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The BluePeak Private Capital Fund II aims to provide flexible credit solutions to Africa’s underserved mid-sized businesses, and has received backing from several European development finance institutions.

The loan is part of a $199m International Finance Corporation-led initiative to support Amartha, an Indonesia fintech company operating in rural Indonesia connecting underserved microenterprises with affordable capital.

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 initiative aims to support green and circular economy enterprises across Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, generating jobs and also supporting local communities and Indigenous groups.

Ocean Panel’s paper on ocean employment highlights the challenges and opportunities for employment and economic growth in the transition to a sustainable blue economy.

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 Finnish DFI said the multi-tranche issuance attracted international institutional investors from Asia and Europe.

The investment in ReNew Photovoltaics aims to support India’s efforts to strengthen its homegrown supply chain to meet fast-increasing solar power demand.