The final close of GSAM’s Horizon Environment & Climate Solutions I comes as investors increasingly turn their attention to companies that can help in the world’s fight against global warming LONDON : Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the fund arm of Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday it had raised $1.6 billion for its first private equity […]
GEF Capital closes $200-mn climate fund as CDC, IFC, others chip in – EQ Mag Pro
The other investors include European Investment Bank, Proparco, Swedfund, the US Development Finance Corporation and BIO, the city-based firm said in a statement on Tuesday. Private equity firm GEF Capital Partners – focused on climate investing – has raised nearly USD 200 million from British CDC Group, IFC and Dutch investment firm FMO, among others, […]
Bill Gates climate fund plans to mobilize $15 billion into clean tech – EQ Mag Pro
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a fund that sits within the wider Breakthrough Energy Group that was founded by Gates in 2015, has raised over $1.5 billion from businesses and charitable organizations so far. But Jonah Goldman, Breakthrough Energy managing director, told the FT that the fund ultimately plans to mobilize 10 times that amount. On its […]
TPG Announces $5.4 Billion First Close of TPG Rise Climate Fund
Fund to deploy mission-driven capital at scale, leveraging team’s decades of experience and rigorous impact assessment capability to scale companies across the climate sector Anchor investors include some of the world’s largest institutional investors and more than 20 global companies San Francisco; Fort Worth, Texas : TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing strategy of TPG’s […]
BlackRock Raises $250 Mn For Emerging Markets-Focused Climate Fund
BlackRock Inc, the world’s biggest asset manager, said on Thursday it has raised over $250 million for its climate finance fund to invest in select countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. BlackRock’s Climate Finance Partnership (CFP) will focus on investing in areas like renewable power generation, energy storage solutions The partnership’s consortium of ten […]
BlackRock, partners eye initial $500 million for climate fund
LONDON : A BlackRock-backed group aims to raise an initial $500 million for a private equity fund that will invest in climate change-linked infrastructure upgrades in emerging markets. The group will provide the first $100 million of funding for the Climate Finance Partnership (CFP), which was set up in 2018 along with France, Germany and […]
