Jean Rogers, the new global head of ESG at Blackstone, will work to oversee strategy and reporting for over 250 portfolio companies. Here, she explains why second order data is the secret sauce…
According to the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (AVCA) recently released 2021 Annual African Private Capital Activity Report, the total value of private capital deals reported in Africa reached a record high of $7.4 billion during the year, representing a 118% increase compared to $3.4 billion registered in
Venture capital is pouring into sustainable farming and biotech, as supply chains and food sovereignty enter political debate. The potential for impact-linked outcomes here is growing too… Much like the surge of venture capital (VC) in renewable energy and cleantech in the mid-2000s, food and agriculture investment is going through
A lack of regulatory alignment on ESG disclosure has created a noisy backdrop of third-party standards and metrics so private equity funds are attempting to lead the way instead… For much of the past 10 years, private equity firms have been swimming in an alphabet soup of ESG standards. Recent
With renewable energy asset valuations and new oil and gas investment in question, energy investment is being redefined by electrified transport, hydrogen and energy storage…
Q&A with Stephen Ellis and Maya Chorengel, co-managing partners of the Rise funds at TPG – TPG Rise is largest impact fund platform in the world, with around USD13 billion AUM. Its latest fund in the climate space is due to close shortly with a hard cap of USD7
By Colin Leopold – The billion-dollar impact fund is now a reality for mainstream private equity houses. Can they stay true to the roots of impact investing and meet the expectations of LPs?
Ciesco, a specialist M&A advisory firm operating in the technology, digital, media and marketing sectors, has reported positive M&A activity in Q1 2022 despite geopolitical turmoil. Cisco’s latest report reveals 500 transactions announced in Q1 2022 in the sector – a 17 per cent increase in year-to-date activity from Q1
Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has seen a strong start to 2022 with the number of completed deals valued over USD100 million in the first quarter exceeding the same period last year. Supported by historically low interest rates, increased market confidence, abundant capital and the pursuit of transformative deals,
Sixty per cent of Limited Partner (LP) respondents surveyed in the Brackendale Private Equity Technology LP Sentiment Survey H1 2022, produced in association with AssetMetrix, said that they would be more likely to consider allocating to a fund, if the fund manager had a tech-enabled partner to outsource their middle
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