Toby Mitchenall
Investors include Nigeria's Bank of Industry, British International Investment, EDFI Management Company, Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund and Visa Foundation.
The global VC firm analyzed the relationship between ESG outperformance and VC funding success within its portfolio.
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.