COP26 and the Role of Private Capital to Scale Innovation in the Net‑Zero Agenda: Moving From Ambition to Action
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New Member Profile: Stack Capital
Stack Capital is a recently formed investment holding company with a mission to democratize access into some of the world’s most innovative and disruptive, growth and late-stage private companies. The company has the flexibility to invest in private companies from various sectors before they become public; and the ability to continue holding them as public companies.
YTD Q3 2021 HIGHLIGHTS
Private Equity Top Sectors
The ICT sector continued to lead in the third quarter, accounting for 23% of all PE investment activity and 25% of all dollars invested. Although the Financial sector only accounted for 4% of total activity, the sector saw the third highest share of dollars invested, 17% or $2.2B. The Industrial & Manufacturing sector remained steady with 20% of all PE activity (114 deals).
Venture Capital Top Sectors
The Information, Communications & Technology (ICT) sector received 63% of the total VC investment year- to-date 2021, with $7.5B invested across 328 deals, already surpassing last year’s total of $2.5B by 202%. Investment activity in Life Sciences has normalized, following 2020’s trend, comprising 13% of the investment so far this year with $1.5B across 77 deals. The sector is on track to match last year’s record- levels in deal count and has already exceeded total dollars invested. Cleantech investment value continues to experience the strongest year-over-year growth across all sectors, receiving about 3% of total investment year-to-date with $380M across 33 deals, more than tripling the previous year’s amount of dollars invested ($101M).
