Toby Mitchenall
The impact secondaries firm has hired a veteran of sustainable private equity investing in anticipation of 'a lot of selling activity' by institutional investors.
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The climate-focused team has raised $2.6bn from external investors, which will combine with around $900m from General Atlantic's main growth equity programme.
Pulling out threads from our first year of weekly commentaries.
The firm has invested in DBE Energy, which produces renewable gas from organic waste.
Climate continued to dominate the private markets sustainability agenda, both in terms of ESG and impact investing.
The two funds aim to 'improve the production and availability of healthy food' and will be invested in Asia and Latin America.
The past year brought existential debate, some helpful regulation and productive collaboration on climate and data matters, but a lack of urgency is still an issue.
The mid-market firm has added ESG managers in three of its offices.
Euan Long sits in both the investment and ESG teams.