Joe Marsh

Ben Luckett set up Aviva's VC platform in July 2015 and has led it since then as managing director of venture and strategic capital. He recently discussed the strategy, including its climate focus, with affiliate title Venture Capital Journal.

Pension funds and insurers – as well as GPs – are revising documentation to permit investment into assets that are off limits for many.

The €590bn Dutch pension fund manager has awarded an impact-focused portfolio to UK-based Schroders Capital.

The $49bn local government retirement fund often has a one-fifth or bigger allocation to impact assets, but that poses challenges, says its head of PE and sustainable infrastructure.

The head of UEM Group, the infrastructure arm of Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, says it has a $1.6bn 'war chest' to invest in green industries and is open to working with external partners.

'We could invest in other real estate assets in the future, as long as there is some kind of ESG lens,' says director of investment Martyn James.

Pan Demetriou and Orr Vinegold aim to turn their accelerator into a sort of Y Combinator for UK impact brands.

The barriers to entry mean this under-penetrated market presents an opportunity, said John Goldstein, global head of sustainability and impact solutions.

The Dutch pension giant just made its first allocation to infrastructure debt with an impact focus and is mulling investing into US impact credit amid a tricky environment.

Thomas Bayerl, global head of illiquid assets for Munich Re’s investment management arm, bemoans American policy uncertainty, reflecting wider investor wariness.