# Global Environment Fund: portfolio, investments and team

> Global Environment Fund is a private equity based in United States. 8 investments on record, latest May 2018. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-environment-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Global Environment Fund

Last cheque observed May 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Seed Series A Series B Climate Collaboration Tools Environment

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record

Since the last cheque **3084** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 8** Sole investor **4 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 63%**

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## Global Environment Fund highlights

- 01 8 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 63% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $11M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Climate Collaboration Tools Environment
- **Based in:** Bethesda, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances**

- **2018** 1 round
- **May** **[Optimoz](https://millionrounds.com/company/optimoz)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Chainalytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/chainalytics)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$10M** Sole investor
- **2010** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Cantaloupe Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/cantaloupe-systems)** Series C · US · freshnews.com **$12M** With 1 other
- **2008** 3 rounds
- **Jun** **[Red Ambiental](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-ambiental)** Series A · MX · empea.net **$20M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Mahindra REVA](https://millionrounds.com/company/mahindra-reva)** Series B · IN · vccircle.com **$24M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Knight & Carver Wind Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/knight-and-carver-wind-group)** Venture · US · kcwind.com **$12M** Sole investor
- **2006** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Mahindra REVA](https://millionrounds.com/company/mahindra-reva)** Venture · IN **$20M** With 2 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Sensicast Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensicast-systems)** Series B · US · boston.com **$13M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **6 named**

BH **Bruce Hamilton Macleod** Board Member, Shareholder, Managing Partner i Form ADV

CP **Carolyn Pisano Leonard** Board Member, Indirect Shareholder i Form ADV

JP **James Paul Gregory** Board Member, Shareholder i Form ADV

JE **John Edwin Earhart** Chairman of the Board, Indirect Shareholder, Managing Partner i Form ADV

KM **Katie Marie Vasilescu** CCO, COO i Form ADV

WW **Wendell William Robinson** Board Member, Indirect Shareholder i Form ADV

We also hold **12** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$116M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** GEF Management Corporation
- **SEC number:** CRD 107208

Funds on its Form ADV

**15** private funds, **$325M** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

Private equity **14** Securitised assets **1**

- South ASIA Clean Energy Fund, L.P. *Private equity* 13 investors $106M
- Global Environment Capital Company, LLC *Private equity* 18 investors $69M
- ASF Participations MU *Private equity* 12 investors $68M
- GEF U.S. Growth Fund II, L.P. *Private equity* 26 investors $41M
- GEF SCT Coinvest Partners, L.P. *Private equity* 3 investors $12M
- Global Environment Emerging Markets Fund III, L.P. *Private equity* 32 investors $9.4M
- GEF SCT Coinvest Partners II, L.P. *Private equity* 2 investors $6.8M
- Global Environment Emerging Markets Fund III-A, L.P. *Private equity* 4 investors $3.1M
- Global Environment Emerging Markets Fund II, L.P. *Private equity* 13 investors $2.8M
- Geemf III Brazil Holdings III, L.P. *Private equity* 21 investors $1.6M

And 5 more on the filing.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Knight & Carver Wind Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/knight-and-carver-wind-group)** Bought by UpWind Solutions **Undisclosed** Sept 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$2.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$11M**

Led 0 of 8 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 4 rounds
- **Last cheque:** May 2018
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *3*
- Series A said *2*
- Series B said *2*
- Series C *1*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2005 2018

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Global Environment Fund put money into.

[**Optimoz** $2.0M · May 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/optimoz)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Global Environment Fund in their description, not their title.

- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 24 Jan 2022 · 56 min Ep. 193: Elizabeth Lewis, Managing Director and Deputy Head of ESG at Blackstone Mentions [Global Environment Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-environment-fund)[International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Global Environment Fund

### What does Global Environment Fund invest in?

Global Environment Fund invests most often at Venture and Series A (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Climate, Collaboration Tools and Environment.

### How active is Global Environment Fund?

8 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2018.

### What has Global Environment Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Optimoz (Series A, May 2018).

### How big are Global Environment Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.0M.

### Does Global Environment Fund lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 8 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Global Environment Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (63%), India (25%) and Mexico (13%).

### Is Global Environment Fund investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2018.

### What kind of investor is Global Environment Fund?

Global Environment Fund is a private equity firm based in Bethesda, United States.

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