Fundraising

The daughter of Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein is applying his globe-trotting fundraising approach to her mission-driven investment thesis.

A new venture fund takes an impact investing approach to address structural impediments LGBTQ+ founders confront in fundraising.

Patrizia AG, a global manager of real estate and infrastructure assets, has held a first close on €50 million ($52.8 million) for a new fund called Sustainable Futures Ventures.

Impact will be measured across four primary dimensions: society, knowledge, health and environment.

Colorful Capital, a newly-launched LGBTQ+-focused fund, aims to tackle venture capital’s ‘implicit bias’ – which sees less than 1% of VC funding go to LGBTQ+ founders.

‘Now is the time’, declares Mark Carney, Brookfield’s transition head, as the vehicle becomes the largest private fund of its kind in history.

The new hire will lead the firm’s investments in the space, including an expansion from the UK to continental Europe later this year.

LGT Capital Partners has just raised $550m for its debut impact programme. Managing partner Tycho Sneyers talks investor appetite, the regulatory environment and the budding secondaries market.

The new vehicle, which aims to help drive the global energy transition, will initially focus on Europe, balancing its portfolio over time.

The strategy will focus on climate mitigation and adaptation, and protection of water and biodiversity.