Investment

FINN, which operates a car subscription business in the US and Germany, will use the €100m funding round to more than double the share of low-emission vehicles to over 80% of its fleet.

Triple Jump’s Financial Inclusion Resilience Fund is focused on providing subordinated debt to financial intermediaries servicing micro, small, and medium sized-enterprises and low income borrowers in emerging markets.

From our Impact Investor Guide 2024: Tackling the global education crisis poses a huge challenge but outcomes-based partnerships may provide a valuable part of the solution.

The UK’s local government pension fund plans to back specialist sectors such as supported and regulated housing and SME financing with a focus in the south-west of England.

Swedish and German pension institutions and Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation have invested in the fund which targets forestry and agricultural investments in Australia and New Zealand.

A World Bank sustainable development bond aimed at ending extreme poverty raised $5bn from a record 175 investors, including banks, central banks, insurers, pension funds and asset managers across the globe.

The investment by a trio of European funds will enable FA Bio to expand its business, which develops microbial bioproducts to replace more harmful chemical agricultural inputs.

AgilityEco, an energy efficiency services business aimed at reducing fuel poverty and CO2 emissions from UK households, has seen its turnover increase threefold since Bridges investment in 2019.

PWC’s climate tech investment report makes for interesting reading. Christopher Walker sits down with the report’s co-author Tarik Moussa to understand the implications for impact investors.

TDC, the UK’s only private debt fund outside of London, closed its impact fund aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses in the north of England to investors after raising £70m (€81m).