This profile was compiled by Preqin and was reproduced in Cleantech magazine in July 2009.
Fund Type: Venture
Geographic Focus: Global
Location: London, UK
Pure Cleantech Funds Raised: USD 683 million
Established in 2004, Generation Investment Management is an independent, private, owner-managed partnership with offices in London and New York. The firm’s investment approach is based on the idea that sustainability factors will drive a company's returns over the long term. It focuses on investing in sectors with key drivers of global change, including climate change and environmental degradation, macroeconomics, poverty and development, water and natural resource scarcity, pandemics and healthcare, and demographics, migration and urbanisation. Generation Investment Management focuses on long-term opportunities in the cleantech sector, including investments in renewable energy generation and distribution, energy efficiency and demand destruction, carbon markets and climate-related financial services, and solutions for the biomass economy.
Cleantech Industry Focus:
Biomass, Carbon Credit, Efficiency Infrastructure, Emissions Control, Power Generation, Solar Power, Solar Thermal
Recent Pure Cleantech Funds:
Climate Solutions Fund, Vintage 2008, Size: USD 683 mn
The Top Ten Cleantech Managers:
1. Riverstone
2. Generation Investment Management
3. VantagePoint Venture Partners
4. US Renewables Group
5. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
6. NGen Partners
7. Element Partners
8. TCW Group
9. RockPort Capital Partners
10. HgCapital
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