Field Roster · LP Landscape
ICM Impact LP
Intelligence
A working roster of impact-focused limited partners — development finance institutions, foundations, family offices, and institutional advisors — for GP members raising capital. Some of this is public record. The more useful part is what our staff actually knows from calls, events, and relationships with these firms — and that part only gets better if members chip in. If you know something about an LP here, or one that's missing, let us know, even off the record.
64% of respondents (n=42) over-allocated to private equity, 64% to venture capital, 40% to real assets, and just 29% to private debt.
Private debt is the most commonly cited #1 gap in allocators' portfolios — they feel underexposed there. Venture is the least commonly cited gap, consistent with how much has already gone into it.
Recurring themes: a vague or unconvincing impact thesis, a team without real domain depth, below-market returns, no track record, subscale funds, weak operational infrastructure, and anything that reads as greenwashing or overpromised impact.
Climate remains dominant but is getting more specific (energy transition, climate tech, sustainable infrastructure). Affordable/workforce housing and healthcare come up often. Secondaries and co-investments were named specifically as a priority by more than one respondent.
The fundraising environment and slow exits/DPI dominate, closely followed by US policy risk — IRA/IIJA funding uncertainty, anti-DEI/ESG rollback, tariffs.
A harder capital environment is forcing real discipline — more than one respondent framed it as a shift from "impact as compliance" to "impact as alpha." Also cited: a wave of new Fund II/III raises after 2023's hard market, and better impact reporting quality.
Broadly positive, not uncritical. Third-party verification (BlueMark named specifically) is valued but some worry it becomes a rubber stamp. Impact-linked carry is appealing in theory, hard to implement well. SFDR Article 8/9 is called "hygiene" by more than one respondent — useful mostly for funds with European LPs, not a universal requirement.
By far the most-cited theme: uncertainty tied to the new US administration — IRA/IIJA rollback, anti-DEI/ESG sentiment, tariffs. EU SFDR and the SEC climate disclosure rule also came up repeatedly.
Government-backed or multilateral institutions with a formal development mandate. These are the most transparent group here — well-capitalized, mandate-driven, and easy to verify.
- Confirmed activity
- World Bank Group member; largest global development institution focused on the private sector. $71.7B committed in FY2025. Active across 100+ developing countries.
- Key Contact
- Richard Woodhull, Director
- Confirmed activity
- UK's development finance institution, wholly government-owned. ~$8.3B portfolio; ~50% concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa. Strategy branded "Productive, Sustainable and Inclusive Investment" — raising productivity, supporting low-carbon transition, ensuring inclusive growth. Active in direct and intermediated deals across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, per two ICM dinner registrations.
- Confirmed activity
- Dutch entrepreneurial development bank; one of the larger bilateral private-sector development banks globally. ~€12B+ portfolio across 85+ countries.
- Confirmed activity
- French DFI focused on inclusion and sustainability; active as an anchor investor in impact secondaries strategies globally, including first-loss tranches backed by the EU's EFSD+.
These are ICM Grantmakers — they fund our research and convenings. That's a different thing from actually investing in member funds, so double-check LP status before using any of these for outreach.
- Key Contact
- Christine Looney
- Confirmed activity
- ICM Grantmaker, supporting ICM's research and convening work. Christine Looney sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council. Also maintains a public Mission Investments program page, per their own registration form (fordfoundation.org/work/challenging-inequality/mission-investments).
- Key Contact
- Bola Olusanya, Chief Investment Officer
- Confirmed activity
- ICM Grantmaker. Sayiddah McCree's title at the foundation is literally "Impact Investor," which is about as direct a confirmation of fund investing as this gets.
- Key Contact
- Susie Lee, Investor
- Confirmed activity
- ICM Grantmaker. Cynthia Muller sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council. Runs a mission-aligned investment program exploring untapped markets to drive equitable access and close the racial wealth gap, the org told us this themselves when they signed up.
- Process
- Cynthia Muller talked about this on ICM's LP Perspective panel: checks tend to run $3–5M, and they keep ownership under 10% of any fund. They think of it as backing a manager across multiple funds, not just writing one check.
- Focus
- Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Adam Connaker, Director, Impact Investments
- Confirmed activity
- ICM Grantmaker. Adam Connaker's title (Director, Impact Investments) is itself strong evidence of an active investing program.
