Investors

Access to global institutional capital

We connect high-quality opportunities to the right investors, from venture and growth funds to buyout, infrastructure and the world's largest asset owners.

Investor Landscape

Matching the mandate to the right capital

We target both pure-play sustainability funds and diversified managers with sustainability experience, calibrating each raise to the appropriate strategy, check size and return profile.

Venture Capital

$1–$10 million

Quality entrepreneurs, large markets and emerging technologies; target 10x+ MOICs.

Growth Equity

$10–$50 million

Identifiable growth opportunities and proven technologies; target 3x–6x MOICs, or 25%+ IRRs.

PE / Buyout

$50–$500 million

Defensible market positions, free-cash-flow and cost efficiencies; target 2x–3x MOICs, or 15%+ IRRs.

Infrastructure / Debt

$50 million – $1 billion

Capital preservation, underlying assets and risk-adjusted yield; target 8%+ yield.

Investor Landscape

Where Sustainable Capital Markets sits

We position each mandate within the broader fund universe, from pure-play sustainability and climate funds to large diversified managers with growing sustainability experience.

Pure-play sustainability & climate funds

Managers dedicated to climate, energy and resource-efficiency strategies.

TPG Rise ClimateGeneration IMJust ClimateBreakthrough Energy Energy Impact PartnersGalvanize Climate SolutionsLowercarbon CapitalActivate Capital Clean Energy VenturesClosed Loop PartnersARA PartnersEnergize Capital SER Capital PartnersHASIAngeleno GroupThird Sphere DBL PartnersCapricornPrelude VenturesArcLight ECPCopenhagen Infrastructure PartnersAntin Infrastructure PartnersQuinbrook Infrastructure Partners Generate CapitalGreenbacker CapitalNGPSandbrook Capital Vision Ridge PartnersHull Street EnergyAmbientaS2G Ventures G2 Venture PartnersCongruent VenturesAt One VenturesSpring Lane Capital

Diversified funds with sustainability experience

Large generalist managers with dedicated or growing energy-transition platforms.

KKRCarlyleTPGBlackstone ApolloBrookfieldMacquarieEQT BlackRockGlobal Infrastructure PartnersAres ManagementStonepeak I Squared CapitalPartners GroupArdianGoldman Sachs General AtlanticCVC Capital PartnersRiverstoneNordic Capital HgVista EquitySummit PartnersTA Associates Bain CapitalWarburg PincusBridgepointKhosla Ventures

Fund names are illustrative of the investor universe in which we operate and do not imply any relationship, endorsement or current mandate.

Sector Capital News

New funds, new capital, in real time

A live pulse on fund closes, new infrastructure vehicles and fresh capital entering the energy transition and private markets, aggregated from leading deal-news sources.

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Investor Categories

The institutions we engage

Our relationships span the full spectrum of global institutional capital: those with active engagement in the low-carbon growth story, those attracted by unique co-investment opportunities, and traditional allocators warming to sustainable strategies.

Public & private pensions

Public and corporate pension plans across the United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, including allocators with dedicated impact and low-carbon mandates.

Sovereign & super funds

Sovereign wealth funds and national super funds seeking scale, durable assets and exposure to the energy transition.

Insurers

Insurance companies and asset managers attracted to risk-adjusted yield and long-dated, infrastructure-backed cash flows.

Endowments & foundations

University endowments and mission-aligned foundations with impact focus or dedicated sustainable allocations.

Family offices & wealth

Large family offices and wealth managers pursuing values-aligned and co-investment opportunities.

Consultants & gatekeepers

Leading investment consultants across North America, Europe and Australia who shape institutional allocations.

Sample Investor Targets

Global institutional investors

We tailor each raise to the right tier of capital, from the largest sovereign and pension allocators to mid-sized institutions, impact-focused LPs and the consultants who gatekeep institutional flows.

Sovereign wealth & national funds

The world's largest asset owners, increasingly active in the energy transition.

