Private equity

The Swiss investor’s commitments adds to those already made in the fund by a number of other development finance institutions. 

The new fund will provide long-term sustainable funding to non-governmental organisations that are working on bridging and closing the education gap.

LeapFrog Investments has beaten its fundraising target for its Emerging Consumer Fund IV focused on high-impact healthcare and financial services companies in global growth markets.

At the Impact Investor conference, industry experts focused on the opportunities, challenges, and considerations when it comes to integrating biodiversity and natural capital into investment portfolios.

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 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.

The fund attracted investment from a big investor in Switzerland as well as some of the biggest pension funds in the Netherlands.

The Italian impact fund, which focuses on high-growth companies in the health and wellbeing sectors, is aiming to double its fundraising target next year.

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 global asset management company’s fund will focus on innovative technologies in the areas of clean energy, circular economy, natural resources, agritech and smart cities.