Private capital has started flowing towards climate finance but is unevenly spread across strategies and sectors, leaving a growth equity 'missing middle', finds a research report by CREO.
What do LPs want to see from a GP offering an impact fund?
Impact Expansion makes PE investments in affordable healthcare, adult education environmental protection.
The firm has tweaked the branding compared with its previous fund, but the investment thesis remains the same, according to head of private equity impact Rekha Unnithan.
The firm had hoped to close the fund last year but had to wait for EIF to finalise its comment, fund director Daan van Kassel tells New Private Markets.
'With a larger share of their wallet in cash or public equity that trades at all-time highs, they have ample liquidity to commit to private equity', says co-founder and CEO Jacqueline van den Ende.
Massachusetts-based fund manager the Engine Ventures looks to scale 'tough tech' that positively contributes to climate and health.
The ACCESS Pool has announced it will commit to Stafford Capital's carbon offset fund, after a six-month selection process.
The vehicle has a €150m target and will focus on businesses concerned with planetary health.
Blackhorn Ventures sees impact opportunity and investor demand for asset-light, capital-light software solutions in industrial decarbonisation – swimming against the growing tide of asset-heavy finance.