ImpactAlpha, October 18 — London-based Actis has raised $19 billion since 2004 for private equity, energy and real estate investments. The new fund, with co-investors, will deploy $6 billion to create access to power in India, Africa and Latin America; at least $850 million will be invested in India over five years.
A sample investment: a large-scale wind project under construction in Senegal by Lekela Power, one of the firm’s portfolio companies. The 159-megawatt project has potential to help offset around 6 million tons of carbon dioxide and create 600 construction jobs, Actis said.
Actis Energy 5 received commitments from global pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, sovereign wealth funds and others.
Energy access
San Francisco-based Leap, whose global software platform provides market-driven grid services to decarbonize electric grids, scored $33.5 million equity and debt financing to scale its platform to meet growing demand in North American and other international markets.
