Encourage Capital, LLC

What is Encourage Capital, LLC?

Encourage Capital, LLC is a private equity firm that has crafted a niche in utilizing investment capital to address significant social and environmental issues.

With assets under management of $290 million, they strive to generate both attractive investment returns and create a measurable social and environmental impact.

As a firm, Encourage Capital focuses on several key sectors including FinTech (& Financial Services), CleanTech, Food & Beverage, and more. Their expertise lies in equity investment, specifically targeting expansion and management buyouts/leveraged buyouts (MBO/LBO).

Through the development of Solution Strategies, Encourage Capital begins by identifying critical social or environmental problems and then conducts a systemic analysis to develop cost-effective, impactful strategies. These strategies are aimed at catalyzing innovative, scalable investments for commercial capital and facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration. Key areas of investment include clean energy finance, financial inclusion, environmental markets, sustainable infrastructure, sustainable seafood, and water.

Encourage Capital's inception in December 2014 came through the merger of Wolfensohn Fund Management, LP and EKO Asset Management Partners, LLC, combining a wealth of knowledge, a strong investment track record, and a shared vision to scale up impact investing.

The firm works alongside investors, foundations, market-leading companies, and non-profits to deploy private capital into systemic solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. Operating from its headquarters at 156 5th Avenue, Suite 804, New York, New York, Encourage Capital stands as a new kind of investment firm committed to investing in solutions that foster positive change.