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TPG rolls out $10 billion climate fund

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McDonnell, T. (2026, October 29). TPG rolls out $10 billion climate fund. Semafor. https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2026/tpg-rolls-out-10-billion-climate-fund

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TPG, a private equity firm, has deployed nearly $3 billion out of its recently closed $10 billion Rise Climate II fund within less than a month. The fund targets clean power, energy technology, and low-carbon transportation sectors in the US, Europe, South Asia, and other emerging markets. TPG's Jim Coulter highlights that despite fluctuations in ESG investing trends, there is substantial progress being made towards decarbonization, with renewables increasingly becoming a primary source of electricity due to global electricity shortages. Additionally, the fund has attracted significant interest from institutions like the UAE’s ALTÉRRA and various development banks, with some investments leading to an additional $50 in capital from other sources for every dollar invested.

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TPG, a private equity giant, recently rolled out $10 billion in climate-focused investments through its Rise Climate II fund. Executives announced that nearly one-third of this funding has already been deployed into companies working on clean power, energy services and technology, low-carbon transportation, and industrial decarbonization across the US, Europe, South Asia, and other emerging markets. TPG's chairman, Jim Coulter, noted the fund’s success despite ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing falling out of favor in some quarters. He attributed this to the growing influence of artificial intelligence, which bolsters interest in decarbonization efforts. Additionally, global electricity shortages have further propelled renewables towards becoming a primary energy source, benefiting TPG's investments as they reported a 33% boost in third-quarter net income.

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While ESG investing has fallen out of fashion on Wall Street, the AI boom has done a lot to strengthen the case for the types of companies the firm was already interested in, Coulter said: “On the long-term trend towards decarbonization investing, the world’s focus goes in and out a little bit.

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The News Private equity giant TPG has already invested nearly one third of a $10 billion climate-focused fund it closed less than a month ago, executive chairman Jim Coulter told Semafor. asserted

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The fund, Rise Climate II, invests in companies in clean power, energy services and technology, low-carbon transportation, and industrial decarbonization in the US and Europe, as well as in emerging markets in South Asia and elsewhere. asserted

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Between Rise II and TPG’s other climate-related funds, the firm controls one of the world’s largest pools of clean tech capital. asserted

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And it seems to be paying off: TPG reported today a 33% boost in its third-quarter net income. asserted

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But underneath that trend, we’re still seeing a lot of progress. asserted

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The electricity shortage around the world has given a wedge for renewables to become the baseload of the future.” asserted

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A subset of the new fund focused on the developing world included $1.5 billion from the UAE’s ALTÉRRA, as well as a range of development banks, sovereign wealth funds, and institutional investors, which Coulter described as “an ensemble I’ve never seen before.” asserted

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In some cases investments from this portion of the fund were able to draw in 50 times more capital from other sources, he said. asserted

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