Commonfund Capital has closed its inaugural environmental sustainability fund, Commonfund Capital Environmental Sustainability Partners 2020 at $233 million. The fund had strong support from a variety of limited partners globally including foundations, endowments, family offices, pensions, corporations, registered investment advisors and consultants.   The private equity investment partnership will make direct investments into companies, operating platforms and specialist manager funds and secondaries in a diversified set of environmental sustainability sectors and themes including renewables; food, agriculture and water; and resource efficiency. The fund is designed for investors pursuing private capital investment returns, measurable environmental impacts, and investment opportunities not generally

White Star Capital has launched its second Digital Assets Fund (DAF II), which will continue to invest in crypto-networks and early-stage blockchain-enabled Web3 businesses, with a focus on DeFi and Gaming. The fund is backed by major institutional investors and corporations including Ubisoft as an anchor LP.   The DAF investment team takes a deeply research-driven approach and applies both a crypto native and traditional VC lens to partner with founders across Seed, Series A, and token rounds. Since raising its first Digital Asset Fund in 2020, White Star Capital has successfully invested in 20 companies across seven countries including

Convent Capital has launched the Agri Food Growth Fund, which offers growth capital to innovative and sustainable companies in the AgriFood industry. The fund has raised more than €50 million in capital from its investor network and will in the coming months acquire capital from institutional investors to grow to €150 million or beyond. Its first investment is in an innovative manufacturer of plant-based animal feed additives.  The new fund of the Amsterdam-based investment firm delivers growth capital from five up to twenty million euro to innovative and sustainable AgriFood businesses in the OECD region. It focuses on so-called growth

Aquila Capital’s Aquila Capital Infrastructure Fund (ACIF) is continuing to deliver attractive and stable performance in its fifth year. After the company announced in April 2020 that the fund volume had reached €200 million, ACIF’s volume has since doubled due to continued high interest from investors and stands at more than €400 million today.   The defensive fund strategy focuses on core and core+ infrastructure segments with broad diversification across all relevant sectors such as transportation, utilities, energy, telecommunications and social infrastructure.

Traub Capital Partners (TCP), a consumer-focused private equity firm, has appointed Nathan Mullaney and Richard Lenskold, as Vice President and Associate, respectively. Prior to joining Traub Capital Partners, Mullaney served as Vice President with Tengram Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on investing within the branded consumer products and retail space. He spent the past four years evaluating and investing in businesses across the consumer landscape. In addition, Mullaney assisted in the management of investments, working closely with management teams to drive operational enhancements post-closing. He began his career as an investment banking Analyst in the Consumer

Ninety One has launched the Global Sustainable Equity Strategy, a concentrated, active, long-term global equity solution focused on sustainability leaders, which is managed by Stephanie Niven.   It will complement Ninety One’s suite of sustainable capabilities, inclusive of Global Environment, UK Sustainable Equity and Global Multi Asset Sustainable Growth.   The Global Sustainable Equity strategy is investing for a world transitioning towards a more sustainable future where externalities will be increasingly priced and valued. 

Irish private equity firm Melior Equity Partners has held the final close of Melior Equity Partners Fund II with EUR160 million of total capital commitments, making it one of the largest private equity funds in the country.  Melior was launched by Jonathan Cosgrave and Peter Garvey in 2020. Melior Equity Partners Fund II is backed by a pool of local and international blue-chip investors including The Carlyle Group, the European Investment Fund, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Bank of Ireland and AIB and will support ambitious Irish SMEs with strong growth prospects. Melior aims to fill the financing gap for small

Dublin-based venture capital firm Delta Partners has launched a new fund which which will invest in seed and early-stage technology businesses in Ireland. The fund has reached a first close with Bank of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland as cornerstone investors, supported by Fexco and several family offices. New investors will be added to the fund over the coming year, with a target close of EUR70 million. The Delta team will invest in 30 of Ireland’s most innovative and exciting start-ups over the next three-four years, and Delta’s strategy is to invest at both the seed stage, where it will be