Impact Fund Investors in Clean Energy

Africa Go Green Fund is a climate-focused investment initiative supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low-carbon infrastructure projects across Africa. Established by KfW on behalf of the German government, the fund helps accelerate private sector investment into sustainable energy solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand climate resilience throughout the continent. The fund provides debt financing, mezzanine capital, guarantees, and technical assistance to companies, financial institutions, and infrastructure projects advancing Africa’s clean energy transition.

Aligned Climate Capital is a U.S.-based investment firm focused on accelerating the clean energy transition through investments in renewable energy and climate solutions. The firm backs both companies and infrastructure projects that reduce emissions, expand access to clean power, and support long-term decarbonization. Operating with a “doing good by doing good” philosophy, Aligned Climate Capital integrates rigorous impact measurement into its investment strategy. The firm also commits a portion of its carried interest to leading climate nonprofits, reinforcing its role as both an investor and ecosystem contributor.

Avaana Capital is an India-based venture capital firm investing in climate and sustainability solutions across sectors such as energy, mobility, agriculture, and industrial systems. The firm backs early-stage founders building scalable technologies that address climate change while driving economic growth. Co-founded by Anjali Bansal, Avaana combines deep operational expertise with a strong network across government, corporates, and global investors. The firm focuses on enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy through innovation and technology.

Better Society Capital is the UK’s leading social impact investor, focused on growing the flow of capital into solutions that address social challenges and inequalities. Established in 2012, the organization acts as a market builder, connecting investors, government, and social enterprises to scale impact investing across the UK. Rather than only deploying capital, Better Society Capital plays a catalytic role in developing the broader ecosystem, helping expand the UK impact investment market to over £11 billion while committing more than £1 billion directly into funds and enterprises.

Blue Earth Capital AG is a global, independent, specialist impact investment firm that addresses the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges while aiming for measurable impact alongside attractive, market-rate financial returns. The firm manages $1.6 billion in assets under management and has completed over 100 impact investments, financing 41 million individuals and avoiding 1.6 million tCO2e in GHG emissions. What sets Blue Earth Capital apart is its unique foundation ownership structure, where profits including carried interest are employed by the BlueEarth Foundation to support deep impact initiatives. The firm invests globally across all impact sectors and geographies through private equity, credit, funds, co-investments, and secondaries, combining entrepreneurial spirit with institutional rigor to drive transformative climate solutions and improve lives of underserved people.

Breakthrough Energy is a climate-focused investment and innovation platform founded by Bill Gates to accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy. The organization supports cutting-edge climate technologies, policy initiatives, research, and investment vehicles designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at global scale. Breakthrough Energy works across venture investing, project financing, policy advocacy, and ecosystem development to help scale breakthrough solutions in energy, manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and industrial decarbonization.

Builders Vision is an investment and philanthropy platform founded by Lukas Walton, focused on scaling solutions across food and agriculture, energy, and ocean systems. The platform combines venture capital, private equity, and philanthropic capital to drive large-scale environmental and social outcomes. Through its integrated model, Builders Vision supports entrepreneurs, funds, and initiatives working to transform global systems. Its approach is rooted in long-term partnerships, market transformation, and deploying flexible capital to accelerate sustainable innovation.

Camco Clean Energy is a specialist climate and impact fund manager with over 30 years of experience leading the transition to sustainable development in emerging markets. The firm manages $363 million in assets under management across 7 active impact funding vehicles, having completed over 200 transactions in 30+ countries. Camco focuses on delivering transformative impact to local communities while maintaining strong return profiles, combining the discipline of a development bank with the agility of a private company. The firm has achieved significant impact metrics including 17,710 direct jobs created, 342 MW of renewable energy capacity funded, and 229,629 tCO2e avoided through their managed funds.

Climate Fund Managers (CFM) is a for-profit investment manager specializing in climate finance across emerging markets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm uses blended finance structuring to attract public and private capital for high-impact climate investments, with over USD 2 billion in assets under management and targeting an additional USD 6 billion. CFM provides complete lifecycle financing solutions for infrastructure developers, covering development, construction, and operational stages of projects. Their investment approach focuses on climate change mitigation and adaptation in areas most affected by climate consequences, delivering both environmental impact and risk-adjusted returns to investors.

Elemental Impact is a nonprofit investor focused on climate technologies that deliver deep community impact. They invest in entrepreneurs building technologies across multiple sectors including energy, industry, food and agriculture, nature, water, and transportation. The organization operates as both a direct investor and fund manager, having launched Earthshot Ventures, a $94M venture fund in 2021. The organization takes a four-pronged approach to investing in companies and filling gaps in the market, utilizing catalytic capital to scale climate solutions. Their mission centers on building an investing platform that scales climate technology with real local impact, combining financial returns with meaningful environmental and community benefits. They focus on deploying projects both across the United States and internationally. With over a decade of experience in the climate investing space, Elemental Impact has established itself as a significant player in the climate technology ecosystem. They have built partnerships with major organizations including Speed & Scale, McKinsey & Co., Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Energy Innovation, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Their comprehensive approach combining direct investment, fund management, and ecosystem building positions them as an important catalyst for climate technology innovation and deployment.

Energy Impact Partners is a global investment platform that brings together entrepreneurs, institutional investors, and leading energy, industrial, and infrastructure companies to accelerate the transition toward a cleaner, more resilient economy. The firm invests in innovative companies developing technologies across energy, climate, electrification, infrastructure, cybersecurity, mobility, and industrial transformation. Energy Impact Partners leverages its extensive network of strategic corporate partners to help portfolio companies scale faster, secure customers, validate products, and drive real-world deployment of transformative technologies.