Investing in leading businesses unlocking access around the world
The Rise Funds were created in 2016 with the fundamental belief that private enterprise can contribute significantly to addressing various societal challenges globally while delivering strong financial returns. Over the past decade, we’ve had the privilege of partnering with nearly 100 growth-stage, high potential, mission-driven companies across industries and around the world, developing deep experience in our core sectors and unique insights into what drives meaningful impact. The Rise Funds and our portfolio companies benefit from a broad and collaborative ecosystem that draws on the collective expertise from across our Impact Platform and the broader TPG organization, rigorous impact assessment capabilities within Y Analytics, and a global network of advisors and strategic relationships. We work together through various stages of the investment process to produce differential financial returns and impact outcomes.
Investment Focus
Our approach is centered around building scalable impact businesses across the following sectors:
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Our Impact at
a Glance
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The stories across our portfolio reflect the substance of our work across TPG’s Impact Platform. We share these stories to bring our impact metrics to life and inspire other mission driven entrepreneurs to follow in their footsteps.
Access to Education
141M
Student touchpoints4
Carbon Reduction
156M
Metric Tons of CO2 emissions averted; equivalent to 34 million cars not driven in a year2,3
Conservation
6M
Acres of forest held in conservation efforts
Reduced Poverty
48M
Lower-income households provides with banking services of financial wellness programs
Community Health, Safety and Wellness
13M
Individuals engaged in wellness programs
[1] Impact Pathways shown are representative of major impact categories and are not fully extensive. The figures are estimations.
[2] Per US EPA, a typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 metric tons of CO2 per year
[3] Estimated as of 12/31/23. The CY is a decision tool and should be treated as an estimate. CO2e emissions mitigation estimates incorporate lifetime emissions expected to be averted by each company.
Under the CY methodology, if a company builds long-lasting, durable products or facilities with long expected useful lifetimes, a portion of these lifetime impacts are attributed in the year they are built.
[4] Student touchpoints refers to student interactions with portfolio companies generating impact via the academic achievement and attainment pathways
Impact Methodology
Impact Assessment
Learn how The Rise Funds’ Impact Multiple of Money (IMM) methodology estimates the net social and environmental impact of an investment.
Impact Report Highlights
We dedicated significant resources from the start to developing impact underwriting tools within our platform. And as part of our commitment to rigorous impact assessment and reporting, we created Y Analytics, a public benefit corporation dedicated to helping capital allocators better understand, value and manage social and environmental impact.