Singapore state investment firm Temasek and a number of marquee private equity firms are working towards delivering a double bottom line, tapping into a growing appetite among limited partners to make investments that produce a positive social or environmental impact.
In fact, since January this year, Avendus Capital, Blackstone, LeapFrog Investments and Pioneering Ventures, among others, have either launched or closed impact funds in India and abroad. KKR had done likewise last year.
Tune in to this new VCCircle podcast series to find out more about the PE firms' increasing interest in impact investment funds.