Partners Capital has closed its inaugural private equity environmental impact fund, Partners Capital 15 degrees Fund, with $143 million in client commitments. The fund has strong support from a variety of limited partners globally, including foundations, endowments and family offices.
The Partners Capital 15 degrees Fund will invest in private equity opportunities focusing on proven technological innovations and long-established businesses that are most critical to the global energy transition to net-zero carbon emissions. The private equity investment partnership will invest via specialist fund managers as well as direct co-investments in a diversified set of environmental sustainability sectors and themes, including renewable energy generation & storage, transportation & mobility, industrial processes & management, food & agriculture, smart buildings, and water, waste, plastic & recycling.
John Beil, head of private equity and real estate, l