Hello Impact Ecosystem,
As we gear up for our annual flagship impact investing event, the SFi Asian Family Impact Summit on 22 of May, we encourage you to share this newsletter with family office principles based in Asia.
In dry powder news, CTVC by Sightline Climate — is tracking the ~270 climate investment funds that have been announced since January 2021 and which seem to be positively overflowing with caches of earmarked cash. Overflowing to the tune of $23B of new capital for climate tech in 2023.
A recent Oxford-led study identifies ways to accelerate China’s delivery of their Carbon Neutrality pledges, which outlines ten sensitive intervention points for Beijing and Hong Kong respectively to catalyse the two cities’ energy transition.
We couldn't have said it better: Blending philanthropy with forms of early-stage investment can remove some of the risks from projects. WealthBriefing dives into the behaviours of wealthy clients with Pictet.
3 Things in Impact with PICTET
2024 AFIS Summit Network Partner
For the second year running, SFi is proud to name Pictet a Summit Partner. Pictet supports our homegrown Asian community of investors dedicated to mobilizing private capital for positive impact.
Today, our summit continues to provide a prime opportunity to push crucial impact conversations and action forward. At the summit and throughout the year, our partnerships reinforce the visibility and credibility of our values-based approach to how capital meets purpose.
Pictet shares our vision of a future in which private capital can drive positive impact and foster sustainable finance worldwide. Over 20 years ago, Pictet began investing with impact through environmental and social themes. Its conviction that investors can trigger positive change through dialogue with investee companies has also helped shape more sustainable ways of operating and doing business.
Register for the 2024 Asian Family Office Impact Summit
This annual summit will gather over 120 Asian family offices and private investors. Comprised of principals, Next Gen and ecosystem leaders, this group will share candid stories and concrete examples of how impact investors can take purpose-led risks with long-term visions to mainstream sustainable finance and social impact solutions.
Who should join?
Anyone curious about how to align their investments with their values
Those on their impact journey who want to make sense of new trends and opportunities from global practitioner and investor peers
Find more details and register here: https://www.sfiimpactsummit.com/tickets
ASIA IMPACT DEALS
Blackrock and Temasek Decarbonization Partners announced today that it has raised $1.4 billion at the final close of its inaugural fund, Decarbonization Partners Fund I, well ahead of the firm’s $1 billion fundraising target.
Cellivate Technologies raises eyebrows as it secures hefty funding in the final round of The Big Spark - a whopping S$4.15 million in potential funding from five venture capitalists.
Ok, ok not Asia but hear us out. This is highly relevant to the impact deal space, and also we want to show some props to our friend Kusi! Dalberg’s Kusi Hornberger and Marcos Paya analyze the 39 blended transactions of over $1 billion in Convergence’s deal database to learn how catalytic funding is being used to crowd in commercial capital.
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