Private equity

Moniepoint, which focuses on driving financial inclusion for MSMEs and individuals, received an additional $90m backing, after initially raising $110m in October 2024, including from several impact investors.

Ecosystem Investment Partners, which invests in large-scale wetland, stream and habitat restoration projects across the US, has announced the final close of its fifth fund with commitments from both local and European investors.

UBP’s head of impact investing talks about how demand for impact from private investors is changing, the role of the younger generations, and how bankers are presenting impact investing to their clients.

After a tough start to the year, confidence has returned among impact founders and investors in Europe, a new report by Swedish venture capitalist Norrsken VC said.

The French-African fund attracted investments from institutional investors, development banks, pension funds and European and African family offices.

Genoskin has developed a tool that can test pharmaceutical, cosmetic and chemical products on real human skin, offering an alternative to animal testing.  

Geoffroy Marcassoli, sustainability assurance leader at PwC Luxembourg, reflects on the debate over impact carried interest and why assurance should never be an afterthought in private equity.

The Africa-focused responsible investor is putting together a new fund targeting founder-led SMEs to complement its larger fund series focusing on mid-caps. 

Nuveen’s head of private equity impact talks to Impact Investor about what limited partners are looking for in the impact space, trends and themes that are shaping private equity, and future innovations in private capital and impact.

Summa Equity has taken a majority stake in Schulz & Berger Luft- und Verfahrenstechnik, a company specialised in air systems technology mainly used in the waste management and recycling industry.