Investment

The Dutch firm’s second fund focuses on investments in early-stage digital and sustainability ventures in north-western Europe.

The SDG-focused emerging market private debt asset manager has also confirmed an increased allocation to its first fund from its cornerstone investors, including ABP, Europe’s largest pension fund.

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 Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund has invested in the African mobile operator’s $300m international public bond, the proceeds of which will strengthen mobile and data connectivity for subscribers in four countries.

Growth is being driven by private sector and commercial capital, suggesting that investors are becoming smarter, more efficient, and bolder, a new report concludes.

For the first time in history, farmed fish production has overtaken that of wild catch. That’s partly why impact investment fund Summa Equity is betting on the sustainable salmon sector to grow five-fold by 2040.

The latest report from MainStreet Partners reveals that green bonds now represent 57% of the total green, social and sustainability bond issuance, reaching a record-breaking $356bn in issuance in the first half of this year.

The Norwegian private equity firm’s climate impact fund has received backing from a broad range of investors, and will focus on innovative technologies that improve the efficiency and sustainability of value chains, it says.

Bella Landymore and Sarah Teacher, the recently appointed co-CEOs of the Impact Investing Institute, discuss co-leadership and their ambitious five-year plan with Paula Garrido.

The company’s software, which improves the accuracy and efficiency of breast cancer detection, is used widely in Germany and is also being trialled in India. Vara is backed by European family offices and other investors.