Investment Summary

Encourage Capital Exits EP Carbon

On October 6, 2022, private equity firm Macquarie Capital invested in environmental company EP Carbon from Encourage Capital

Investment Highlights
  • This is Macquarie Capital’s 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Macquarie Capital’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Macquarie Capital’s 4th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2022-10-06
Target EP Carbon
Sector Environmental
Investor(s) Macquarie Capital
Sellers(s) Encourage Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

EP Carbon

Berkeley, California, United States
EP Carbon is a technical consulting and development services for forest carbon offset projects throughout the United States and around the world. EP Carbon is based in Berkeley, California.

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Investor(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Macquarie Capital is the principal investing arm of financial services company Macquarie Group. Macquarie Capital has global capability in advisory, capital raising services, and provides clients with specialist expertise, advice and flexible capital solutions across a range of sectors and products including investing alongside partners and clients. Macquarie Capital is based in Sydney, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 33
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 7 of 11
State: California M&A 4 of 4
Country: United States M&A 11 of 15
Year: 2022 M&A 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-27 National Grid - Gas Transmission & Metering Business

London, United Kingdom

National Grid's Gas Transmission & Metering Business owns and operates regulated national gas transmission system and independent gas metering services.

Buy £9.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-09-12 Ceres

Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

Ceres is a terminal owner and operator provide customers with reliable high-quality cargo handling services through terminal operations 24/7. Ceres was founded in 1958 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Encourage Capital

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 250M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Encourage Capital is an impact investment and advisory firm specializing in profitable and strategic investments to solve critical environmental and social problems. Encourage Capital was formed in December 2014 through the combination of Wolfensohn Fund Management, LP and EKO Asset Management Partners, LLC. Encourage Capital was formed in 2014 and is headquartered in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-03 EP Carbon

Berkeley, California, United States

EP Carbon is a technical consulting and development services for forest carbon offset projects throughout the United States and around the world. EP Carbon is based in Berkeley, California.

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