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Bright Power is an intelligence- and data-driven, vertically integrated energy management partner that delivers comprehensive energy and water-saving solutions and renewable energy systems to owners of real estate portfolios. Since 2004, the Company has established itself as a market leader in Energy Management Services in multifamily buildings and built long-standing relationships with over 400 customers in every U.S. state and Puerto Rico. Bright Power’s “Find, Fix, Follow” approach encompasses the full lifecycle of energy management. Through identifying energy-saving opportunities, providing energy-efficient building retrofits and renewable energy systems, and tracking and managing energy usage across customers’ portfolios, the result is reduced energy usage and carbon emissions, lower operating and maintenance costs, and higher property values for customers. Bright Power is projecting $42M in 2020B revenue and $2.5M in 2020B EBITDA.
The Builders Fund is a growth-stage private equity fund investing around themes of sustainable food & agriculture, health & wellness, human elevation & resource efficiency. The fund is led by operationally-oriented investors leveraging our expertise to generate attractive financial returns through purpose-driven businesses. The fund focuses on investing in high-growth companies whose products, services, and supply chain intrinsically deliver positive social and environmental benefits.
Center Creek Housing Funds offer an innovative, market-driven approach to Real Estate investing – renovating distressed houses to create a platform of affordable single-family rentals (SFR). Single-family rentals offer near-term cash flows, long-term appreciation, and downside protection to our investors while providing quality, affordable housing for our customers. Center Creek also uses housing as a delivery mechanism for economic inclusion and racial equity.
Center Creek is raising $100 million for Fund III, building on its successful Funds I and II. Scaling the platform will enable Center Creek to drive enhanced returns for our investors while providing 2000+ affordable rentals to our residents. Fund III has approx. $40 million in initial commitments and is targeting our first close on October 30, 2020.
Climate First will be a mission-driven commercial bank serving businesses and entrepreneurs interested in using capital to create positive change. The bank will be a Florida chartered, FDIC insured commercial bank and has plans to expand nationally as it grows. It is building a technology platform that will grow organically in Florida then raise additional capital to purchase other banks across the country as well as seeding values-based banks in responsive markets.
Cooks Venture sells a proprietary heirloom breed of chicken that is healthier and more biologically balanced than conventional breeds, resulting in both significantly better animal welfare and strikingly superior taste. The chickens’ slower-growing nature, pasture-raised environments, and regenerative agriculture relationships provide additional differentiating attributes in the poultry market. Cooks was established by a group of farmers, cooks, and food professionals who decided to build a new food system animal-by-animal, plant-by-plant, meal-by-meal.
Lever VC Fund I LP (“Lever VC”) is a US- and Hong Kong-based venture capital fund focused on early-stage investing in alternative protein companies globally. Lever VC invests both in plant-based meat and dairy companies, as well as in cultivated a.k.a. ‘clean’ meat companies. The fund backs emerging winners in select regions and product categories, drawing on managing partner Nick Cooney’s experience and investment track record in the space (30+ investments, 8.6x MOIC, 86% IRR).
Lever VC conducted a first close in Q2 of 2020 with $23million in commitments from family offices and corporate. The GP commitment here is significant, amounting to $4.5m. Lever VC has made 10 investments since inception, and TVPI stands at 1.4x.
Living Greens Farm is an indoor aeroponic farm operating in Faribault, MN. The Company’s patented farming method utilizes vertical growing, reducing space needs and overhead costs, and a nutrient spray system, which reduces contamination risk and water usage. Its proven technology and methods create barriers to entry and have resulted in more predictable and consistent crop yields at commercial scale. The Company had ~$650K in 2019 gross revenue and is seeking to raise $35M to build a new facility in the Midwest and an additional facility in the South.
North Sky Infrastructure Investment Fund, LLC (“IIF”) invests in sustainable infrastructure projects in Opportunity Zones across the United States. IIF is targeting $200 million of capital with a final closing on December 31, 2020. US taxable investors may participate in IIF by reinvesting capital gains realized since October 4, 2019. IIF seeks to generate a market rate return, positive social and environmental impact, and Opportunity Zone tax benefits for investors, while largely avoiding the real estate market risks typically associated with Opportunity Zone investing. IIF aims to achieve this by investing in greenfield clean energy, waste, and water projects whose value is underpinned by long-term contracts with corporations, municipalities, utilities, and other credit-worthy counterparties. IIF has invested $18 million of preferred equity in a wastewater methane-to-renewable natural gas project in Southern California and has a deep pipeline of projects with similar characteristics.
Purple Stories is a 100 million private fund investing in a diversified portfolio of premium female-centric TV, Film, and Digital content managed by seasoned female industry insiders.
Streaming platforms have created an unprecedented demand for female-focused content. Purple Stories is set to capitalize on this unique market opportunity in both TV and film to generate significant financial returns and drive social change through storytelling.
Moving society closer to gender equality begins with highlighting the full spectrum of the female experience. Purple Stories targets to write a new reality by bringing authentic stories about women by women to the screens.
VamosVentures is a Los Angeles-based impact venture capital fund focused on investing in diverse teams with a focus on Latinx entrepreneurs. Our goals are (i) market-rate returns and (ii) social impact through wealth creation, social mobility, and unique tech-driven solutions to challenges persistent in diverse communities.
We are living through many drastic changes. One of them is demographic. By 2043, over 50% of all Americans will be diverse. There is a growing pipeline of diverse tech entrepreneurs with vision, passion, and talent – yet, only 2% of VC dollars fund founders of color due to biases and pattern matching, creating a market inefficiency. VamosVentures’ mandate is to invest in, and partner with scalable companies led by diverse teams addressing a meaningful market need. While we seek diverse teams broadly, we focus on the Latinx demographic because it is the largest, high-growth, young and most entrepreneurial minority group in the USA.
Led by a team of experienced fund managers and tech entrepreneurs, the fund’s target size is $25 to $50mm with target returns of 30% IRR.
Satori Capital is the original impact-focused private equity firm, founded in 2008 upon the principles of conscious capitalism. Satori partners with leadership teams of companies with $5 million to $25 million of EBITDA that operate with a long-term perspective, commit to their mission or purpose, and create value for all stakeholders. Satori manages more than $1 billion of committed capital from values-aligned individuals, families, and institutions. The firm is led by principals who have built and managed successful companies and multi-billion-dollar investment firms. Leveraging this operating experience, the Satori team provides strategic guidance, valuable resources, and access to supportive relationships to help their investments thrive. Satori believes conscious businesses are more innovative, less risky, and better positioned to create extraordinary outcomes for all stakeholders.