GICTemasekADIAMubadala PIFQIAKuwait Investment AuthorityNorges Bank Investment Management GPIFNational Pension Service (Korea)Korea Investment CorporationChina Investment Corporation Khazanah NasionalIreland Strategic Investment FundFuture FundNew Zealand Super

Public & private pensions

Pension allocators across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

CalPERSCalSTRSCPP InvestmentsOntario Teachers' OMERSPSP InvestmentsIMCOBCI CDPQNew York State CommonTeacher Retirement System of TexasEmployees Retirement System of Texas Texas County & District RetirementFlorida State BoardMass PRIMOregon Investment Council Virginia Retirement SystemConnecticut Retirement PlansMontana Board of InvestmentsOhio Police & Fire APGPGGMUSSRailpen AP4 (Sweden)ATPSampensionVarma AustralianSuperAware SuperUniSuper

Insurers & insurance asset managers

Long-dated capital drawn to infrastructure-backed, risk-adjusted yield.

AllianzAXAAviva InvestorsLegal & General Munich Re / MEAGSwiss ReManulifeNippon Life Dai-ichi LifeGeneraliMetLifeNew York Life Allstate InvestmentsPGIMSLC Management

Endowments & foundations

University endowments and mission-aligned foundations with sustainable allocations.

HarvardYaleStanfordMIT PrincetonUC InvestmentsWellcome TrustFord Foundation Hewlett FoundationMacArthur FoundationRockefeller Brothers FundPackard Foundation McKnight FoundationKresge FoundationThe California EndowmentBezos Earth Fund ClimateWorks Foundation

Family offices & impact LPs

Family offices, wealth platforms and values-aligned co-investors.

Builders VisionEmerson CollectiveCeniarthBlue Haven Initiative TomKat FoundationGrantham FoundationThree Cairns GroupHeron Foundation KL Felicitas FoundationNew Island CapitalStonehage FlemingWells Fargo Private Bank

Consultants & gatekeepers

Advisers and OCIOs who shape institutional allocations across regions.

Cambridge AssociatesStepStoneMercerAon MeketaNEPCAlbourne PartnersCallan bfinanceRedingtonAksiaWilshire Russell InvestmentsHymans RobertsonLCPWTW Frontier AdvisorsJANA

Institution names are illustrative of the categories of investors we target and do not imply any relationship, endorsement or current mandate.

Global Reach

Where we raise capital

Roadshows typically begin on the West Coast and East Coast before extending across four continents, each with its own pace of energy-transition adoption.

North America

A deep base of public and private pensions, insurers and endowments, with selected relationships spanning major North American institutions.

Representative: CalPERS, CPP Investments, CDPQ, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, New York Life, Harvard, Yale.

Europe

Europe has been early in the ethical-investing space, with public and private pensions and insurers leading on impact and the energy transition.

Representative: AP4 (Sweden), ATP, PGGM, Federated Hermes, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Scottish Widows.

Asia & Pacific

Asian adoption of sustainability has grown rapidly in recent years, alongside established Australian and New Zealand allocators.

Representative: Future Fund, New Zealand Super, leading Japanese insurers and corporate pensions.

Middle East

The MENA region is ripe for new investors, with sovereign capital increasingly active in the energy transition and climate technology.

Representative: Sovereign wealth funds and regional institutional investors.

North America

Selected institutional relationships

Roadshows typically begin on the West Coast, in San Francisco and Los Angeles, before moving to the East Coast, with Texas an increasingly important stop given its concentration of large pension capital. Our principals' North American coverage spans many of the continent's largest institutional investors, from California to Texas to Toronto.

Alberta Investment Management CorporationAllstate InvestmentsCarlyle AlpInvest CalPERSCPP InvestmentsCaisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Employees Retirement System of TexasTeacher Retirement System of TexasTexas Permanent School Fund Texas Municipal Retirement SystemHarbourVest PartnersHealthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS)J.P. Morgan Asset ManagementKentucky Public Pensions Authority Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension SystemNew York Life Insurance CompanyNew York State Teamsters Ohio Public Employees' Retirement SystemOregon State TreasurySan Diego County Employees Retirement Association

Institution names are illustrative of our principals' coverage and relationships and do not imply any endorsement or current mandate.

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