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We are a private investment firm that builds businesses crucial to transforming the world’s energy infrastructure. By partnering with courageous entrepreneurs that share our drive to fight climate change, we create impactful companies and deliver strong returns for our investors. Our investment approach is simple. We’re not looking for the next revolutionary invention. Instead, our focus lies with proven climate infrastructure technology. By partnering with world-class entrepreneurs and building truly great companies, we help our investors tap into the greatest opportunity of a lifetime — the transition to a low-carbon future.
Energy Transition
Other managers
TowerBrook
London, United KingdomTowerBrook Capital Partners is a purpose-driven, transatlantic investment management firm with assets under management of $21.6 billion, investing across private equity, structured opportunities and impact. As a disciplined investor with a commitment to fundamental value, TowerBrook seeks to deliver superior, risk-adjusted returns to investors on a consistent basis, guided by TowerBrook Responsible Ownership principles which are central to the firm’s value creation strategy.
We partner with talented, experienced managers and senior advisors who share the firm’s values and support its investment objectives, providing capital and resources to transform the capabilities and prospects of the businesses in which we invest, driving better outcomes for all stakeholders.
We take an entrepreneurial, multinational, single-team approach and since inception in 2001, we have invested in more than 90 companies on both sides of the Atlantic, across our three strategies.
TowerBrook is the first mainstream private equity firm to be certified as a B Corporation, demonstrating leadership in its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards and responsible business practices.
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NextEnergy Capital
London, United KingdomNextEnergy Capital was founded in 2007 to become the leading specialist investment and asset manager in the solar sector.
Our mission is to generate a more sustainable future by leading the transition to clean energy.
We manage multiple private and public investment platforms and are the leading global operating asset manager of solar power projects.
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Capital Dynamics
Zug, SwitzerlandCapital Dynamics is an independent global asset management firm focusing on private assets, including private equity (primaries, secondaries and co-investments) and clean energy. Created in 1988, the Firm has extensive knowledge and experience developing solutions tailored to meet the exacting needs of a diverse and global client base of institutional and private wealth investors. Capital Dynamics oversees more than USD 14 billion in assets under management and advisement[1], and employs approximately 150 professionals globally across 13 offices in Europe, North America, and Asia [2]. Capital Dynamics is a recognized industry leader in responsible investment, receiving top marks (Five Stars) from PRI across all categories and investment strategies, as well as achieving strong results in GRESB benchmarking for its clean energy strategy.
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Energy Infrastructure Partners
Zurich, SwitzerlandA leading investor in the global energy transition, Energy Infrastructure Partners manages assets for institutional investors. With more than a decade of experience and three fund generations, we offer investors long-term returns and the chance to make tangible contributions to the energy transition through private equity investments.
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Temporis Capital
London, United KingdomWe are a specialist investment manager generating a positive and measurable impact on reducing the effects of climate change, in alignment with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. We invest across asset classes to bring our clients what we believe to be the best ideas in renewable energy and clean technology, aiming to combine strong financial returns with environmental and social benefits. Temporis Group ("Temporis") manages c. $720 million* of AUM, as of 30 June 2024.
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Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC
Arlington, United StatesSands Capital is an active, long-term investor in leading innovative businesses globally. Our approach combines analytical rigor and creative thinking to identify high-quality growth businesses that are creating the future. Through an integrated investment platform spanning venture capital, growth equity, and public equity, we provide growth capital solutions to institutions and fund sponsors in more than 40 countries. We are an independent, staff-owned firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with offices in London and Singapore.
Sands Capital Alternatives, LLC manages three main strategies including:
Global Innovation - later stage technology strategy
Global Venture - early stage venture capital strategy focused on technology
Life Sciences Pulse - life science strategy focused on early to late stage life science businesses
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Blue Owl Capital Inc.
New York, United StatesAt Blue Owl, we are doing more than just investing in private markets—we are shaping the future of alternatives. We serve our investors by being a partner of choice for businesses seeking private capital solutions.
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Low Carbon
London, United KingdomLow Carbon creates renewable energy to fight climate change. We’re building a global net-zero energy company that will power tomorrow and protect the planet for future generations.
Low Carbon was established in 2011 with one goal in mind: to make the biggest contribution possible in the fight against climate change. The aim is to make a defining contribution to the historic effort to move the world to 100% renewable energy.
Low Carbon are a long-standing certified B-Corporation, and recognized as Gold Standard for their environmental impact. Low Carbon’s climate ambitions are to become one of the world’s first major net-zero energy companies and to have created 20GW of new renewable energy capacity by 2030.
Low Carbon is on a mission. Together, we will power tomorrow.
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Vision Ridge Partners
Boulder, Colorado, United StatesVision Ridge Partners aims to deliver superior financial returns and positive environmental impact through investments in sustainable real assets. We are part of the global transition to sustainability by identifying, developing and transforming complex assets across energy, transportation and agriculture.
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Excelsior Energy Capital
Excelsior, United StatesExcelsior Energy Capital is a pure-play renewable energy infrastructure fund focused on long-term investments in operating wind, solar power plants, and battery storage in North America. The Excelsior Energy Capital team has a proven track record, as a group executing over $2.5 billion of equity investments across 2 GW of operating wind and solar projects. The team brings a comprehensive set of financial, legal, strategic and operational expertise – making Excelsior Energy Capital a valuable partner for developers and operators, and a trusted manager for investors.
Wind, solar, and battery storage is at last an established asset class. Technology efficiencies and installed costs have evolved to a point where wind and solar plants can compete with conventional generation such as natural gas and coal. Long-term federal tax policy and increasing state-level renewable portfolio standards are further supporting industry growth. As a result, installed capacity is expected to double as U.S. solar and wind project installations are forecasted to grow by over 120 GW by 2021 according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. There is now extensive inventory of attractive assets presenting stable investments for institutional investors.
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