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Mercuria, Along With Its Founders, and S2G Investments Announce Strategic Partnership for Flexible, Economic Solutions in Energy Modernization and Nature

July 17, 2025
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- Mercuria Energy Group, along with its co-founders Marco Dunand and Daniel Jaeggi, and S2G Investments announced a strategic partnership. - The partnership focuses on flexible capital solutions for growth companies and infrastructure project development globally. - Collaborations will center on energy modernization, resource innovation, and climate and biodiversity solutions. - S2G and Mercuria aim to leverage their complementary strengths in various investment initiatives. - These initiatives include growth equity and credit strategies for companies advancing energy modernization and nature-based solutions. - Marco Dunand expressed excitement about partnering with S2G to invest in sustainability. - Lukas Walton highlighted the strong match between Mercuria's market leadership and S2G's investment experience. - Sanjeev Krishnan emphasized the need for cross-sector collaboration for a sustainable economy. - S2G Investments focuses on venture and growth-stage businesses in food and agriculture, oceans, and energy. - S2G provides capital and value-added resources for market-driven solutions. - Mercuria, established in 2004, is a leading independent energy and commodity group. - The company is committed to investing over 50 percent of new investments toward renewables and transitional energy.
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Mercuria, Along With Its Founders, and S2G Investments Announce Strategic Partnership for Flexible, Economic Solutions in Energy Modernization and Nature:

GENEVA, July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercuria Energy Group, one of the world's leading integrated energy and commodity trading companies along with its co-founders, Marco Dunand and Daniel Jaeggi, and S2G Investments ("S2G"), a mission-driven, multi-strategy investment firm co-founded by Lukas Walton, announced today a strategic partnership to jointly collaborate on flexible capital solutions for growth companies and infrastructure project development around the world that focus on energy modernization, resource innovation, and climate and biodiversity solutions.

As part of the strategic partnership, S2G and Mercuria plan to leverage the complementary strengths of both organizations across a variety of investment initiatives, including growth equity and credit strategies focused on capital solutions for companies advancing energy modernization, portfolio commodity risk management solutions and a nature-based platform, Silvania, established by Mercuria and its co-founders to pursue high-integrity natural climate solutions globally.

Marco Dunand, co-founder and CEO at Mercuria, emphasized the importance of this collaboration, stating, "We are excited to partner with S2G to invest smartly in energy modernization and climate and biodiversity solutions, and to gain insight from their impressive team and portfolio focused on energy, agriculture, and oceans as we seek to create new ways to invest in global sustainability."

"Mercuria's leadership in global commodity markets combined with S2G's deep sector and investment experience make this partnership a strong match," said Lukas Walton, co-founder of S2G. "This is the type of collaboration needed to drive market solutions that can accelerate industry adaptation, risk mitigation, and secure a resilient future for people and planet."

"We believe the transition to a more sustainable economy will require cross-sector collaboration and thoughtful deployment of capital," said Sanjeev Krishnan, managing partner and co-founder at S2G. "Our strategic partnership with Mercuria and its investments group, led by Brian Falik, brings together shared values, complementary experience, and a focus on solutions that are both commercially viable and environmentally impactful."

About S2G Investments
S2G is a multi-stage investment firm focused on venture and growth-stage businesses across food & agriculture, oceans, and energy. The firm provides capital and value-added resources to companies and leadership teams pursuing market-based solutions designed to deliver greater value, improved outcomes, and enhanced performance over traditional alternatives. With a commitment to creating long-term, measurable outcomes, S2G structures flexible capital solutions that can range from venture funding through growth equity to debt and infrastructure financing. For more information about S2G, visit s2ginvestments.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.

About Mercuria
Established in 2004, Mercuria is one of the world's largest independent energy and commodity groups, bringing efficiency to the commodity value chain with technology, expertise, and low-carbon solutions. The company established itself as a leader in the energy transition by pledging more than 50 percent of new investments toward renewables and transitional energy. The Group has made significant investments in renewable power, energy storage, grid optimization, critical transition minerals recycling, and environmental products.