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Vivara Capital will target purpose-driven companies that are ready to scale but held by ageing funds, Rekha Unnithan told New Private Markets.

The new impact fund, managed by Sonen Capital and Fondo de Fondos, will make direct investments as well as investments in regional fund managers and secondary transactions.

Roy Swan, director of mission investments at the Ford Foundation, argues that decades of zero-sum thinking have pitted workers against shareholders and damaged the economy, but a new, improved playbook is emerging.

The Toronto-based impact investment firm aims to raise $36m for the new evergreen vehicle, including $11m by the end of the year, says portfolio manager Karolina Iaydjieva.

SEDF would like to see consumer brands move beyond grantmaking to make co-investments or become customers of portfolio companies, according to head of policy and innovative finance Lily Han.

Social-related risks, dependencies and opportunities have not yet received the attention they deserve from investors: the new TISFD framework aims to change that, says Mirova’s Louise Schreiber.

The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures was launched in 2024 and has the support of many major private markets investors.

The Californian state-run pension plan had 'about 50 different engagements' with public and private portcos last year, including discussions about labour standards, says sustainable investments director Travis Antoniono.

CFO Robert Lewin cites the recent sale of CoolIT as an example where employee ownership has led to higher profits and, consequently, higher multiples at exit.

The World Bank Group's private sector division offers $125m for ADP IV and joins a mix of private investors and other DFIs, including Germany's DEG and France's Proparco.