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Institutional Research Group
Analysis
PitchBook Data, Inc.
John Gabbert Founder, CEO
Nizar Tarhuni Vice President, Institutional
Research and Editorial
Daniel Cook, CFA Head of Quantitative Research
Contents
Published on September 22, 2023
Publishing
Designed by Chloe Ladwig
Key takeaways 1
Introduction 2
Financial return potential 3
Environmental and social impact
potential
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How transit tech can create a double bottom
line of financial returns and positive social and
environmentalimpact
Emerging Sustainable
Investing Opportunities:
Transit Tech
Key takeaways
• In an effort to boost public transit ridership numbers, governments are
increasingly turning to transit tech to help improve both access to and the
experience of mass transportation.
• The financial return potential of this opportunity is underpinned by a growing
end-user base, government support in the form of partnerships and regulatory
cooperation, and user stickiness.
• Transit tech has the potential to create positive environmental impacts in the areas
of climate change and pollution mitigation and ecosystem harm prevention, as well
as social impacts in terms of human health and economic mobility.
Anikka Villegas
Analyst, Fund Strategies &
Sustainable Investing
anikka.villegas@pitchbook.com
Daa
Alyssa Williams
Senior Data Analyst
pbinstitutionalresearch @pitchbook.com
Insights developed in collaboration with
Jonathan Geurkink, Sr. Analyst, Emerging
Technology at PitchBook Data.
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Emerging Sustainable Investing Opportunities: Transit Tech
Introduction
Venture capital, often serving as the incubator of emerging technologies, is well-
positioned to invest with positive social and environmental impact goals in mind.
Venture capitalists can utilize their expertise and resources to foster the businesses
that have the greatest potential for both impact and returns, especially when
keeping an eye to companies for which success necessarily marries the two. This
fact has not gone unnoticed by venture capitalists, which comprise 42.7% of the
total count of impact funds raised since 2007.1 Yet, the landscape of prospective
opportunities is expansive and rapidly evolving, making it difficult to keep track of
which have the greatest financial—and impact—return potential.
Emerging opportunities often go beyond the investment areas traditionally
associated with sustainability, such as solar energy or electric vehicles,
encompassing a host of lesser-known technologies. Even within the familiar
themes, there are niche investment opportunities developing. In this analyst note
series, we surface opportunities across emerging technology verticals such as
foodtech, mobility tech, and carbon & emissions tech that we believe are poised to
perform well within the next decade, from both a financial-return and an impact-
return perspective. In doing so, we hope to help guide venture capitalists pursuing
the “double bottom line” through the complex landscape to the most fruitful
opportunities.
For each analyst note in the series, insights are developed in collaboration with
a PitchBook Emerging Technology Analyst covering the relevant vertical, using
their subject matter expertise and previous research, as well as some external
resources, to inform our perspective on the space. We discuss the return potential
of the opportunity and its major drivers, as well as the investment risks and
obstacles it faces. We also explore its social and environmental impact potential,
how the opportunity fits into various IRIS+ Impact themes,2 and potential metrics
to help quantify those impacts. Ultimately, the aim of this research is to give
venture capitalists and their LPs a better understanding of how the opportunities
align to their return and sustainability goals and provide companies operating
in these spaces a sense of how to optimize and communicate their social and
environmental impact.
This analyst note focuses on transit tech, which encompasses digital dispatch apps
and digital planning, scheduling, and route optimization software, as well as other
tech-enabled solutions created to help address public transportation challenges.3
Mass transit, in the form of buses, light rails, subways, and ferries, among others,
is not a new phenomenon. However, as consumer preferences have shifted toward
single-occupancy vehicles in many metropolitan areas—particularly in the US
public transit agencies and operators have sought to improve ridership through new
technologies. Since 2013, 61 VC-backed companies have entered the transit tech
space, with $5.3 billion in investment.
1: For more impact fundraising data, check out our Q4 2022 Analyst Note: Impact Investing Update.
