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Global Environment Fund is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts and growth equity. It seeks to invest in independent power, gas distribution, consumer products, clean technology and energy, sustainable forestry, timberland, and emerging markets in businesses that provide cost-effective solutions to environmental and energy challenges. Within growth equity, the firm seeks to invest in products or services in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and environmental infrastructure industries that are helping to meet growing commercial demand in key sectors of the core economy such as energy generation, transportation and manufacturing to be more clean and efficient...

Global Environment Fund is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts and growth equity. It seeks to invest in independent power, gas distribution, consumer products, clean technology and energy, sustainable forestry, timberland, and emerging markets in businesses that provide cost-effective solutions to environmental and energy challenges. Within growth equity, the firm seeks to invest in products or services in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and environmental infrastructure industries that are helping to meet growing commercial demand in key sectors of the core economy such as energy generation, transportation and manufacturing to be more clean and efficient. In sustainable forestry, it typically makes direct equity investments in mid-sized, sustainable forest management companies those profiting from outstanding forest management practices, including the manufacture of environmentally certified wood products. In emerging markets, it seeks to invest in clean energy, integrated waste management, water and wastewater treatment, clean industrial technology, and healthcare services. The firm invests around the world in businesses that provide cost-effective solutions to pressing energy, resource and environmental challenges. It primarily invests in the United States for growth equity, Africa for sustainable forestry, and focuses on China, India, Brazil, Turkey, Mexico, South Africa, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe for emerging markets. The firm seeks to invest between $15 million and $30 million in companies with sales value between $10 million and $30 million. It prefers taking a minority stake in companies and seeks a board seat on its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investment for five years or more and seeks to exit its investments through listing on a major stock exchange, sale to a strategic buyer, or through trade sales. Global Environment Fund was founded in 1990 and is based in Chevy Chase, Maryland with additional offices in Washington, District of Columbia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mumbai, India; and China.

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