Fundraising

The fund makes primary, secondaries and direct co-investments in funds and businesses 'with a clear focus on environmental impact'.

The new manager has raised around a quarter of its $1bn target for assets that it screens for suitability in a climate-friendly economy.

More funds are aligning carried interest to impact, Campbell Lutyens partner Paula Langton tells New Private Markets.

Bob Lang, who led due diligence on more than 50 private real assets funds for the investment consultant, is turning fundraiser.

European fund manager Capza will link loan costs and its own carried interest to ESG KPIs for its sixth private debt fund, says managing director Laurent Benard.

Acre Impact Capital is poised to launch a series of African export finance debt funds and may open an office in Nairobi following investment into the firm by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Private Infrastructure Development Group’s GuarantCo.

Amsterdam-headquartered private equity firm Goodwell Investments has launched its fifth impact fund with a €50m target for fast-growing African businesses.

A Canadian energy investment firm will try to raise $500m for its seventh fund, says a market source, as it shifts its strategy to carbon capture and storage.

The listed firm raised its largest ever private fund in a year in which the global pandemic focused investors' ESG thinking, says private equity co-head Per Franzen.

French asset manager Tikehau has launched a north American energy transition fund with $300m in commitments from itself and Total, Tikehau co-founder Mathieu Chabran tells New Private Markets.