2: The Impact Reporting and Investing Standards (IRIS+) framework, created by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), is an industry-leading
methodology aiding investors in sorting impact investments by the different types of impact they are targeting. You can learn more about the IRIS+
categories, what they include, and what they do not, in “IRIS+ Thematic Taxonomy,” Global Impact Investing Network, April 2023.
3: Read more about transit tech opportunities in our Q1 2023 Analyst Note: Transit Tech Transforms Public Transportation
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Emerging Sustainable Investing Opportunities: Transit Tech
Financial return potential
In some geographies, particularly in the US, single-occupant vehicles have become
the standard mode of transportation. Riders are prioritizing comfort, convenience,
reliability, and privacy, and the tradeoffs they must make to use public transportation
seemingly outweigh its direct benefits. For cities and their occupants, this is a
problem, as higher numbers of single-occupant vehicles contribute to heavy traffic,
carbon emissions, and higher accident rates, among other undesirable outcomes. As
public transit ridership numbers have failed to fully recover following the peak of the
COVID-19 pandemic, local governments and constituents are looking to transit tech to
improve access to and the experience of mass transportation.
The return potential of transit tech is moderate to high at present, but will likely
improve further in the next decade. There are three central factors contributing
to its return potential. First, it has a growing end-user base, which will continue to
scale. The number of public transportation users worldwide is predicted to amount
to 4.5 billion by 2027.4 In the US, where ridership is lagging compared with other
developed countries, younger, climate-conscious constituents are coming of age and
are more likely to use public transit now and in the future. Generation Z Americans
are getting their driver’s licenses later and later,5 and millennials are driving fewer
miles than members of Generation X and baby boomers.6 Furthermore, on the global
scale, an increasing proportion of the population has grown up with the internet and
mobile phone apps, making them more tech savvy and receptive to tech used for
digital multimodal booking, trip planning, and rideshares. As a shorter-term boon, a
potential recession and loosening of the labor market is likely to benefit ridership, as
both variable-route passenger pooling technologies and fixed-route services such as
traditional bus routes are more economical for riders.
4: “Public Transportation – Worldwide,” Statista, August 2023.
5: “The Oldest (and Youngest) States and the Shrinking Number of Teenagers with Licenses,” The Washington Post, Andrew Van Dam, January 13, 2023.
6: “Generational Travel Patterns in the United States: New Insights from Eight National Travel Surveys,” ScienceDirect, Ming Zhang and Yang Li,
