It’s estimated that this represents a total addressable market of over $170 billion today.Ĭlimate Policy Initiative (CPI) found that Lightsmith Climate Resilience is the first private equity fund focused on climate resilience, and said that until now less than $500 million per year of private investment has targeted climate change adaptation.Īs a result, this is a huge opportunity in a sector that needs private capital and it’s a sector that has significant relevance to the global insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry. Specifically, Lightsmith Climate Resilience will invest its capital into growth-stage companies whose technologies can address the growing physical impacts of climate change. Lightsmith Climate Resilience is the first private equity fund to with this specific climate resilience and adaptation focus and its backers include PNC Insurance Group, The Rockefeller Foundation, Kinneret Group, Caprock Impact Partners, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), European Investment Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, KfW on behalf of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Nordic Development Fund, the Government of Luxembourg and other investors. Yesterday, the company announced the final closing of its fund, Lightsmith Climate Resilience Partners SCSp RAIF, with $186 million of commitments from backers including some very well-known institutions. Good friend of Artemis, the Lightsmith Group, has announced the successful raising of a $186 million investment fund focused on climate resilience and adaptation, including risk transfer related opportunities.įounded by Jay Koh, a previous speaker at one of our insurance-linked securities (ILS) conferences in New York, and Sanjay Wagle, Lightsmith Group is a private equity investor with a unique focus on climate resilience and adaptation, deploying its managed funds into growth-stage technology companies that address the effects of climate change. Seems like it has potential for almost any optics application.A little outside of the typical Artemis wheelhouse, but this is news we feel our investor community will appreciate and it is also highly relevant for any readers seeking growth equity funding for their risk modelling, analytics and risk transfer businesses. And with a Lightsmith Video Platform at only $200, and digital camcorders running about $350, it's the best presentation technology bargain we've seen." Our district is now using more than 30 Lightsmith Video Platforms with either Digital 8 or DV camcorders, and new ideas just keep coming. "I've always loved camcorders, but I'm still amazed at how this familiar tool has been transformed in our classrooms. After outlining many typical uses and new discoveries, the article concludes: Can you tell that a teacher designed this?" It received a rave review from. And by taking advantage of a camcorder’s fold-out LCD screen to see what is being displayed, a Lightsmith can always be operated facing the students. Unlike other visual presenters, hours of presentations can be easily captured to tape or DVD for later editing or review. Powered by the camcorder's AC power supply, images of amazing resolution can be displayed on a TV, an LCD projector, or a computer.
Our patent pending reversible camera mount lets the user capture video images right side up and from any angle desired. Any camcorder can be positioned above the Lightsmith platform using the flexible camera arm. In essence, it adapts your own camcorder for video capture, and can be adapted to telescopes or microscopes. The Lightsmith video platform promises big big things for only $199.99.
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