- Key Contact
- Rahel Tekola, Director and Senior Program Officer
- Confirmed activity
- Runs a $100M impact investing fund of its own, straight from the source at one of our dinners.
- Focus
- Economic mobility and quality job creation — Education & Workforce Development.
- Key Contact
- Mike Hanagan, Director of Strategic Investments
- Confirmed activity
- Invests via its Strategic Investments arm — deploys through a corporate venture arm and an impact-oriented fund-of-funds strategy; targets market-rate returns, per two ICM registrations. Invests in emerging and established managers.
- Process
- Check size ~$1–5M across venture, growth equity, and buyout, per ICM registration.
- Focus
- Education-to-opportunity pathways — Education & Workforce Development, Underserved Communities & Access, Healthcare & Wellness.
- Key Contact
- Kyle McEneaney, Director
- Confirmed activity
- Active fund investor, confirmed directly by the org, not from a public source. Self-described as pursuing "healthy people and planet."
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Kelley Shepherd
- Confirmed activity
- Invests in impact funds aligned with four mission verticals, plus funds creating economic opportunity for underserved Carolinians. Equity and debt, public and private markets. No fixed criteria beyond mission fit; looks for GP/LP alignment and a clear investment-impact thesis connection, Adam heard this directly from the registrant.
- Focus
- Healthcare, education, human services, Jewish values.
Family offices are hard to pin down by nature — small teams, discreet, tough to reach cold. We've only listed ones where we could confirm a real fund commitment or a stated impact strategy.
- Key Contact
- Noelle Laing
- Confirmed activity
- Noelle Laing named ICM's 2026 LP Leader Award winner, recognized for anchoring and scaling ICM member funds; she also sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council. Invests in small (<$100M) first-time funds within its sectors, plus larger scaled funds with broader climate/impact mandates, Adam heard this directly from the registrant.
- Process
- Kristine Leary put it plainly on ICM's LP Perspective panel: checks start around $10M, and diligence on emerging managers usually takes about 9 months — even established managers rarely close faster than 4–5 months. Her line: "you move at the speed of trust."
- Focus
- Ocean, climate, and food & agriculture, per public materials. VC, growth equity, PE, and real assets.
- Key Contact
- Mark Berryman
- Confirmed activity
- Single-family office of Jeff Skoll; impact investing is core to its mandate, run through the Sustainable Investors Fund and Technology Impact Fund. Mark Berryman chairs ICM's LP Advisory Council. Also runs an OCIO platform and select GP strategic capital investments, this came straight from their own event registration.
- Process
- Mark Berryman shared this on the same panel: diligence takes about 3 months for managers they already know, closer to 9 for a new relationship. Check sizes swing a lot — big anchor clients can put in $50M+, smaller family offices less. They're also actively looking at secondaries themselves.
- Focus
- Sustainability-driven private asset managers; early-stage technology impact; climate change mitigation, inclusive capitalism, healthcare access & equity, sustainable markets.
- Confirmed activity
- Hong Kong-based, founded by Annie Chen (2009); has co-invested alongside other institutional LPs in fund vehicles.
- Focus
- Climate solutions, livelihoods, sustainable food and agriculture, impact market infrastructure.
- Confirmed activity
- Singapore-based; has moved more than 50% of its capital to align with impact and sustainability strategies.
- Focus
- Public markets, private equity and credit, real assets — climate and health focus.
- Confirmed activity
- NYC-based, founded 2007 as successor to Vatera; makes private equity investments and provides financial services to clients (per PEI, CB Insights). ~$2B+ AUM, per Marieke Spence's direct relationship with the firm.
- Process
- Market-rate return expectations; check size ~$5–10M; never anchors a fund; invests only in Fund II and beyond (no emerging managers); no directs or co-investments. Toniic member, but finds many Toniic-sourced deals too small or niche for their check size.
- Focus
- Across thematics and asset classes — social/inclusive and affordable housing, climate and sustainability, infrastructure.
- Key Contact
- Hari Joy, Managing Director
- Confirmed activity
- Multi-asset-class impact family office; invests across public equities, fixed income, private equity, and direct investments. Also active as a GP in some structures, the org told us this themselves when they signed up.
- Focus
- Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access, Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Gemma Lenowitz Picot, Investor
- Confirmed activity
- Impact investing arm of a family foundation; supports early-stage, tech-driven interventions. Also active as a GP in some structures, we got this from them directly, not a public source.
