impact investing

The European impact debutant – backed by a Belgian brewing family – has made three investments so far, including one this week in data centre energy efficiency company Submer.

The impact manager waits for regulatory approval and begins to plan Fund IV.

EverSource – a joint venture between BP subsidiary Lightsource BP and India’s Everstone Group – closes its Green Growth Equity Fund at $741m.

Marquardt is a well-known face in European private equity, having held senior roles at Coller Capital and Doughty Hanson.

Nicole Systrom has spent her career developing start-up ventures and solutions seeking to address the climate crisis.

The impact manager’s strategy to construct clean, efficient infrastructure in underinvested communities has raised $200m.

Nordic private equity firm Verdane has raised €300m to scale technology companies and create ‘disproportionate impact’, says Verdane partner Frida Einarson.

A 14-page report from GIIN draws on an impressive roster of interviewee organisations.

Some will wield influence over large pools of capital; others will plant smaller seeds and set an example to follow.

KKR’s European head of impact investing, Stanislas de Joussineau, is replaced by Rami Bibi.