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1InstitutionalResearchGroupAnalysisPitchBookData,Inc.JohnGabbertFounder,CEONizarTarhuniVicePresident,InstitutionalResearchandEditorialDanielCook,CFAHeadofQuantitativeResearchContentsPublishedonSeptember22,2023PublishingDesignedbyChloeLadwigKeytakeaways1Introduction2Financialreturnpotential3Environmentalandsocialimpactpotential5PitchBookisaMorningstarcompanyprovidingthemostcomprehensive,mostaccurate,andhard-to-finddataforprofessionalsdoingbusinessintheprivatemarkets.HowtransittechcancreateadoublebottomlineoffinancialreturnsandpositivesocialandenvironmentalimpactEmergingSustainableInvestingOpportunities:TransitTechKeytakeaways•Inanefforttoboostpublictransitridershipnumbers,governmentsareincreasinglyturningtotransittechtohelpimprovebothaccesstoandtheexperienceofmasstransportation.•Thefinancialreturnpotentialofthisopportunityisunderpinnedbyagrowingend-userbase,governmentsupportintheformofpartnershipsandregulatorycooperation,anduserstickiness.•Transittechhasthepotentialtocreatepositiveenvironmentalimpactsintheareasofclimatechangeandpollutionmitigationandecosystemharmprevention,aswellassocialimpactsintermsofhumanhealthandeconomicmobility.AnikkaVillegasAnalyst,FundStrategies&SustainableInvestinganikka.villegas@pitchbook.comDataAlyssaWilliamsSeniorDataAnalystpbinstitutionalresearch­@pitchbook.comInsightsdevelopedincollaborationwithJonathanGeurkink,Sr.Analyst,EmergingTechnologyatPitchBookData.2EmergingSustainableInvestingOpportunities:TransitTechIntroductionVenturecapital,oftenservingastheincubatorofemergingtechnologies,iswell-positionedtoinvestwithpositivesocialandenvironmentalimpactgoalsinmind.Venturecapitalistscanutilizetheirexpertiseandresourcestofosterthebusinessesthathavethegreatestpotentialforbothimpactandreturns,especiallywhenkeepinganeyetocompaniesforwhichsuccessnecessarilymarriesthetwo.Thisfacthasnotgoneunnoticedbyventurecapitalists,whichcomprise42.7%ofthetotalcountofimpactfundsraisedsince2007.1Yet,thelandscapeofprospectiveopportunitiesisexpansiveandrapidlyevolving,makingitdifficulttokeeptrackofwhichhavethegreatestfinancial—andimpact—returnpotential.Emergingopportunitiesoftengobeyondtheinvestmentareastraditionallyassociatedwithsustainability,suchassolarenergyorelectricvehicles,encompassingahostoflesser-knowntechnologies.Evenwithinthefamiliarthemes,therearenicheinvestmentopportunitiesdeveloping.Inthisanalystnoteseries,wesurfaceopportunitiesacrossemergingtechnologyverticalssuchasfoodtech,mobilitytech,andcarbon&emissionstechthatwebelievearepoisedtoperformwellwithinthenextdecade,frombothafinancial-returnandanimpact-returnperspective.Indoingso,wehopetohelpguideventurecapitalistspursuingthe“doublebottomline”throughthecomplexlandscapetothemostfruitfulopportunities.Foreachanalystnoteintheseries,insightsaredevelopedincollaborationwithaPitchBookEmergingTechnologyAnalystcoveringtherelevantvertical,usingtheirsubjectmatterexpertiseandpreviousresearch,aswellassomeexternalresources,toinformourperspectiveonthespace.Wediscussthereturnpotentialoftheopportunityanditsmajordrivers,aswellastheinvestmentrisksandobstaclesitfaces.Wealsoexploreitssocialandenvironmentalimpactpotential,howtheopportunityfitsintovariousIRIS+Impactthemes,2andpotentialmetricstohelpquantifythoseimpacts.Ultimately,theaimofthisresearchistogiveventurecapitalistsandtheirLPsabetterunderstandingofhowtheopportunitiesaligntotheirreturnandsustainabilitygoalsandprovidecompaniesoperatinginthesespacesasenseofhowtooptimizeandcommunicatetheirsocialandenvironmentalimpact.Thisanalystnotefocusesontransittech,whichencompassesdigitaldispatchappsanddigitalplanning,scheduling,androuteoptimizationsoftware,aswellasothertech-enabledsolutionscreatedtohelpaddresspublictransportationchallenges.3Masstransit,intheformofbuses,lightrails,subways,andferries,amongothers,isnotanewphenomenon.However,asconsumerpreferenceshaveshiftedtowardsingle-occupancyvehiclesinmanymetropolitanareas—particularlyintheUS—publictransitagenciesandoperatorshavesoughttoimproveridershipthroughnewtechnologies.Since2013,61VC-backedcompanieshaveenteredthetransittechspace,with$5.3billionininvestment.1:Formoreimpactfundraisingdata,checkoutourQ42022AnalystNote:ImpactInvestingUpdate.2:TheImpactReportingandInvestingStandards(IRIS+)framework,createdbytheGlobalImpactInvestingNetwork(GIIN),isanindustry-leadingmethodologyaidinginvestorsinsortingimpactinvestmentsbythedifferenttypesofimpacttheyaretargeting.YoucanlearnmoreabouttheIRIS+categories,whattheyinclude,andwhattheydonot,in“IRIS+ThematicTaxonomy,”GlobalImpactInvestingNetwork,April2023.3:ReadmoreabouttransittechopportunitiesinourQ12023AnalystNote:TransitTechTransformsPublicTransportation3EmergingSustainableInvestingOpportunities:TransitTechFinancialreturnpotentialInsomegeographies,particularlyintheUS,single-occupantvehicleshavebecomethestandardmodeoftransportation.Ridersareprioritizingcomfort,convenience,reliability,andprivacy,andthetradeoffstheymustmaketousepublictransportationseeminglyoutweighitsdirectbenefits.Forcitiesandtheiroccupants,thisisaproblem,ashighernumbersofsingle-occupantvehiclescontributetoheavytraffic,carbonemissions,andhigheraccidentrates,amongotherundesirableoutcomes.AspublictransitridershipnumbershavefailedtofullyrecoverfollowingthepeakoftheCOVID-19pandemic,localgovernmentsandconstituentsarelookingtotransittechtoimproveaccesstoandtheexperienceofmasstransportation.Thereturnpotentialoftransittechismoderatetohighatpresent,butwilllikelyimprovefurtherinthenextdecade.Therearethreecentralfactorscontributingtoitsreturnpotential.First,ithasagrowingend-userbase,whichwillcontinuetoscale.Thenumberofpublictransportationusersworldwideispredictedtoamountto4.5billionby2027.4IntheUS,whereridershipislaggingcomparedwithotherdevelopedcountries,younger,climate-consciousconstituentsarecomingofageandaremorelikelytousepublictransitnowandinthefuture.GenerationZAmericansaregettingtheirdriver’slicenseslaterandlater,5andmillennialsaredrivingfewermilesthanmembersofGenerationXandbabyboomers.6Furthermore,ontheglobalscale,anincreasingproportionofthepopulationhasgrownupwiththeinternetandmobilephoneapps,makingthemmoretechsavvyandreceptivetotechusedfordigitalmultimodalbooking,tripplanning,andrideshares.Asashorter-termboon,apotentialrecessionandlooseningofthelabormarketislikelytobenefitridership,asbothvariable-routepassengerpoolingtechnologiesandfixed-routeservicessuchastraditionalbusroutesaremoreeconomicalforriders.4:“PublicTransportation–Worldwide,”Statista,August2023.5:“TheOldest(andYoungest)StatesandtheShrinkingNumberofTeenagerswithLicenses,”TheWashingtonPost,AndrewVanDam,January13,2023.6:“GenerationalTravelPatternsintheUnitedStates:NewInsightsfromEightNationalTravelSurveys,”ScienceDirect,MingZhangandYangLi,February2022.Source:PitchBook•Geography:GlobalAsofAugust21,2023$0.0$0.0$0.2$0.4$0.5$0.3$1.0$0.5$1.7$0.5$0.212162722252530254026820132014201520162017201820192020202120222023Dealvalue($M)DealcountTransittechVCdealactivity4EmergingSustainableInvestingOpportunities:TransitTechSecond,companiesinthetransittechspaceofteneithergeneratebusinessthroughgovernmentpartnerships—similartothewayprivate-marketinfrastructuredevelopersdo—orbenefitsignificantlyfromregulatorycooperation.Forexample,ViaTransportationhaspartneredwithTransportforLondon,7KingCountyMetroinSeattle,8andTransportforNewSouthWalesinAustraliatoprovideitstransittechservicestoresidents.9Governmentappetitefortransittechpartnershipisconsiderableandlikelytoremainso,inlargepartbecauseimprovedridershipwillbeneededtoaccomplishclimate-change-relatedgoals.Ascompetitionforminedandnonrenewableelectric-vehivle(EV)batterymaterialsincreases,productionwillbecomemoreexpensive,likelyprohibitivelyso,makingafulltransitiontoEVsimprobableinthenextfewdecades.Governmentsareexpectedtoincreasinglyinvestinpublictransit,whichhasunmatchedresourceefficiency,toreducecarbonemissions,thusbolsteringdemandfortransittech.Forexample,thepassageoftheUSBipartisanInfrastructureLawinlate2021authorizedupto$108billionforpublictransportationinvestmentintheUS,withfourkeyprioritiesofimprovingsafety,modernization,sustainability,andequity.10Third,forthemainplayers,whichwilltypicallybethosethathaveestablishedgovernmentpartnerships,userstickinesswillnotonlybesubstantialbutwillincreaseastimegoeson.Inpart,thisisbecausecontinuedtrendsofdigitizationandprogresstowardsmartcitieswillimprovethequalityoftransittechthroughmoreabundantandbetter-qualitydataandinterconnectedness,improvinguserexperience.Transittechmayalsobecomepartofcityorcountyplanning,withsomeruralareasalreadyintegratingit,enablingresidentstoliveinpreviouslycar-centriccommunities,suchasthoseinSummitCounty,Utah,withoutavehicle,asmentionedinourQ12023AnalystNote:TransitTechTransformsPublicTransportation.Shouldtransit-tech-enabled,car-freecommunitiesbecomemorepopular,providerswouldbesupplyingindispensableservicesforresidentswhootherwisewouldnothavetransporttowork,school,orhealthcarefacilities,makingthemfirmlyentrenched.Ontheothersideoftheequation,therisklevelofthisopportunityismoderatebutexpectedtodecreaseslightlyoverthenext10yearsaswinnersemerge.Therearetwokeyriskscontributingtothisassessment.Thefirstiscompetitiverisk.Thefactorsthatmakeforuserstickinessandcreateentrenchedplayersalsomakeitdifficulttodisruptthemarketoncekeyplayersdomaterialize.Plus,marketentrantshavetocontendnotonlywithotherstartupsbutalsowithestablishedfirmslikeAppleorGoogleiftheychoosetodevelopcompetingproducts.Assuch,businessesenteringthemarketwillneedtofocusondifferentiatingtheirproductsandestablishingcustomerand/orend-userrelationshipsearlyon.Thelongerstandingtheserelationshipsare,thelesslikelythecompanyistobedisplaced,soriskshoulddecreaseinthenextdecadeforexistingplayers.7:“TransportforLondonAwardsViawithMulti-YearContracttoTransformAccessibleTransport,”Via,August7,2023.8:“ViatoTransitCelebratesThreeYearsofProvidingKingCountywithEfficient,EquitableOn-DemandPublicTransportation,”Via,April28,2022.9:Ibid.10:“BipartisanInfrastructureLaw,”FederalTransitAdministration,July24,2023.5EmergingSustainableInvestingOpportunities:TransitTechThesecondriskisvulnerabilitytopoliticaloreconomicshiftsreducinggovernmentwillingnesstospendontransittechanddiminishingregulatorycooperativeness.ThisriskismostmaterialincountriesliketheUSthatarepronetolargeswingsfromoneendofthepoliticalspectrumtotheother,whichcaninfluencefederalfunding,aswellasthosewithlesscapitaltocommittopublicworksprojectsingeneral.Still,intheUS,therecentspendingenvironmentandpoliticalclimatehavebeenfriendlytothesetechnologiesandrelatedsectors,withbountifulfederalfundingformobilityandinfrastructure.Furthermore,evenifgovernmentspendingslows,mostmetropolitanareasindevelopedcountrieshavealreadymadeinvestmentsinpublictransportationinfrastructure;so,thefundamentalstructuresuponwhichtransittechcompaniesoftenrelytooperatetheirbusinessesorprovidetheirservicesalreadyexist,eveniftheyarenotstate-of-the-art.Thisscenarioislessriskythanoneinwhichcompaniesbroadlyrelyongovernmentstobuildthosestructurestomaketheirproductsorservicesviable.EnvironmentalandsocialimpactpotentialRelevantIRIS+Categories11AirClimateDiversity&inclusionEducationHealthPollutionTransittechhasamoderatepositiveenvironmentalimpactpotentialatpresent,whichwilllikelyexpandtoamoderate-to-highlevelofpotentialimpactwithinthenextdecadeasadoptionincreasesandtechnologyisrefined.Therearetwocentralenvironmentalimpactopportunitiesthatarisewithinthespace.First,byreducingthenumberofsingle-occupantvehiclesonroadsandintraffic,transittechcanhelpalleviateecosystemharmduetopoorairquality.Automobilesproduceandreleasesulfurdioxideandnitrogenoxidesintotheatmosphere.Bothcontributetotheprecipitationofacidrain,andnitrogenpromotestheeutrophicationofbodiesofwater.1211:“IRIS+ThematicTaxonomy,”GlobalImpactInvestingNetwork,April2023.12:“Health&EnvironmentalEffectsofAirPollution,”DepartmentofEnvironmentalProtection,n.d.,accessedSeptember8,2023.6EmergingSustainableInvestingOpportunities:TransitTechAirpollutionfromvehiclesalsoincreasestheambientlevelsofairtoxics.Thiscancausecancersaswellasneurological,cardiovascular,respiratory,reproductive,andimmunesystemdamage,notonlytowildlifebutalsotohumans.13Assuch,transittechtiesintoasocialhuman-healthimpactaswell.Plants,includingcrops,canalsobeharmedbyairpollution,whichcanclogleavesandaffectphotosynthesis.14Morecities,includingLondon,Stockholm,andMilan,havebeenimplementingcongestionpricingtoimproveairqualityandmitigateotherenvironmentalimpactsoftrafficandpollutioninrecentyears.15Asinitiativeslikethesepopularize,theenvironmentalandsocialeffectsofimprovedairqualitycomingfromtransittechwillbeamplifiedaswould-bedriversareincentivizedtousepublictransit.Second,transittechcanhelpmitigateclimatechange.Approximately40%oftheglobalcarbondioxideemissionsproducedbythetransportationsectorcomefrompassengercars.16Persinglepassenger,carsemitbetween57and322gramsofcarbondioxideequivalent,whilebusesemit22to92grams,andtrainsemitsixto118grams.17Masstransitisnecessarytocurbtransportationemissions,andimprovingridershipisintegraltothatgoal.Transittechsolutionsspecificallyfocusedonlow-carbontransportation,suchasEVvanpoolingridesharesolutions,magnifythesepositiveenvironmentaleffects.Asthenumberofcarbon-neutralvehiclescomingtothemarketclimbs,theenvironmentalimpactpotentialofthisopportunitywillincrease.Technologicaldevelopmentswillalsoplayarole.Whileelectricbusescurrentlyexist,theyfacerangeandbatterylimitations,aswellasotherperformanceissues,whichhaveresultedinsomecitiesadopting,thenretiring,them.18Inthesamevein,route-optimizationsoftwareandmultimodalbookingplatformswillworkinconcerttomaketravelmoreefficient,maximizingpositiveenvironmentalimpact.19Intermsofsocialimpact,therearethreedimensionstotransittech’spositiveeffects.Itspresentsocialimpactpotentialismoderatebutwillincreaseslightlyinthenext10yearsduetomoreusersandbettertechnology.First,therearetheaforementionedpositivehealthimpactsassociatedwithimprovedairquality.Thesecondsocialimpactopportunityalsorelatestohumanhealth,andspecifically,vehicleaccidentprevention.Researchhasfoundthatbusesareapproximately10timessaferpermilethantravelbycar,whilerailis18timessaferbytrafficcasualtyrate.20So,gettingdriversoffthestreetandontobusesandtrainsbenefitsnotonlythoseindividualsbutalsopedestrians.Thisimpactmaybediminishedifdangerouslast-milemobilitysolutionslikee-scootersarebeingusedmorefrequentlyduetotransittech.2113:“ResearchonHealthEffects,Exposure,&RiskfromMobileSourcePollution,”EPA,February22,2021.14:“ReviewingtheImpactofVehicularPollutiononRoad-SidePlants—FuturePerspectives,”ProQuest,MuthuManikandan,etal.,May3,2021.15:“5CitieswithCongestionPricing,”SmartCitiesDive,JoePeach,n.d.,accessedSeptember8,2023.16:“DistributionofCarbonDioxideEmissionsProducedbyTheTransportationSectorWorldwidein2021,bySubsector,”Statista,IanTiseo,August29,2023.17:“GHGIntensityofPassengerTransportModes,2019,”IEA,May27,2020.18:“EVFutureinPittsburghCloudedbyProblems,BothMechanicalandRiders,”TheCenterSquare,AnthonyHennen,September28,2022.19:“DigitallyDrivenMultimodalityCanSuperchargeSustainableGrowthofEuropeanPassengerMobility,”Kearney,PabloEscutiaLopezandJoseCantera,November28,2022.20:“DangerousStreets?TaketheBus,”Bloomberg,AndrewSmall,September11,2018.21:“InjuryRatesPerMileofTravelForElectricScootersVersusMotorVehicles,”NationalLibraryofMedicine,KevinRix,etal.,October27,2020.COPYRIGHT©2023byPitchBookData,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanyformorbyanymeans—graphic,electronic,ormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,taping,andinformationstorageandretrievalsystems—withouttheexpresswrittenpermissionofPitchBookData,Inc.Contentsarebasedoninformationfromsourcesbelievedtobereliable,butaccuracyandcompletenesscannotbeguaranteed.Nothinghereinshouldbeconstruedasinvestmentadvice,apast,currentorfuturerecommendationtobuyorsellanysecurityoranoffertosell,orasolicitationofanoffertobuyanysecurity.Thismaterialdoesnotpurporttocontainalloftheinformationthataprospectiveinvestormaywishtoconsiderandisnottoberelieduponassuchorusedinsubstitutionfortheexerciseofindependentjudgment.7EmergingSustainableInvestingOpportunities:TransitTechThefinalsocialimpactopportunitycomesfromthesocioeconomicimpactsofpublictransit.Techthatfacilitatesflexible,on-demandridershipimproveslow-incomeandunderservedcommunities’connectednesstobetter-payingjobsinwealthierareas,schools,andcommunityorganizations,aswellashealthcareservices.Accesstothoseopportunitiesandresourceshasintergenerationaleffectsonhealthoutcomesandeconomicmobility,which,whiledifficulttocalculateindirectrelationtotransittech,arefarfromnegligible.Implementationoftransittechsolutionsinlow-income,historicallyunderservedneighborhoodswouldthenhavegreatersocialimpact.Theonlyothermajorthreatstothesepositiveoutcomesareadoptionrisk,ascost-prohibitivepricingofservicesmayprecludetheintendedeffectofincreasingridership,andrisksrelatedtogovernmentwillingnesstospendontransittech,asdiscussedintheFinancialReturnPotentialsection.Potentialimpactmetrics22•Numberofridersorusers•Numberofridersoruserslocatedinlow-incomecommunities•TonsofCO2emissionspreventedbyridestakenorbookedbyridersoruserscomparedwithstandardcartransit•TonsofCO2emissionspreventedbyridestakenorbookedbyridersoruserscomparedwithstandardpublictransitofferingsabsenttheserviceprovided•Numberofridesprovidedorbookedusingservicesthatuseelectricvehiclesorothersustainabletransportationalternatives22:AsdiscussedinourQ12022AnalystNote:ESG,Impact,andGreenwashinginPEandVC,someGPsandLPsconsidermeasurementanecessarycomponentofanimpactinvestmentprogram.Thefollowingmetricscanbeusedtoquantifythepositivesocialandenvironmentalimpactsdiscussedinthereport,includingbycompaniespitchingtheirpositiveimpactstosustainability-orientedGPsandGPscollectingimpactmetricsontheirportfoliosforinternaltrackingandmonitoring,amongothers.Ofnote,thesemetricsaretailoredtothespecificopportunitydiscussed,andassuch,someofthemwillnotaggregatemeaningfullyattheLPportfoliolevel.Youcanreadmoreabouttheuseofcustomizedversusstandardizedmetricsin“AssessingComparability:TheIndicatorsDilemma,”EVPA,GianlucaGaggiottietal.,September12,2023.

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