- Focus
- Economic mobility in the US — Education & Workforce Development, Underserved Communities & Access, Healthcare & Wellness.
- Key Contact
- Helena Hasselmann
- Confirmed activity
- Alternative investment arm of Stardust, a New York-based family office. Targets market-rate returns; typical commitments single-to-double-digit millions. Selectively considers first-time funds; not allocating to early-stage venture in 2025, the org told us this themselves when they signed up.
- Focus
- Gender equity, care economy, healthcare access, financial empowerment, climate justice.
- Key Contact
- Vipul Devluk
- Confirmed activity
- Family office; check size $1–10M across early-stage VC through growth/PE/infra. Preference for "hard tech" over asset-lite strategies. US-focused with some EU interest, the org told us this themselves when they signed up. Small team — single named attendee at ICM's event.
- Focus
- Decarbonization/energy transition, global health, philanthropy.
Regulated depository institutions with their own balance sheet — private banking and wealth desks, corporate/investment banking arms channeling client capital into impact strategies.
- Key Contact
- Jessica Matthews, Global Head of Sustainable Investing
- Confirmed activity
- Serves UHNW Private Bank clients seeking to integrate assets with mission. Jessica Matthews sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Ramon Villalona, Vice President
- Confirmed activity
- Separate desk from JPM Private Bank above; active in PE, private credit, SBIC-PE, affordable housing, and impact finance.
- Focus
- Education & Workforce Development, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Andrew Lee, Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing
- Confirmed activity
- Supports clients investing in sustainable opportunities; shares research and serves as first-pass due diligence for the firm. Andrew Lee sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council.
- Process
- Self-reported by Andrew Lee (UBS) on ICM's Fundraising Masterclass panel (Dec 2025): backing fewer first-time managers, though still does them when appropriate; may represent a large share of a fund's total commitments; strong preference for managers they can re-up with — long-term relationships drive most decisions over one-off commitments.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Mya Baptiste, Associate, Investor
- Confirmed activity
- Makes equity LP investments in emerging venture funds advancing inclusive economic growth. Not currently making private credit LP investments.
- Focus
- Underserved Communities & Access, Healthcare & Wellness, Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development.
- Key Contact
- Jake Clark, VP, Head of Impact
- Confirmed activity
- A third distinct JPM desk from the two above. Makes LP investments in funds focused on affordable housing and small business finance; exploring credit and fund investments in workforce and financial health tech.
- Focus
- Education & Workforce Development, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Katie Hill, Director of Investments
- Confirmed activity
- Works with Morgan Stanley's largest family office clients to allocate into impact investments across the risk/reward spectrum.
- Focus
- Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Jennifer Seidler, Financial Advisor
- Confirmed activity
- 40+ year-old SRI wealth management practice helping clients pursue financial objectives alongside social/environmental impact.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Michael Keane, Associate
- Confirmed activity
- Pursues strategic LP investments leveraging MUFG's wider Corporate and Investment Bank franchise.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Laura Stevenson, Executive Director
- Confirmed activity
- Imprint sits within Goldman Sachs Asset Management's External Investing Group; makes fund commitments and co-investments targeting both financial and environmental/social return.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness.
- Key Contact
- Anna Snider, Managing Director
- Confirmed activity
- Anna Snider sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council. No other mandate detail on file yet.
- Key Contact
- Emily Thomas, Executive Director
- Confirmed activity
- Emily Thomas sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council. Kept separate from the Polk Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley entry above — we haven't confirmed those two desks are actually connected, so we didn't want to guess and merge them.
Everyone else channeling client or institutional capital into impact without being a bank — OCIOs, RIAs, pension funds, insurers, and independent impact fund-of-funds. A genuinely mixed group by scale and structure; don't assume a shared profile just because they're grouped here.
- Key Contact
- Andrea Kaufman, Managing Director
- Confirmed activity
- LP investing in impact and sustainable strategies.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Hummayun Javed, Managing Director, Investments
- Confirmed activity
- SEC-registered investment management and advisory firm for institutional investors (foundations, corporations, family offices); also manages the ImpactAssets Investment Platform.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Patrick Hergt, Partner
- Confirmed activity
- Global impact investing asset manager. Also active as a GP in some structures.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Gregory Desroches, Investment Associate
- Confirmed activity
- Black woman-owned multi-family office (NYC). No firm-wide values/impact mandate — builds client-specific portfolios based on stated objectives. Current OCIO mandate seeks market-rate Alternatives managers intersecting technology with education, infrastructure, workforce training, advanced manufacturing; no check-size or emerging-manager constraints, the org told us this themselves when they signed up.
