Fundraising

This is the second private equity fund from impact firm BlueOrchard, a subsidiary of Schroders.

Synthesis Capital – founded by two former VC investors at Jeremy Coller’s family office – has raised $300m for its debut alternative protein venture fund.

Grappling with European sustainable finance rules was one of the central themes of this year's Impact Investor Global Summit and uncertainty was order of the day.

Cubera, a longtime secondaries investor, is raising its first primaries impact fund and plans to 'explicitly address and manage the sustainability performance' of all its funds, says Bitterling.

Despite all the buzz around the benefits of regenerative farming practices, there have been few private market vehicles dedicated to supporting the transition. That could be about to change.

Northern Gritstone, chaired by former Goldman Sachs AM chairman Jim O’Neill, aspires to create jobs and wealth in England’s underfunded North with SDG-aligned seed investments.

Anecdotal reports of ‘pockets where people are pulling back from new allocations’ have impact professionals on alert for a fundraising squeeze.

Generation Investment Management, a sustainability-focused firm co-founded by former US vice-president Al Gore, will pursue investment in sectors such as supply chains, the future of work and food and agriculture.

LGT offshoot Lightrock has closed a $300m impact fund focused on Latin America with investors from the region.

The trio have teamed up to accelerate and scale regenerative farming practices with a €1bn impact fund that will invest in the enabling process.