About

Calpe is a venture studio focused on capital design and enterprise building, working with leaders and institutions to create new models that expand how capital reaches businesses and communities.

Our story

The future of impact investing won’t look like the past.

the origin

Built at the intersection of capital, culture, and community.

We are builders and practitioners, not theorists. Our team has designed, launched, and scaled the kinds of systems we now build for others, with deep experience across capital, narrative, and convening to shape how resources flow, what people believe is possible, and how creative collaboration brings new ideas to life.

The name Calpe comes from the ancient designation for the Rock of Gibraltar, once considered the edge of the known world. It marked the boundary between the familiar and the uncharted.

Calpe Labs was built for that edge. We work where existing systems reach their limits and new ones must be imagined. This is the foundation of our work.

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OUR LEADERS

Mambu Sherman

managing director

calpe | calpe labs

Mambu Sherman is the Founder and Managing Director of Calpe and oversees its innovation studio, Calpe Labs. He is also a Senior Fellow at the European University Institute, where his work centers on investment models, governance, and financial innovation. Over his career, Mambu has helped deploy more than $200M to underserved communities while leading and scaling national initiatives that drive economic inclusion.

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Matthew Paschall

platform lead, catalyst

platform lead, catalyst

Matt Paschall is a builder in Calpe Labs, where he is co-leading the design and launch of Catalyst. Matt is an ecosystem builder and real estate strategist with a track record of developing platforms that expand access and scale opportunity for developers and AEC firms.

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Jabriel McIntosh

CALPE | director of media & narrative

platform lead, AZIM

Jabriel is an award-winning director and cinematographer. He leads Calpe’s film, storytelling, and narrative platform through AZIM, our media and creative arm. His work focuses on shaping the stories, cultural narratives, and visual worlds that help ideas, projects, and movements reach broader audiences. Jabriel creates cinematic, story-first work across documentary, branded, and narrative formats.

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managing director

Mambu Sherman

calpe | calpe labs

Mambu Sherman is the Founder and Managing Director of Calpe and the oversees its innovation studio, Calpe Labs. He is also a Senior Fellow at the European University Institute, where his work centers on investment models, governance, and financial innovation. Over his career, Mambu has helped deploy more than $200M to underserved communities while leading and scaling national initiatives that drive economic inclusion.

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platform lead, catalyst

Matthew Paschall

calpe labS

Matt Paschall is a Founding Builder at Calpe Labs, where he is co-leading the design and launch of Catalyst. Matt is an ecosystem builder and real estate strategist with a track record of developing platforms that expand access and scale opportunity for developers and AEC firms.

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platform lead, AZIM

Jabriel MacIntosh

CALPE | director of media & narrative

Jabriel is an award-winning director and cinematographer. He leads Calpe’s film, storytelling, and narrative platform through AZIM, the firm’s media and creative arm. His work focuses on shaping the stories, cultural narratives, and visual worlds that help ideas, projects, and movements reach broader audiences. Jabriel creates cinematic, story-first work across documentary, branded, and narrative formats.

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Redesign How Capital Moves

We design, structure, and launch systems that move capital into real projects and businesses.

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