About
Els Boerhof is a Managing Partner at Goodwell Investments who brings an unusual combination of deep frontier-market finance experience since the mid-1990s and offshore sailing expertise, explicitly using her Atlantic Ocean crossings as a mental model for navigating impact investing storms through preparation and staying the course during volatile conditions. She takes an engineering-style approach to African investments by assuming 7% annual currency devaluation over eight years upfront in her models, then targets companies growing 50-100% annually so business growth outpaces foreign exchange headwinds—an unusually specific and transparent methodology for venture capital. Els Boerhof is a Managing Partner at Goodwell Investments who brings an unusual combination of deep frontier-market finance experience since the mid-1990s and offshore sailing expertise, explicitly using her Atlantic Ocean crossings as a mental model for navigating impact investing storms through preparation and staying the course during volatile conditions. She takes an engineering-style approach to African investments by assuming 7% annual currency devaluation over eight years upfront in her models, then targets companies growing 50-100% annually so business growth outpaces foreign exchange headwinds—an unusually specific and transparent methodology for venture capital.
