The Rise Fund

The Rise Fund, established in 2016, is a global impact investment fund managed by TPG Growth, the growth equity and middle market buyout platform of TPG. Co-founded by TPG Growth Founder and Managing Partner Bill McGlashan, U2 lead singer Bono, and entrepreneur Jeff Skoll, the fund aims to achieve measurable positive social and environmental outcomes alongside competitive financial returns. It focuses on sectors such as education, energy, food and agriculture, financial services, growth infrastructure, healthcare, and technology, media, and telecommunications. The Rise Fund has committed over $1.8 billion in capital to more than 30 impact businesses across 20 countries, managing more than $5 billion in assets. Notable investments include DreamBox Learning, a K-8 math education technology company, and Teachers of Tomorrow, the nation's largest teacher alternative certification program. The fund's portfolio companies have generated an estimated $1.5 billion of impact since investment, maintaining a median revenue growth rate of 25% in 2019. Its unique approach combines rigorous impact assessment models with traditional investment strategies, pioneering evidence-based impact investing.

Focus on sectors aligned with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, Commitment to measurable positive social and environmental outcomes alongside competitive financial returns, Interest in early stage, growth, late stage, and buyout investments, Geographical focus on United States, India, China, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kenya, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy, Interest in industries such as education, energy, food and agriculture, financial services, growth infrastructure, healthcare, technology, media, telecommunications, consumer goods, transportation, real estate, hospitality, retail, and manufacturing