Karolina Adamkiewicz

Articles written by Karolina Adamkiewicz

• COFIDES launches €200m climate mitigation and adaptation fund

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Development finance,
  • EU funding,
  • Private debt

  

  COFIDES launches €200m climate mitigation and adaptation fund

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Development finance,
  • EU funding,
  • Private debt

  28 Mar 2025

  The Kuali Fund, which is being managed by impact investor GAWA Capital, has raised €129m at first close to support a range of countries globally to build climate resilience and transition to low carbon economies.

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• Impact investors back soil microbiome intelligence

  Posted in category:

  • Agri-food,
  • Biodiversity,
  • Venture capital

  

  Impact investors back soil microbiome intelligence

  Posted in category:

  • Agri-food,
  • Biodiversity,
  • Venture capital

  21 Mar 2025

  Planetary Impact Ventures is one of several investors in UK agritech startup Elaniti, which measures the biological activity within soil to help farmers address issues with soil health and crop outcomes.

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• COFIDES-managed fund backs social impact vehicle targeting Spanish SMEs

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance,
  • Diversity, equity & inclusion,
  • Investment,
  • Social impact

  

  COFIDES-managed fund backs social impact vehicle targeting Spanish SMEs

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance,
  • Diversity, equity & inclusion,
  • Investment,
  • Social impact

  19 Mar 2025

  The €400m Fondo de Impacto Social (FIS) has invested €15m into the Global Social Impact Fund II which supports SME’s contributing to the economic and social inclusion of vulnerable communities in Spain.

  

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  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• Ring Capital brings Ring Foundation in-house and expands areas of focus

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Philanthropy,
  • Social impact

  

  Ring Capital brings Ring Foundation in-house and expands areas of focus

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Philanthropy,
  • Social impact

  13 Mar 2025

  Chief impact officer Servane Metzger-Corrigou has been named executive director of the endowment fund, which is now expanding its efforts beyond France into the wider European region and francophone Africa.

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• Eurazeo reaches €300m first close with its Planetary Boundaries Fund

  Posted in category:

  • Agri-food,
  • Biodiversity,
  • Climate & environment,
  • Private equity

  

  Eurazeo reaches €300m first close with its Planetary Boundaries Fund

  Posted in category:

  • Agri-food,
  • Biodiversity,
  • Climate & environment,
  • Private equity

  11 Mar 2025

  The fund has also announced its first investment into Bioline AgroSciences, which designs, produces and supplies microbials to replace pesticides in agricultural crops.

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• Number of infrastructure impact funds more than doubles in a decade

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Infrastructure,
  • Investment

  

  Number of infrastructure impact funds more than doubles in a decade

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Infrastructure,
  • Investment

  06 Mar 2025

  The latest report from Dutch impact investment consultancy Phenix Capital has found that Europe is the most popular region targeted by infrastructure funds with 57% of investment targeted at European projects.

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• Reneo raises €600m to decarbonise Germany’s stranded real estate assets

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Energy transition,
  • Real Assets

  

  Reneo raises €600m to decarbonise Germany’s stranded real estate assets

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Energy transition,
  • Real Assets

  05 Mar 2025

  The German residential real estate technology platform says it will use the investment to deploy significant capital over the next 24 months to drive the green transition of Germany’s housing sector.

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• New fund launches focusing on Spanish agrifood SMEs

  Posted in category:

  • Agri-food,
  • Climate & environment,
  • Private equity

  

  New fund launches focusing on Spanish agrifood SMEs

  Posted in category:

  • Agri-food,
  • Climate & environment,
  • Private equity

  27 Feb 2025

  The Impact Bridge Sustainable AgriFood Fund has raised over €130m to invest into Spanish agrifood SMEs, with the aim to support rural development and the inclusion of vulnerable groups, adapt to climate change and preserve biodiversity.

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• Chair of Switzerland’s new impact platform highlights potential for impact investing in the country 

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment

  

  Chair of Switzerland’s new impact platform highlights potential for impact investing in the country 

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Investment

  20 Feb 2025

  Rosa Sangiorgio, executive chair of GSG Impact’s new national partner for Switzerland, discusses the potential of the Swiss impact investing market and the development of a theory of change to improve understanding and mobilise capital more effectively. 

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz

• In-depth: SDG 16 overlooked by investors as the justice gap persists

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Social impact,
  • Startup/Scale-up

  

  In-depth: SDG 16 overlooked by investors as the justice gap persists

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem,
  • Social impact,
  • Startup/Scale-up

  18 Feb 2025

  SDG 16 is among the most underfunded of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and needs greater attention amid rising levels of violence, inequality and corruption, say impact investors.

  

  Written by:

  • Karolina Adamkiewicz