Firm Overview

Deliberate Capital pursues a diversified, global portfolio of high-growth opportunities in the wild-caught fisheries, aquaculture, hospitality, and circular economy sectors, with the goal of generating competitive returns while creating positive benefits for undervalued coastal natural assets including coral reefs, related coastal ecosystems, and the climate-vulnerable communities that depend upon them.

Deliberate Capital invests in the following sectors to reduce the local drivers of degradation in coastal ecosystems that include the world's most climate-resilient reefs: Sustainable Ocean Production: Including sustainable wild-caught fisheries and enabling technologies, and sustainable aquaculture operations in the coastal environment. Sustainable Coastal Hospitality: Including eco-friendly hotels and related businesses, focused on those linked to the establishment and sustainable financing of marine protected areas and related sustainable coastal management. Circular Economy and Pollution Reduction: Including recycling and collections (with a strong focus on plastic and wastewater treatment); agricultural pollution management; offshore renewable energy Enabling Technologies: Those technologies that can be deployed in relevant supply chains, can catalyze adoption of sustainable business models, and/or have the potential to significantly transform the blue economy.

Deliberate Capital's main differentiator is the intentionality behind each of its investments. We look to have immediate impact that is measurable, and can be scaled over time with clear targets for the potential increases in environmental and social outcomes throughout the investment holding period. We also employ blended finance structures to de-risk, in particular, emerging markets exposure and to catalyze new entrants in investing into the blue economy. We also uniquely pursue neglected and undervalued natural capital assets, and combine investment dollars with non-dilutive grant funding partners to ensure connectivity between investments and benefits to people and nature at the local level. For example, the GFCR's blended finance structure brings together two complementary funds: a granting vehicle – offering grants, concessional loans, guarantees, and technical assistance – and our investment fund – with flexibility to put the right capital structure to work to achieve triple bottom line goals.