Venture capital fund
Infrastructure and real assets investment management
Sydney, NSW
Every published round Palisade Impact took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Palisade Impact has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|
Companies Palisade Impact's own portfolio page lists that no published round yet places it in. The page is the source; the round is being looked for.
| Company | Site |
|---|---|
| batyr | batyr.com.au ↗ |
| MicroGrid Networks, LLC | - |
| Summerfield Battery Energy Storage System | - |
| You Matter | youmatter.org.au ↗ |
Fund closes reported for Palisade Impact, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Palisade Impact has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Palisade Impact did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Palisade Impact is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Palisade Impact acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Company | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Locals | Acquisition | 2024 | - | Forbes Australia, RenewEconomy (14 Nov 2025), RenewEconomy (14 Nov 2025) |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Gross | Founding Partner, Palisade Impact | Palisade Impact portfolio, Palisade Impact team page |
| Jeremy Wernert | Founding Partner, Palisade Impact | Palisade Impact portfolio, Palisade Impact team page |
Stories naming Palisade Impact. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
An AFR managed-funds topic page: a star small-caps deputy goes solo with a new Sydney firm, Gigacomm buys rival DGtek, Google plans a multibillion-dollar domestic bond, plus fund manager and market stories.
Origin Energy is buying Energy Locals, the membership-based power retailer founded to disrupt Australia's major gentailers. Its current owners, a consortium led by Palisade Impact, purchased it from Quinbrook about a year ago.
Profile of two ex-Macquarie executives whose new impact investing arm inside Palisade has assembled a $450m fund aimed at emissions, waste and inequality goals.
Palisade Impact's debut impact fund has held an initial close above $400 million, with money already deployed into Gigacomm and Ecosave and Tideline taking a small stake in the manager.