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TPG, a leading global alternative asset management firm, on Wednesday announced the $7.3 billion final close of TPG Rise Climate, the dedicated climate investing strategy of its global impact investing platform TPG Rise.
With the final close, TPG Rise Climate reaches its hard cap, bringing together a unique blend of capital from some of the world’s most prominent institutional investors and a diverse set of industry-leading global companies.
Since launching in 2021, TPG Rise Climate has been rapidly deploying capital through growth-stage investments in innovative climate solutions. Recent investments include backing the leading solar tracking company Nextracker, creating North America’s largest marketer and originator of carbon and environmental credits via the merger of Bluesource and Element Markets, and forming an innovative partnership with Tata Motors to lead the electrification of passenger mobility in India.
TPG is based in Fort Worth and San Francisco.
“We continue to be inspired by the climate innovation we are seeing across sectors and around the world. The climate crisis is accelerating, and we are proud to be confronting it with substantial capital and action,” says Jim Coulter, TPG founding partner and managing partner of TPG Rise Climate, in a statement. “As technology opens new markets and methods in everything from batteries to biogas and solar to sequestration, we are energized by the decarbonization opportunities ahead. With every investment, we remain committed to Rise’s mission of delivering exceptional returns alongside meaningful impact.”
As part of the $14 billion TPG Rise global impact investing platform, TPG Rise Climate leverages the capabilities of Y Analytics, TPG’s public benefit LLC dedicated to understanding, valuing, and managing the social and environmental impact of its investments. By using research and evidence to establish a company’s potential Carbon Yield, the TPG Rise Climate team is able to estimate the tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions avoided per dollar it invests.
“Our limited partners – both institutional investors and large multinational corporations – have joined us with a common purpose: to rapidly finance and scale climate solutions that meaningfully reduce or avert greenhouse gas emissions. It is a privilege to be working with our investors and climate innovators around the world to build a new net-zero economy,” says Hank Paulson, executive chairman of TPG Rise Climate and former U.S. Treasury Secretary.
Representatives from 28 of the world’s leading corporations will convene at the first TPG Rise Climate Coalition meeting next month to share practical insights and progress on decarbonization strategies. The Coalition’s objective is to scale climate technologies across industries through investment, innovation, and action.
“TPG is committed to leading the growth and evolution of impact investing and climate action in private equity. The final close of TPG Rise Climate demonstrates the resonance of the Rise model, and that meaningful positive impact can be achieved alongside strong returns. The investments we make and the insights we gain through TPG Rise and TPG Rise Climate give us the opportunity to drive social and environmental impact at scale and enhance our ESG performance both at the firm level and within our portfolio,” says Jon Winkelried, CEO of TPG.
TPG Rise Climate is built on the chassis of TPG and benefits from more than 500 investors and business builders, across 12 global offices, that are enabling growth-driven flywheels that can drive additional impact and performance beyond the original thesis of its investments.