Portfolio Overview
Our portfolio sits at the nexus of water and food systems, where climate stress is most acute and resilience delivers the greatest multiplier effect. Water security enables food production. Food security stabilizes communities. Strengthening these systems together is, in our view, one of the most effective ways to help communities withstand climate shocks and build lasting stability.
Africa Sand Dam Foundation
ASDF designs and build sand dams and complementary water infrastructure that harvest and store rainwater below ground to irrigate crops, strengthen food security, and build resilient livelihoods in the face of climate variability.
CRS/Blue Harvest
Catholic Relief Services’ Blue Harvest Program strengthens water security and rural livelihoods in Central America's coffee-growing regions through watershed restoration, climate-smart farming practices, and improved market access.
Pacific Institute
PI is a global water think tank that combines science-based research, policy leadership, and cross-sector collaboration to advance solutions to the world's most pressing water challenges.
Saha Global
Saha designs, delivers, and demonstrates a utility-grade model to ensure exclusive safe water consumption in last-mile communities across Ghana.
Self Help Africa
Self Help Africa addresses the interconnected drivers of rural poverty and climate vulnerability through integrated solutions that improve livelihoods, strengthen food and water security, and build long-term resilience.
Water for People
Water for People (WFP) works across Latin America, Asia, and Africa to address the global water crisis. They partner with local governments, businesses, and communities.
The Nature Conservancy: Resilient Watersheds Program
The Nature Conservancy's Resilient Watersheds program conserves freshwater ecosystems and helps communities adapt to climate change by mainstreaming nature-based solutions (NbS) in the water sector
Impact Investments
Buoyant Ventures
Buoyant Ventures invests in early-stage companies that can generate an outsized positive impact on the climate while quickly and efficiently scaling. Buoyant focuses both on climate mitigation – reducing greenhouse gas emissions – and adaptation – minimizing risks presented by and helping people to cope with weather patterns exacerbated by climate change.
Horizon Environment and Climate Solutions
Horizon Environment and Climate Solutions is a one billion dollar fund that makes growth equity investments into businesses that support one of five themes: ecosystem services and water, waste and materials, sustainable food and agriculture, sustainable transport and clean energy.
Burnt Island Ventures
Burnt Island Ventures invests in water technology, helping accelerate solutions across water access, treatment, reuse, utility efficiency, and climate adaptation. They fund early-stage companies developing technologies and business models that strengthen water security, efficiency, and resilience at scale.
Mad Agriculture Perennial Fund
MAD Agriculture's Perennial Fund provides financing to help farmers transition to regenerative agricultural practices that improve soil health, water stewardship, and long-term farm resilience. By aligning capital with ecological outcomes, the fund supports producers in building more sustainable and climate-adaptive food systems.
Our impact investments back the technologies, enterprises, and markets that can help communities thrive in a changing climate. Innovation expands what's possible. Capital accelerates what works. By investing in climate resilience, sustainable food and water systems, clean energy, and inclusive economic opportunity, we aim to strengthen the foundations of long-term stability and help bring scalable solutions within reach of the people who need them most.
Greenbacker Renewable Energy
Greenbacker Renewable Energy is a multi-strategy investment manager and independent power producer. Greenbacker connects individuals and institutions with opportunities to put their capital to work building the infrastructure of the energy transition.
RRG Sustainable Water Impact Access Fund
The RRG Sustainable Water Impact Access Fund invests in land and agricultural assets to strengthen water security and generate positive environmental and social outcomes. Developed in partnership with TNC, it models how private capital can advance resilient food systems and sustainable water stewardship.
Prior Parters
Agroecology Fund
The Agroecology Fund (AEF) is a multi-donor fund supporting agroecological practices and policies. The Fund supports viable food systems, promotes the economic well-being and human rights of small farmers and their communities, and mitigates climate change via agriculture practices featuring sustainable soil and water use. It links organizations and movements that advance agroecological solutions.
Root Capital
Root Capital invests in the growth of agricultural enterprises that support smallholder farmers to grow rural prosperity and build the resilience of farming families around the world. They help finance smallholder farmers who promote climate-smart and regenerative agricultural practices, such as agroforestry and soil conservation, and provide agronomic and business advisory services specifically tailored to help them prepare for the threats from a changing climate.
Our past partners advance climate resilience through innovation, implementation, and research, and we are proud to continue elevating their work to ensure a more resilient future.
Tailwind Futures
Tailwind Futures is a strategic investment firm focused on resilience technologies. They create products and services that predict, prevent, mitigate and enable recovery from climate impacts like floods, heatwaves, storms, and wildfires. Tailwind focuses on field building to enable the growth of the innovation ecosystem, and investing, providing catalytic capital to early stage A&R companies.