the caribbean
Create an ecosystem of regionally scalable companies
Mscale’s impact investing strategy is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and UN Women Economic Empowerment Principles. With significant gender equity & diversity amongst the team, Mscale is also aligned with DFC’s 2X Women’s Initiative.
Women make up 60% of senior management and decision-making in Mscale.
Mscale has a large impact track record in Africa and has started its journey to drive impact in the Caribbean.
Mscale LLC is a Delaware-registered company.
info@mscalellc.com
In Jamaica: 15 Oxford Road, Kingston 5
Technical Assistance Committee
Lisandra is an Executive Coach with a background in economics and investments. She is CEO of a professional development company and has in her career coached over 220 entrepreneurs.
She has MBA with honors from Harvard Business School, and a B.A. in Economics with honors from the University of Chicago
Technical Assistance Committee
Sandra is the Founder and Managing Director of BizTactics Limited, a consulting company dedicated to mentoring growth-aspiring firms and promoting best-in-class corporate governance in the Caribbean. She is an Angel Investor having personally invested in 11 local companies and is a Co-Founder of Jamaica’s first Angel Investor Network, FirstAngelsJA. She is the Founder of the Technology Innovation Centre, Jamaica’s first technology business Incubator, at the University of Technology, Jamaica. A graduate of the University of the West Indies, she holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, with a specialisation in the Management of Technology.
Investment Committee
Sharon has strong marketing and business strategy design and execution. She offers strong experience in brand development, digital strategy and market research, investment thesis and strategy development.
Sharon holds a graduate Diploma in Business Studies and Finance from Suffolk College, University of East Anglia and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM).
Investment Committee
Dami has strong venture capital experience with several years of deal origination and investing in early-stage technology companies in West Africa.
She also has strong experience in transaction structuring and negotiation, investment analysis and market research, investment thesis and strategy development.
Partner, Caribbean Transactions
30 years regional (SIDS) & fortune 500 experience in venture capital, investment banking, climate investments
Partner, Climate Transactions
30 year climate fund management and infrastructure development experience across emerging and developed markets.
Chief Technology Officer
David Roberts is an experienced technology executive with over 30 years of experience leading the assessment, development, and delivery of cutting-edge technology systems. As CTO of Mscale LLC and CEO of Transform Affinity, David brings a powerful network of technology and business experts across the largest commercial companies, government agencies, and the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Chief Executive Officer
Ugo is a global investments executive with over 20 years of venture capital, private equity and impact investing experience for start-ups, early stage and mature companies. He has a wide network of strong relationships with the leadership of DFIs, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, banks, corporates in the US, UK and Africa. Ugo has a proven investment track record. His primary focus on all assignments is delivering superior results through innovation, project management, and building stakeholder alignment. He has been involved in the raising of 4 funds totaling over US$300 million.Regions he has covered in his career include Africa, North America, South America & Europe.