Asset Management Firm EcoAlpha Opens Doors, Redefines Impact Investing

Today EcoAlpha Asset Management, LLC is proud to formally begin operations and launch its brand to the public investment community. An investment management company focused on achieving superior, risk-adjusted returns, EcoAlpha presents a fresh approach to investing in global, public market equity companies providing solutions to the global problems presented by burdened resources.

EcoAlpha has identified the areas of water, agriculture and energy efficiency as the key recipients of a multi-decade global spending cycle that is just beginning. The firm’s model brings together experts with deep domain experience who assess companies providing effective, efficient and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.

“By bringing together investment experts in water, agriculture, and energy, we are confident in our ability to find opportunities within each sector while also identifying and capitalizing on areas where these realms intersect,” says EcoAlpha CEO Matthew Fitzmaurice. “The result is a sum that is greater than the already-compelling parts and we seek to be a leader in this new approach to investing. Through performance and thought leadership we will help to redefine it.”

EcoAlpha was founded on the principle that economic self-interest will drive a massive redistribution of capital in the coming years, as companies, governments and investors recognize that sustainable practices are directly linked to sustainable profitability.

“We believe that our investment space, which was previously defined by advocacy and philanthropy, will be revealed to abound with opportunities for growth and profit,” says EcoAlpha Chairman Win Neuger. “Solutions in the areas of water, agriculture, and energy efficiency are highly interconnected; we therefore believe that our approach has the potential to deliver a higher degree of impact than investment in any of these sectors singularly.”

EcoAlpha views its focus on solutions companies as a differentiated approach. The asset management firm believes that investing in solutions, as opposed to merely investing in the companies that consume these solutions, will have an amplified impact as corporations spanning every industry redirect capital investment as a matter of their own financial self-interests. Anticipating this reallocation of capital, EcoAlpha's strategy is concentrated on solutions to problems arising from specific, global trends including climate change, the explosive growth of the global middle class, increasing protein diet demands, water scarcity and rising global energy needs.

ABOUT ECOALPHA ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC:

EcoAlpha Asset Management, LLC is an asset management firm with offices in San Francisco and Minneapolis that invests in companies that provide solutions to global burdened resources with a specific emphasis on water, agriculture and energy efficiency. EcoAlpha focuses on public securities and seeks to generate superior risk-adjusted returns for investors. For more information, please visit www.ecoalphaassetmanagement.com.

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