- Focus
- Education & Workforce Development.
- Key Contact
- Julia Cedarholm, Sustainability & Shareholder Engagement
- Confirmed activity
- Registrant works in Sustainability and Shareholder Engagement. Invests via New Summit Investments, an impact fund-of-funds strategy under Arjuna Capital.
- Focus
- Climate innovation, economic opportunity, human health — Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Kreg Kerr, VP, Investment Research
- Confirmed activity
- Advisor to institutions and individuals allocating to impact investments.
- Focus
- Underserved Communities & Access, Education & Workforce Development, Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Greg Gunn, Founder
- Confirmed activity
- Founder-led investor in companies and funds working on education, workforce, and access.
- Focus
- Education & Workforce Development.
- Key Contact
- Angie Goenaga, Associate Director
- Confirmed activity
- US-based impact investing nonprofit and registered investor. Runs the Impact First Fund (IFF), an open-ended fund-of-funds allocating across affordable housing, climate justice, rural economies, childcare, regenerative agriculture, small business lending, and employee ownership.
- Focus
- Underserved Communities & Access, Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development.
- Key Contact
- Kelley Jamieson, Senior Associate
- Confirmed activity
- Also appears on ICM's secondaries list as a GP/platform. Separately runs mission-driven, customized impact portfolio solutions for clients since 2001, with impact metrics reporting on underlying investments.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Phil Kirshman, Wealth Manager, Director of Impact Investing
- Confirmed activity
- Multi-family office providing wealth advisory, bookkeeping, and direct real estate services across asset classes.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Tiffany Dyson, VP, Investor Relations
- Confirmed activity
- Private asset manager targeting market-rate risk-adjusted returns by investing in funds/companies addressing under-resourced problems and underserved markets.
- Focus
- Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Environment & Sustainability, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Teresa Dunbar, Director
- Confirmed activity
- Global wealth manager and multi-family office, ~$90B AUM/AuA. States a firm-wide commitment to impact/values-aligned investing.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Giselle Mendoza, Research Associate
- Confirmed activity
- Social/environmental investment advisor and manager; customized impact portfolio solutions for individuals, families, and organizations.
- Focus
- Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Jodi Angelo, Director of Investments, Private Client
- Confirmed activity
- Fund-of-funds investing across VC, PE, Real Assets, and Debt.
- Focus
- Climate Solutions, Economic Inclusion, Healthy Living — Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Alice Blackorby, Associate Investment Director, Sustainable & Impact Investing
- Confirmed activity
- Global OCIO/advisory firm serving endowments, foundations, government, insurance, retirement, and private clients — ~$660B AUA, per a second ICM dinner registration (London). Its Sustainable and Impact Investing Research Team underwrites fund investments across VC, PE, and Real Assets with positive environmental/climate impact. Tom Mitchell, Managing Director & Partner, sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Daryn Dodson, Managing Partner
- Confirmed activity
- Impact fund-of-funds backing high-performing managers, with a distinctive thesis: works directly with portfolio managers to reduce bias, on the premise that cognitively/experientially diverse teams outperform homogenous ones.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Sari Miller
- Confirmed activity
- Real, active org — confirmed as a genuine respondent to ICM's 2025 allocator survey and separately as a dinner registrant, but both times without a usable description. We know they're a real allocator engaged with ICM; we don't yet know their mandate, check size, or asset class focus.
- Key Contact
- Dimple Sahni, Managing Director, Multi Asset Impact
- Confirmed activity
- Family office and values-based asset manager; runs multi-asset, multi-impact fund-of-funds products.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Jennifer Signori, Managing Director, Head of Private Markets Sustainable Investments
- Confirmed activity
- Also on ICM's secondaries list as a GP/platform. Employee-owned, $538B firm-wide AUM; NB Private Markets manages $187B+ across primaries, co-investments, secondaries, private credit, and specialty strategies, including dedicated PE Impact and Natural Capital portfolios totaling $1.6B (as of Jun 2025), Adam heard this directly from the registrant.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Hill Gaston, Head of Impact Strategy and Advice
- Confirmed activity
- Provides sustainable investment advice and implementation solutions, helping clients design and execute sustainable investment strategies.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Caroline Greer, Managing Director
- Confirmed activity
- Outsourced CIO focused on mission-aligned investing.
