S2G Ventures, a Chicago, IL-based multi-stage investment firm focused on the food, agriculture, ocean, and clean energy markets, launched the $300M Special Opportunities Fund.
This fund, which brings assets under management to $2B, enables the firm to invest across the capital spectrum via debt, equity, or hybrid investments with a focus on businesses with assets, cashflows, contracts, or leases to provide downside protection.
The firm provides capital, mentorship, and value-added resources to companies pursuing market-based solutions that generate positive social, environmental, and financial returns.
Led by Sanjeev Krishnan, senior managing director and chief investment officer, S2G Ventures has already made six investments out of the fund, most recently in Circulus, a low-density polyethylene recycler that converts plastic waste into post-consumer resins for use in commercial and industrial applications, enabling the circular economy and making CPGs’ supply chains more environmentally responsible. Through the fund, the firm has also invested in Service 1st Financial, a financial technology, innovation, and training company that is transforming the way home comfort is purchased and sold in the United States.
In addition to individual transactions and platform investments, the fund has the ability to create new companies to take advantage of market white spaces, such as Clear Frontier, a business S2G helped create to capitalize on the supply-demand gap in the U.S. around organic grain. The fund looks forward to identifying other market white spaces and creating joint ventures and new companies to fill those gaps.
FinSMEs
07/04/2023