Private equity

The alternatives investments specialist said the fund has invested in nine private equity funds and that it plans to launch a successor climate technology fund later in the year. 

The fund has also announced its first investment into Bioline AgroSciences, which designs, produces and supplies microbials to replace pesticides in agricultural crops.

The Impact Bridge Sustainable AgriFood Fund has raised over €130m to invest into Spanish agrifood SMEs, with the aim to support rural development and the inclusion of vulnerable groups, adapt to climate change and preserve biodiversity.

There are currently 712 private equity impact managers, who have raised a combined €214bn in capital in the past decade, Phenix Capital said in its latest impact report.

Founded by Lukas Walton, Builders Vision has invested in sustainable ocean investment firm Bluefront Equity, which is focused on making the seafood value chain less wasteful.

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.