Investment

Commitments from a range of financial services organisations and from development finance capital will allow the fund to invest as much $1bn in next-generation infrastructure across Africa and Asia by 2028.

The fund aims to help UK-based health tech startups to scale up domestically and internationally with support from leading healthcare institutions.

Asset owners, industry experts and market practitioners came together at last week’s Impact Investor Forum to share their experiences and talk about how place-based investing is changing the landscape for investors and communities.

Private individuals can invest in unlisted climate technology companies starting from €20,000, which the platform hopes will broaden access to climate impact investing.

Enthos Circular Feed Technologies will use the funds to run a new plant that relies on insects to transform organic waste into protein and oil products for the animal and aquaculture feed industry.

The Portuguese impact finance and investment app aims to make impact investing accessible to a wider audience through its crowdlending platform.

Merging LGPS schemes could lead to loss of focus on place-based investing, said the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association’s Tom Taylor.

The organisations are hoping their joint £16m commitment will accelerate net-zero projects in local authorities in the UK.

Fund II will invest into infrastructure in sectors contributing to the energy transition and the environment, including the circular economy.

Hy2gen has raised €47m from existing shareholders in a funding round led by Hy24, through its Clean Hydrogen Infrastructure Fund.