InSpire South Africa
In 2006, Dr. Willums and to local partners, Henri Thompson and Michael Feldner created InSpire South Africa. Both local partners have extensive venture capital and management consulting experience and a keen interest in developing sustainable investments in the Southern African region.
Focusing on the implementation of sustainable investments in Cleantech and innovative financing with a “social dividend”, InSpire South Africa is targeting to raise an initial $30 million enterprise development fund to increase the footprint of sustainable companies in Southern Africa.
The fund’s key themes are to implement financial innovation and cleantech projects by applying commercial principles. Dr. Willums is assisting the local operation in creating awareness among international investors and in his role as strategic investment advisor. The team has already identified a series of interesting investment opportunities and will concentrate on fund raising activities during 2007.