Vertevis Capital Partners announces impact investment fund

The private equity company was founded only last year. Fundraising is now starting with a target volume of 350 million euros.

Vertevis Capital Partners starts fundraising for the first impact investment fund of the young private equity firm. The target volume is 350 million euros. Until closing, the company intends to invest its own financial resources in particular and act as a co-investor. The investment strategy is to focus on European small- and mid-cap companies whose products and services promote sustainability goals.

The fund is intended to be an Article 9 compliant product under the EU Regulation on sustainability-related disclosure requirements in the financial services sector. In assessing companies on their contribution to a sustainable future, Vertevis has developed its own systematic approach. In terms of climate, the focus is to be on infrastructure-related topics such as the decentralization of energy and resource efficiency. In the digital realm, the focus is to be on healthtechs and educational technologies.

Vertevis is based in Frankfurt and was only founded in 2022 by Sadia Wern-Sukhera, who was previously Group CFO/CRO at Deutsche Private Equity. Her private equity firm sees itself as an impact investor "by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs." The formal registration as a special AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Manager) with Bafin followed at the end of 2022.