Definitions
- Venture Capital: Investing in early-stage companies
- Corporate VC: Venture arm or fund associated with a corporation
- Growth Equity / PE: Investing in growth-stage or mature private companies
- Emerging Infrastructure: Asset financing for early projects, with potential for hybrid crossover into corporate equity
- Growth Infrastructure: Asset financing for infra or projects with lower tech risk
Methodology
Includes private institutional capital sources with an AUM >$5m that are actively deploying, defined as >1 climate deal within the past 12 months
Must meet minimum threshold of climate companies as a % of overall portfolio, approximate by fund category:
- Climate-specific: 75%
- General: 20%
Excludes Accelerators / Incubators, Foundations, Venture Debt, Public funding, and Philanthropy
