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Lissy Smit, CEO of sustainable aquaculture impact investment fund Aqua-Spark talks to Impact Investor about fundraising, the sector’s first unicorn and why it is launching a new Africa fund.

The Horizon Capital’s fund has attracted support from a wide range of investors, reflecting a growing recognition of Ukraine’s economic resilience and the key role of private capital in supporting the country’s reconstruction and recovery.

Impact investors Ring Capital have hired former French minister Elisabeth Moreno to lead the €50m Ring Africa fund, and teamed up with startup Mstudio as investment partners.

More government funding directed towards homelessness funds would facilitate big-ticket investments from private institutions, the social investor says.

Private equity funds remain the biggest contributor of impact capital, with €158bn committed between 2015 and 2023, despite a tough market environment.

The Swedish private equity impact investor has added STIM to its portfolio of investments aimed at boosting sustainable food production, at a time when investor interest in aquaculture is on the rise.

Jacqueline van den Ende, co-founder and chief executive officer of Carbon Equity, talks to Impact Investor about growing investor appetite for all things climate tech.

Asset manager MEAG, part of the Munich Re Group,  is targeting a total size of up to €645m with its Sustainable Forestry Equity Fund, focusing on investments in US, New Zealand and Australia.

NLC Health Ventures has raised €58m since 2023, including €14m this year, to invest in bringing innovations to market that will relieve mounting pressures on healthcare systems globally, it says.

UK-based impact investor Bridges Fund Management has announced its second investment exit of 2024, with the sale of a supplier of plant-based foods to private equity firm NVM.