- Focus
- Underserved Communities & Access, Healthcare & Wellness, Education & Workforce Development, Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Lauren Cochran, Partner
- Confirmed activity
- LP in climate funds.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Paul Hewat, Associate Partner
- Confirmed activity
- Helps institutional investors build portfolios in impact private markets — commitments to funds and co-investments targeting measurable impact and strong returns.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability, Healthcare & Wellness.
- Key Contact
- Michael Hall, Managing Director
- Confirmed activity
- Manages the Canada Pension Plan Fund; invests across public and private assets worldwide.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Jaime Alvarez, Head of Infrastructure and PE
- Confirmed activity
- UK Local Government Pension Scheme pool; self-identifies as a leader on Responsible Investment.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Matteo Millone, Senior Responsible Investment Portfolio Manager
- Confirmed activity
- ~$50B portfolio focused on primary fund commitments and co-investments; ~$1.5B in yearly impact allocation.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Ammara Shirazi, Head, Investment Research
- Confirmed activity
- Helps small- to mid-sized institutions invest capital for impact across asset classes.
- Focus
- Underserved Communities & Access.
- Key Contact
- Priya Parrish, CIO
- Confirmed activity
- Private markets investor across primary funds, co-investments, and secondaries. Priya Parrish of Impact Engine also spoke on ICM's Fundraising Masterclass panel (Dec 2025).
- Process
- Priya Parrish described their book on ICM's Fundraising Masterclass panel: about $300M spread across ~20 managers and 24–25 funds, committing to 3–4 new funds a year (aiming for 5–7 next year). Her take on the market: "every allocator is different in what portfolio needs are" — there's no standard check.
- Focus
- Education & Workforce Development, Healthcare & Wellness, Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Liza Rubinstein Malamud, Co-founder, Chief Strategy & Impact
- Confirmed activity
- Climate fund-of-funds investing platform serving affluent individuals, HNWIs, and family offices; invests in VC, growth, and infrastructure, with a co-investment program.
- Focus
- Environment & Sustainability.
- Key Contact
- Jennifer Kenning
- Confirmed activity
- Independent RIA, 100% impact-focused; invests across all asset classes on behalf of LPs and other firms. Requires impact at the core of the underlying business model, not just GP composition. Avoids beauty, consumer goods, affluent wellbeing, and biotech, straight from the source at one of our dinners.
- Focus
- Broad impact mandate across themes.
- Key Contact
- Manisha Ali
- Confirmed activity
- Multi-asset/OCIO solutions provider for endowments, foundations, retirement plans, family offices, and intermediaries. Runs a PE impact fund-of-funds offering — no set check size, $300–400M minimum fund size, preference for 2nd/3rd-time funds. Also runs mandate-driven searches outside that offering, Adam heard this directly from the registrant.
- Focus
- Environmental Protection, Social Equality, Financial Inclusion.
- Key Contact
- Sophie Kelly
- Confirmed activity
- Multi-family office and OCIO, $14B AUM, ~$2.5B allocated to private intentional impact investments. Invested in 100+ impact funds across 40+ managers; constructs diversified portfolios per client objective, straight from the source at one of our dinners.
- Focus
- Diversified across themes and asset classes, client-dependent.
- Key Contact
- Regina Green
- Confirmed activity
- Distinct from a typical LP — provides flexible, non-dilutive working capital (via GP Runway Fund) to underrepresented/newer fund managers for firm-building and operating expenses. $100–500K fixed-rate loans for GPs raising Funds I–III, sector/asset-class agnostic, market-rate focus, we got this from them directly, not a public source.
- Focus
- Emerging and underrepresented managers, broad thematic.
- Key Contact
- Caroline OKeefe
- Confirmed activity
- ~$4B multi-family office backing emerging PE firms, particularly lower-middle-market buyout. $10–40M equity checks, deal-by-deal; also open to late-stage venture. Sector-agnostic, Adam heard this directly from the registrant.
- Focus
- Sector-agnostic, LMM buyout emphasis.
