UK- and South Africa-based global active asset manager Ninety One announced that its decarbonization-focused Global Environmental strategy has been awarded a $150 million mandate by California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), one of the largest public pension funds in the U.S.
Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, is planning to invest €7.5bn ($8.2bn) to develop data centres in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain, further establishing the region as a key hub for cloud computing in Europe, according to a report by Reuters.
REsurety, which provides software and services to clients seeking to reduce their carbon footprint, announced the launch of CleanTrade, a new marketplace aimed at enabling the purchase and sale of clean energy contracts, virtual power plant agreements, and other products, services and assets, via a single trading platform. The new marketplace will be funded by […]
The Ackerley Sports Group (ASG), a sports-focused investment business established by private investment firm Ackerley Partners, is on the verge of securing control over the commercial rights to the South Africa national rugby union team, the Springboks, according to a report by Johannesburg’s Business Day.
Digital media-focused sustainability platform Scope 3 announced that it has raised $25 million, with proceeds aimed at enabling the company to expand its focus to help tackle the climate impact of the AI industry.
Global financial services group Macquarie announced today plans for £20 billion in infrastructure-focused investments in the UK, encompassing energy transition-focused areas such as EV charging and renewable energy, in addition to digital infrastructure and other areas. Among the key infrastructure investments highlighted by the firm as part of its announcement was a plan to roll […]
US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is closing in on a deal to acquire a controlling stake in French pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s consumer unit in a deal that values the business at around €15bn ($16.4bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Mill Point Capital has closed its third private equity fund, at $1.7bn, nearly double the size of its previous fund. Mill Point Capital Partners III, which exceeded its $1.2bn target, will focus on lower mid-market companies across North America, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
Bain Capital hat ein verbindliches Übernahmeangebot für das japanische Softwareunternehmen Fuji Soft vorgelegt. Mit einem Aktienkurs von 9.450 Yen wird das Unternehmen auf rund 4 Milliarden US-Dollar bewertet. Damit übertrifft Bain das Angebot des Konkurrenten KKR um etwa 7%.
Commitments to impact funds up 37% in two years, with a further 24% increase expected over the next year.
Circular manufacturing startup Molg announced that it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding, with proceeds aimed at scaling capacity for the company’s solution to tackle electronics waste. Founded in 2021 by CEO Rob Lawson Shanks and CTO Mark Lyons, Sterling, Virginia-based Molg provides circular manufacturing processes for electronics and electrical components, focused on robotics […]
Blue Owl Capital Inc is continuing its push into asset-based finance with the purchase up to $2bn worth of consumer instalment loans from fintech lender Upstart Holdings Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg News citing a recent company statement.
Companies owned by private equity (PE) firms are defaulting on their credit at a significantly higher rate compared to other speculative-grade borrowers, according to a report by Bloomberg citing a recent report from Moody’s Ratings.
2022 hatte es die letzte Kapitalerhöhung gegeben. Modus Capital betreibt unter anderem Büros in New York und Abu Dhabi. Gegründet wurde die auf Tech-Investments fokussierte Venture-Capital-Gesellschaft 2016 von Kareem Elsirafy, der auch als Managing Partner fungiert und bereits andere Start-ups erfolgreich lanciert hat.
Zap Energy, which is developing a commercially-viable fusion energy system, announced that it has raised $130 million in a Series D round, with proceeds to be used to advance the company’s efforts to build a commercial fusion power plant. The company also announced that it has begun operations of Century, its new high-rep-rate, liquid-metal-cooled fusion […]
