Commitments include Enagás, a Spain-based gas grid operator.
Asset manager Alantra has reached the first close at more than €80m ($97m) for its Klima Energy Transition Fund including commitments from Enagás, a Spain-based gas grid operator.
The fund aims to raise €150m in total to back companies accelerating the energy transition: low carbon gases, such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and biomethane; smart power grids, energy storage and renewable technologies; digitalization of the whole energy equation; and sustainable transportation.
Managing directors Bastien Gambini, former MD of Norway state-owned Equinor’s corporate venturing unit in Europe, and Lucille Bonnet, previously a principal at state and corporate-backed High-Tech Gründerfonds, lead Alantra’s team of six managing the Klima fund.
Gambini joined Klima at the end of 2020, while Bonnet joined on 1 June.
Jacobo Llanza, CEO of Alantra Asset Management, said: “The addition of the Klima investment team, which has a proven track investment record in the energy sector, puts us in a…
