RockCreek was honored to host a luncheon for fellows from the Atlantic Council’s WIn Fellowship, a program for women in the Middle East and North Africa region aimed at enhancing women’s economic participation. As part of the luncheon, Alifia Doriwala moderated a panel discussion with Emily Zhen, Principal at Zeal Capital Partners, Hannah Granade, Founder and CEO of BossTax, and Erin Harkless Moore, CFA, Managing Director at Pivotal Ventures, on entrepreneurship and raising capital to grow early-stage businesses.
RockCreek
Financial Services
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A global investment firm that applies innovation to decision making to help shape a more sustainable tomorrow.
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RockCreek is a global investment firm that applies innovation, data, and technology to generate long-term value. With more than $16 billion in assets, RockCreek partners with university endowments, foundations, pension plans, corporates, sovereign funds, and family offices. RockCreek generates long-term value through its $11.3 billion investment in sustainable companies and the energy transition, as well as its $8.4 billion investment in diverse firms, including $2.7 billion in woman-owned firms, $1.7 billion in Latino-owned firms, and more than $1 billion in Black-owned firms. RockCreek’s Futures team provides strategic growth capital to companies and includes the Smart Futures fund that makes growth equity investments in companies catalyzing the energy transition.
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- 51-200 employees
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- Washington, DC
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- 2003
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Alifia Doriwala, RockCreek Co-Chief Investment Officer for OCIO Services, joined the Bloomberg Surveillance team in Washington, DC during a busy week of Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group to discuss global opportunities. Watch the segment here: https://lnkd.in/eMVfgdgb
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Today, we are excited to share that we have invested in Renewance Inc, a leading company that is helping EV fleets and renewable energy project owners maintain, repair, and optimally manage their batteries. The business is both enabling and benefitting from the energy transition. We are sharing more about our investment, and our Smart Futures approach on RockCreek's website: https://lnkd.in/ebA4sP5C. Maria Woodman, Anahita Smeets, and our whole Smart Futures team is looking forward to partnering with Jamal Burki, Tom Newhall, and Sander Jacobs, as well as IMM Investment Hong Kong and Evergreen Climate Innovations!
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Our Smart Futures team announced a growth equity investment today in Renewance Inc, a rapidly growing company that is optimizing industrial batteries to enable tremendous growth in the EV and renewable energy industries. Want to learn more about their thinking, how we found the deal, and why we think opportunities like this are so compelling? The team discusses this and more over on our website
Our Investment in Renewance | RockCreek
https://therockcreekgroup.com
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RockCreek Managing Director Siddarth Sudhir, CPA, CFA and Director Kevin Kelly shared insights at the With Intelligence - Pension Bridge US Private Credit Conference this week. Siddarth spoke on “Widening Your Exposure: Allocating Beyond Direct Lending,” sharing insights on emerging themes such as the rise of Credit Tenant Leases and the synergy they bring to portfolios alongside direct lending investments, and Kevin joined for a discussion on “Real Estate Credit: Diamonds in the Rough,” where he highlighted the potential of real estate co-investment opportunities and the diversification benefits that they offer within the CRE landscape.
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RockCreek Vice President Anahita Smeets spoke at the SAF Investor conference in London on “Finding Early-Stage Investors.” Anahita shared insights on what makes an investment opportunity attractive for investors in the sustainable aviation fuel space as well as how to support companies in building successful SAF businesses.
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Afsaneh Beschloss, RockCreek founder and CEO, joined Andrew McAllister, Commissioner of the California Energy Commission, at NASEO - National Association of State Energy Officials’s Energy Policy Outlook Conference in Washington, DC. Afsaneh and Commissioner McAllister opened the conference with a discussion on investment opportunities in clean energy and the need for states to have a mindset that enables - not impedes - clean energy and climate investments. #NASEO2024 #cleanenergy #energytransition #climateinvestments
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Congratulations to RockCreek portfolio company INERATEC on the successful closure of their $129M Series B funding. This investment was made by RockCreek’s Smart Aviation Futures portfolio and joins other leading investors in the deal. INERATEC, a pioneer in sustainable e-fuels, will use this new investment to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels by scaling up the production of its e-Fuel technology made from renewable energy and recycled CO2. #energytransition #decarbonization #efuels
New capital for the next era – INERATEC has secured a $129M Series B funding! ⚡This funding round marks an essential step on our mission to revolutionize the energy sector with our pioneering e-Fuel production. 🌱 With the agreement to move away from fossil resources, the global community is moving towards a sustainable future, independent from finite energy sources. This shift has a broad impact on industries like aviation, shipping, transportation and the chemical industry. They heavily rely on liquid fuels – leading to an immense demand for synthetic alternatives. ⛽ INERATEC delivers just that: e-Fuels and e-Chemicals, made from renewable energy, hydrogen and CO2. Under the lead of Piva Capital and with new as well as existing investors, we are now gearing up to meet the needs of the markets. Farewell Fossil Age. Hello next era. Read the full press release via the link in the comments below. #NextEra #eFuels The investment consortium for the Series B funding round consists of: Planet A Ventures, MPC Capital AG, HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds, FO Holding, Safran Corporate Ventures, Honda, ENGIE New Ventures, HG Ventures, TDK Ventures, Copec WIND Ventures, RockCreek, Emerald Technology Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Piva Capital.
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RockCreek Founder and CEO Afsaneh Beschloss recently led a conversation on impact investing and mission alignment with Bola Olusanya (CIO, The Nature Conservancy), Toya Fick (CEO, Meyer Memorial Trust), and Marla Blow (President & COO, Skoll Foundation). These three foundation leaders shared how they thoughtfully and intentionally integrate their mission and values into their investments and the whole of the organization. Watch the discussion here: https://lnkd.in/dr8GSvXh In a hurry? Catch the highlights here: https://lnkd.in/dcrfQ55f #impactinvesting #foundations #missionalignment
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RockCreek Founder and CEO Afsaneh Beschloss recently led a conversation on impact investing and mission alignment with Bola Olusanya (CIO, The Nature Conservancy), Toya Fick (CEO, Meyer Memorial Trust), and Marla Blow (President & COO, Skoll Foundation). These three foundation leaders shared how they thoughtfully and intentionally integrate their mission and values into their investments and the whole of the organization. Watch the discussion here: https://lnkd.in/dr8GSvXh In a hurry? Catch the highlights here: https://lnkd.in/dcrfQ55f #impactinvesting #foundations #missionalignment
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