Private Equity Investors in Impact Finance

ABC Impact is a Singapore-based private equity impact fund focused on scaling companies that deliver measurable social and environmental outcomes across Asia. Backed by Temasek Holdings, the firm invests in growth-stage businesses across sectors like financial inclusion, healthcare, education, and climate, with a disciplined approach to both impact measurement and financial returns.

Bain Capital Double Impact is the impact investing strategy of Bain Capital, focused on building market-leading companies that deliver both strong financial returns and measurable social and environmental impact. The platform leverages Bain Capital’s global reach and sector expertise to scale businesses across healthcare, sustainability, and inclusive growth. The firm partners with management teams to drive operational improvements, expand market reach, and embed impact into core business strategy. Its approach combines rigorous private equity discipline with a commitment to long-term, responsible value creation.

Beartooth Group specializes in making ranch properties more valuable both financially and ecologically across the American West. They work with landowners through various financial solutions including full or partial sales, adding investment partners to fund operations and acquisitions, restructuring existing partnerships, and other personalized approaches. Their mission centers on preserving the American West's vast open landscapes, wildlife, family ranches, and supportive communities in the face of rapid change. They operate by working closely with landowners to achieve their desired outcomes while navigating complex legal challenges, neighbor relationships, and family needs that often accompany ranch transactions. Beartooth Group positions itself as bringing new financial tools to address the challenges facing the changing American West. They serve as a critical bridge in the ecosystem, helping preserve ranch properties and rural communities by providing innovative investment capital solutions that traditional financial tools cannot adequately address.

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.

Better Ventures is an early-stage impact venture capital firm investing in founders building solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. The firm backs companies across climate, health, circular economy, PropTech, and sustainable consumer sectors, with a focus on scalable technologies that deliver measurable impact. Operating with an “impact + return” philosophy, Better Ventures supports entrepreneurs not just with capital, but with access to a curated network of operators, angels, and advisors. The firm positions founders as the drivers of change, helping them scale companies that generate both financial returns and meaningful environmental and social outcomes.

Big Path Capital is an impact investment bank that connects mission-driven companies and fund managers with mission-aligned investors to advance a sustainable economy. They position themselves as "Impact Investing's Investment Bank" and work exclusively in the impact investing space, focusing on businesses that seek multiple bottom line interests rather than profit maximization alone. Their mission centers on expanding the path for business interests that prioritize natural, social, and financial capital together, taking what they call the "new economy" from the margins to the mainstream. As a B Corp certified organization, they operate with the vision of seeing the financial world generate good as it generates returns, advancing an expansive economy built on sustainable principles. Big Path Capital has established itself as a leader in the impact investing ecosystem since 2007, working with more impact companies and funds than any other investment bank in the space according to their claims. They facilitate company exits, capital raises, and founder liquidity for top impact companies and funds, and have built a significant network that includes hosting various convenings and summits to advance the impact investing community.

Pay it Forward Ventures (PIF) builds better lives for billions by investing in source-solving rather than symptom-solving. They fund and found ventures that create new paradigms across financial technology, health, energy, and digital infrastructure — and donate 20% of GP profits to philanthropy because they believe in paying it forward.