
Building Climate Finance Markets in the Global South
Mobilising Capital, Structuring Vehicles, and Scaling Climate Solutions
"By 2030, we aim to help mobilise up to $5 billion in capital to accelerate climate solutions and market development across emerging markets."
Scale. Leverage. Knowledge.
SLK is a specialist climate finance advisory firm operating across emerging markets in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. We work at the intersection of finance, innovation, and systems transformation, as well as health. Our clients span capital providers, corporates, start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, governments, and multilateral institutions.
With a unique blend of expertise and creativity, we mobilise capital, design and de-risk investment structures, and support the scaling of innovative companies and cutting-edge technologies. By building catalytic, market-shaping partnerships, we scale impactful solutions that empower communities, strengthen health and resilience, and restore the planet.
Our Mission is to scale impactful solutions and uplift communities across emerging markets by building and strengthening climate finance markets. We achieve this by mobilising capital, de-risking investments, and scaling and commercialising breakthrough technologies through catalytic partnerships that shape policy and accelerate innovation.
Our Vision is to foster a world where innovation and transformative solutions deliver shared prosperity that leaves no one behind, elevating quality of life for people, restoring nature, and enabling a future in which all species can thrive.
Strategic solutions for complex challenges
- Investment Readiness & Structuring
- Investor Engagement & Fundraising Strategy
- Pipeline Development & Blended Finance Design
Our Clients
Our solutions deliver tailored, actionable expertise to empower a wide range of stakeholders across emerging markets.
Corporates, Start-ups and SMEs
We help businesses unlock access to capital, scale solutions that deliver lasting impact across emerging markets and embed resilience into their operations.
Capital Providers
We work with capital providers, multilateral development banks (MDBs), and development finance institutions (DFIs) to mobilise capital, design and structure innovative financing mechanisms, and strengthen institutional capacity, supporting systemic change across emerging markets.
Governments and Multilateral Organizations
We partner with governments and multilateral organizations to develop strategic roadmaps, convene coalitions, and advance national and regional priorities that catalyse sustainable and inclusive growth.

Building Shared Prosperity
Across Markets
Sara Lemniei
Founder & CEO
Sara Lemniei is the Founder and CEO of SLK. With more than two decades of experience spanning investment banking, principal investing, and financial and strategic advisory, she has held roles at Standard Bank, Bank of Africa, and PwC Transaction Services. Her expertise encompasses climate finance, blended capital strategies, systems innovation, and the structuring of complex investment vehicles.
Guided by a mission to scale impactful solutions and uplift communities, she builds catalytic partnerships that mobilise capital, support breakthrough innovation, and strengthen the systems required to deliver and scale lasting impact across emerging markets.
She holds a Master's degree in Finance from ESCP Europe. Her cross-cultural experience underpins her work across emerging markets, where she bridges public–private dialogue and helps align global capital with local priorities.

Our Core Values
Expertise With Integrity
We bring analytical rigor, accountability, and ethical leadership to every engagement
Creativity
We address complex challenges with an adaptive mindset, designing context-specific solutions that respond to the realities of emerging markets
Collaboration
We act as a trusted bridge, connecting visionaries with the resources, technologies, and support systems needed to scale
Service to Society
We are driven by a deep commitment to advancing solutions that drive economic progress while restoring natural systems and strengthening communities
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London Office
71-75 Shelton Street,
Covent Garden,
London, WC2H 9JQ,
United Kingdom