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North Sky Capital is a pioneer in impact investing in the United States. Now in its 21st year, North Sky has deployed more than $1.1 billion across 125 impact investments on behalf of its ten impact funds. The Firm’s active investment strategies focus on impact private equity (secondary strategy) and sustainable infrastructure (direct strategy) that support positive environmental and social change while targeting market rate investment returns. Based in Minneapolis with additional offices in Boston and New York, North Sky is one of the most active impact investment managers.

The firm leads through innovation, launching impact investment vehicles that were the first of their kind. This includes the first impact private equity fund of funds in North America, which supported the advancement of groundbreaking sustainable technologies such as electric vehicles, solar power and indoor agriculture that are now part of the mainstream. And the world’s first impact secondary fund, which provides liquidity solutions for investors across today’s expanding range of impact sectors of clean energy, sustainable food, healthcare, healthy living, resource efficiency, transportation, waste and water.

Since 2010, the firm’s sustainable infrastructure team has invested approximately $600 million in 30 projects that total 2.7 gigawatts of clean power in operation or development, have treated over 40 billion gallons of wastewater, and capture 1.5 mmbtu of methane annually. In addition, North Sky’s investments have created over 2 million hours of green construction jobs. North Sky targets middle market greenfield projects in clean energy, waste, water and related infrastructure sectors across North America.

For more information, visit northskycapital.com.
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Location
United States, Minnesota, Wayzata
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$200M
Founded date
2000

Funding Rounds 1

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Oct 30, 2026Strategic Value Partners Invests In NewEdge Power And Launches 1.2 GW Battery Storage Joint VentureStrategic Value Partners has invested in NewEdge Power and formed a joint venture that will initially target up to 1.2 GW of utility-scale battery storage capacity in the PJM power market. Funds managed by SVP will make an initial capital c...
Jul 9, 2024North Sky Capital Secures $250 Million For Impact Secondaries FundNorth Sky Capital announced the closing of its latest impact secondaries fund called Clean Growth VI (CG VI), with $250 million of commitments. The investors include prominent pension plans, foundations, wealth management platforms, and fam...
Aug 24, 2023Blue Hour Ventures Launches with Fund I Spin OutBlue Hour Ventures, a Nashville, Tenn.- and Kansas City, MO-based early stage venture capital firm investing in new healthcare delivery models and the technologies that enable them, announced the firm’s launch. Blue Hour Ventures was create...
Jan 13, 2022Borders bookstore founder wants to save the home delivery market with robotsThis is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Louis Borders, the founder of the Borders bookstore chain, has wanted to deliver groceries to you...
Jan 13, 2022Borders bookstore founder wants to save the home delivery market with robotsThis is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Louis Borders, the founder of the Borders bookstore chain, has wanted to deliver groceries to you...
Jan 13, 2022North Sky closes third sustainable infrastructure fund on $200mImpact investor North Sky Capital has closed its third sustainable infrastructure fund on $200m. The fund includes two p
Nov 20, 2018KDC Solar announces closing of 5.5 MW solar power projectKDC Solar, a leading developer, owner, and operator of solar power facilities has announced the commencement of construction on a 5.5 megawatt solar power system located in the Bridgeton and Fairfield Townships, New Jersey. The solar projec...
Jun 19, 2018Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 19MORE DATA, FEWER HUMANS What’s going on at venture firm Social Capital is less of a shake-up and more of an upheaval. Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraHop It’s unclear what Bates and Mezvinsky will do next, ...
Jun 27, 2017Minnesota community solar receives boost from U.S. Solar fundingThe Midwest may be late to the solar party, but not all its states are lagging. Take Minnesota, for example. Experts almost unanimously agree the Land of 10,000 Lakes is the leader in the region for solar, in part thanks to an aggressive re...
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FAQ about North Sky Capital

When was North Sky Capital founded?

North Sky Capital was founded in 2000.

How much funding has North Sky Capital raised?

North Sky Capital has raised $200M in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about North Sky Capital?

Parsers VC has collected 13 articles mentioning North Sky Capital, among them “Strategic Value Partners Invests In NewEdge Power And Launches 1.2 GW Battery Storage Joint Venture” (Oct 30, 2026) and “North Sky Capital Secures $250 Million For Impact Secondaries Fund” (Jul 9, 2024).

Is North Sky Capital still active?

Yes, North Sky Capital is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 2, 2026.