The evolution towards ‘sustainable capitalism’ has accelerated across all investing classes including venture capital and private equity. Lightrock is a global private equity platform that seeks to achieve financial as well as societal and environmental returns by investing in businesses that contribute positively to humankind and the planet. Investing with impact globally since 2007, Lightrock aims to leverage its pioneering position and experience to scale and mainstream impact investing across asset classes over the next decade.

An impact mindset around global megatrends combined with pioneering expertise and deep local context allows us to identify and nurture scalable high-impact business solutions to global challenges, and to build portfolios that are relevant and well-balanced from a risk and return perspective.

our team

Lightrock employs a diverse team of more than 50 private equity professionals – 40% of whom are female – from more than 13 different countries and across four continents with headquarters in London, combining extensive experience in impact investing, a strong track record in leadership, entrepreneurship and portfolio management, with extensive networks regionally and globally, and speaking more than 20 languages. Lightrock is organized as a partnership led  by the Global Managing Partner and CEO Pål Erik Sjåtil, with its Board of Directors chaired by H.S.H. Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein, who initiated LGT’s impact investing activities in 2007.