Toby Mitchenall
Venture capital is a close third behind growth and buyouts for LPs looking for impact, according to Rede Partners’ survey of 80 institutional investors.
The Swedish firm spent two years fundraising in an 'undeniably challenging' market, says partner Johanna Levander.
Private capital has started flowing towards climate finance, but is unevenly spread across strategies and sectors, leaving a growth equity 'missing middle,' says a new CREO report.
Since HNWIs have 'a larger share of their wallet in cash or public equity that trades at all-time highs, they have ample liquidity to commit to private equity,' says co-founder and CEO Jacqueline van den Ende.
The aging of the population is 'the most uncontroversial transformation happening now to our society,' says Bruce Simpson, partner of AgeTech Capital.
The investor's climate opportunities program, which raised raised £1.4 billion in 2022, has raised an additional £1.2 billion in commitments.
A light-hearted session at the Impact Investor Global Summit was an opportunity for serious reflection on the direction of travel.
Pelican is targeting a return of 4x capital and plans to back between 20 and 30 companies across pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds.
Faisal Butt, founder of Pi Labs, has seen a 'dramatic improvement' in caliber of founder and number of companies in the proptech sustainability space.
The speed of the fundraise "validated that we are pretty much alone" in backing European deep tech growth business, says Jolt managing partner Jean Schmitt.