Changemaking: Financing Systems Change, Transitions and Transformations
SunCulture's solar pumps enable smallholder farmers to replace diesel pumps, mitigating over 20,000 tonnes of CO2 annually with syndicated debt from Hivos-Triodos Fund.
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SunCulture's solar pumps enable smallholder farmers to replace diesel pumps, mitigating over 20,000 tonnes of CO2 annually with syndicated debt from Hivos-Triodos Fund.
The CSRD applies to all EU companies meeting two of three criteria on two consecutive balance sheet dates: over 250 employees, total assets exceeding €25 million, or net turnover exceeding €50 million.
The average individual worldwide is estimated to be 1.5 times wealthier than in 2000, but global poverty is rising and sustainable development progress has stalled.
Europe's tech workforce reached 3.5M employees in 2024, expanding at a 24% compounded annual growth rate since 2015.
The Swiss insurance sector generated CHF 28.1 billion in direct gross value and managed investments totaling CHF 528 billion.
The Swiss venture capital market recorded a 35% decrease in overall capital invested during its first downturn since the financial crisis.
In 2024, Triodos Bank's financing across wind, solar, battery storage, and bio-based mortgages prevented the release of 875 kilotons of greenhouse gas emissions equivalents.
In 2021, U.S. venture capital firms invested a record $348 billion before overall investment activity declined.
DCVC manages over $3 billion in committed capital across 12 funds targeting deep tech opportunities.
ICT/Fintech surpassed CHF 2 billion, with ICT invested capital growing by 72%.
Invest Europe's preliminary data shows European private equity funds raised €33 billion in the first half of 2023, representing a 63% decline compared to the prior six months.
European tech ecosystem value bounced back to $3 trillion, recovering the $400 billion that was wiped out in 2022.
SECA represents the Swiss private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance industries with a member base of more than 500 members.
84% of surveyed private equity and venture capital entities operating in Spain consider ESG issues in their management and investment decisions.
Total impact investment assets under management (AUM) in Spain reached €2,398.6 million at year-end 2021.
Mean FTE employment growth among SVCA member portfolio companies reached 21% in 2022, up from 9% in FY 2020.
The global economy faces a polycrisis arising from interconnected ecological, economic, and social-political strains after ending a 40-year period of macroeconomic moderation.
In the first half of 2022, total invested capital in Swiss start-up financing rose to almost CHF 2.6 billion across more than 160 financing rounds.
Capital Dynamics manages and advises more than USD 16 billion in private assets globally across private equity, private credit, and clean energy infrastructure.
SVCA member portfolio companies achieved a mean full-time equivalent (FTE) employment growth of 9% in 2020/2019 compared to 5% for all listed firms on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.
At the end of 2020, OeEB's total committed portfolio reached EUR 1.44 billion, comprising EUR 1.32 billion in lending projects and EUR 120 million in equity projects.
OeEB reached a committed total portfolio of €1.08 billion at the end of 2017, with 90.5% invested in lending projects and 9.5% in equity projects.
OeEB directly (co-)financed projects provided 29,134 jobs, while reaching 38,720 microborrowers and 21,849 SMEs.