- Key Contact
- Elly Bringaze
- Confirmed activity
- OCIO/investment firm managing $12B for endowments, foundations, and institutional clients. Emphasis on first-time/emerging managers and diverse managers, Adam heard this directly from the registrant.
- Focus
- Climate/energy transition, healthcare, education, social themes.
- Key Contact
- Lindsay McCorkle
- Confirmed activity
- Investment arm of Liberty Mutual Insurance, ~$100B total AUM. Few constraints on fund size/maturity; open across industries and themes, Adam heard this directly from the registrant.
- Focus
- Financial inclusion, community building (natural fit themes, not exclusive).
- Key Contact
- Saya Mizuno
- Confirmed activity
- US arm of Nippon Life Group, Japan's largest asset owner. Launched its second climate-focused fund-of-funds targeting buyout/growth strategies reducing GHG emissions; requires an IMM policy in place. Check size $20–30M depending on GP fund size, the org told us this themselves when they signed up.
- Focus
- Climate/GHG reduction, buyout and growth equity.
- Key Contact
- Audrey Ellen
- Confirmed activity
- Quasi-governmental NYC economic development entity. Its Strategic Investments Group ran the $40M NYC Catalyst Fund-of-funds — not currently active, but future programs involving fund investments are in development. Looks for managers with a demonstrated NYC connection and market-rate track record, the org told us this themselves when they signed up.
- Focus
- Diverse entrepreneurship, economic mobility, innovation sectors (life sciences, tech, climate).
- Key Contact
- Humaira Faiz
- Confirmed activity
- Founded by Melinda French Gates (2015). Invests in next-generation fund managers and mission-aligned startups; sector-agnostic on funds, requires women-led/co-led GPs raising $25M+, US-based. Direct investing in Series A/B care economy and financial access companies. Check size: $5M for funds, $1–3M for directs, straight from the source at one of our dinners.
- Focus
- Care economy, financial access; broad social progress mandate.
- Key Contact
- Sabrina Bainbridge
- Confirmed activity
- Impact-first funder — no specific impact mandate required of managers. Two thematic tracks: broad emerging-manager mandate (Funds I–IV) and community wealth building (shared-ownership structures like ESOPs/EOTs), straight from the source at one of our dinners.
- Focus
- Emerging managers; community wealth building.
- Key Contact
- Roraj Pradhananga
- Confirmed activity
- Impact investment advisory serving HNWI, UHNWI, multi-generational families, foundations, endowments. Roraj Pradhananga of Veris also spoke on ICM's LP Perspective webinar panel.
- Process
- Roraj Pradhananga's take from the same panel: they won't start diligence below $1M in aggregate allocation, and per-client minimums run $100K (accredited) to $250K (qualified purchasers). They're open to a strong first-time fund, less interested in early-stage VC right now. On how GPs should engage: stay in touch with real updates, but don't be pushy — his words were "provide updates without being pushy." Referrals from people they trust are how they cut through a crowded field.
- Focus
- Climate solutions & environment, racial & gender equity, community wealth building, sustainable & regenerative ag.
- Key Contact
- Sunit Shah, Principal, PE Partnerships
- Confirmed activity
- Also on ICM's secondaries list as a Tier 1 dedicated GP. Separately, its Private Equity Partnerships team allocates $10–30M as an LP into funds, co-investments, and LP-/GP-led secondaries across climate and social impact themes, emerging and developed markets, all stages, Adam heard this directly from the registrant. $1.6B+ firm-wide AUM.
- Focus
- Climate and social impact, all stages (venture through value-add infrastructure).
- Key Contact
- Dawn Powell, Principal
- Confirmed activity
- Also on ICM's secondaries list as a Tier 2 GP/platform. Separately positions its impact investing capability as aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Focus
- Decarbonization, empowerment, natural capital, health, sustainable communities.
- Key Contact
- Justina Lai, Chief Impact Officer
- Confirmed activity
- Justina Lai sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council. We don't have investment-mandate detail beyond that yet — this entry needs a follow-up before it's useful for outreach.
- Key Contact
- Jonathan Hirschtritt, Managing Director
- Confirmed activity
- Jonathan Hirschtritt sits on ICM's LP Advisory Council. A GCM Grosvenor registrant also showed up at one of our dinners, but their form came back blank — we still don't have real mandate detail here.