The Belgian firm received support from both private and public European investors to back small and medium-sized businesses and scale-ups that focus on lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
There are currently 712 private equity impact managers, who have raised a combined €214bn in capital in the past decade, Phenix Capital said in its latest impact report.
Founded by Lukas Walton, Builders Vision has invested in sustainable ocean investment firm Bluefront Equity, which is focused on making the seafood value chain less wasteful.
Although asset owners view nature-based solutions as crucial to deal with the challenges of climate change, most funds lack dedicated governance structures and expertise to report on nature-related risks, a new report by Pensions for Purpose has found.
Africa currently has an average electrification rate of 50%, leaving some 600 million people without access to reliable power. The projects form part of a wider initiative to halve that number by 2030.
An investment in Sahyadri Farms is part of the Swiss impact investor’s second Sustainable Food Asia fund, which aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, promote sustainable food production, and boost agricultural value chains.
The new early-stage venture capital fund aims to raise as much as €100m and to invest in climate and deep tech firms in the energy, materials, industrials, and food sectors.
The UK-based startup, whose environmental DNA technology is able to produce data on thousands of species at once, will use the funding to scale up its biodiversity monitoring platform.
The EIB funding will be used to boost Resato Hydrogen Technology’s production capacity to 1,000 hydrogen refuelling stations by 2030, according to the firm.
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