Funds

The impact investor’s second fund focuses on early-stage companies that are trying to transform the food system from farm to fork, it says.

The Blue Revolution Fund, which aims to support the restoration of the marine ecosystem, has exceeded its initial €75m target, and aims to foster more sustainable practices in the commercial production of seafood.

A consortium of French institutions have chosen Mirova to manage the Fonds Objectif Biodiversité, which will focus on investment solutions targeting biodiversity preservation.

The Spanish private equity firm specialises in investing in sustainable small and medium-sized businesses. Its impact fund is centred around three core themes: healthier lives, thriving communities, and regenerative planet.

The latest GIIN report shows impact-related investments in public debt, real assets and public equity, in particular, have grown strongly over the last five years, reflecting a move into more sophisticated asset classes.

The Finnish data company aims to bring greater transparency to the market by analysing the impact of companies and funds by sifting through millions of external sources, rather than just relying on corporate disclosures.

Eiffel Investment Group has announced the final close of its Eiffel Impact Debt II fund, which has already deployed nearly 60% of capital raised across 21 European medium sized enterprises.

Stephen Marquardt, CEO of Blue Earth Capital, talks about the firm’s foray into secondary transactions and why he believes impact has the potential to become a mainstream asset class.

The Dutch impact investor has announced it is selling all of its shares in the clothing industry, as none of the clothing companies meet the investor’s requirements in terms of sustainability.

Impact Investor speaks to Javier Armentia about CREAS, the impact investment firm he co-founded in Spain, and the outlook for impact investing in the country.