Clean energy tech startup Aira announced today the inauguration of its first heat pump production site in Wroclaw, Poland, with the company planning to invest €300 million (USD$320 million) in the manufacturing plant, to produce up to 500,000 heat pumps per year. Founded in 2022 by impact company builder Vargas, Stockholm, Sweden-based Aira provides clean […]
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology and production company LanzaJet today announced an investment from Tokyo-based banking group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). The investment is part of LanzaJet’s current $100 million growth equity funding round, aimed at enabling the company to continue scaling its ethanol-to-SAF technology. Launched in 2020 by carbon recycling technology company LanzaTech, […]
Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR, and Spanish renewable developer IGNIS today announced that they will launch a new Power-to-X (P2X) platform to develop primarily green hydrogen and ammonia projects, for industrial applications in hard-to-abate sectors. According to KKR and IGNIS, the new platform will develop traditional renewables, largely wind and solar, associated with […]
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions provider Neustark announced today that it has raised $69 million in an equity funding round led by Decarbonization Partners, a climate tech-focused growth equity investment partnership between BlackRock and Temasek. The company plans to use the funds to expand its team, enhance its offerings and expand geographically to meet the […]
While non-traditional, private credit carries the same investment risk as public credit. In both cases, investors only accept the possibility of borrowers missing contractual principal and interest payments. Public and private lenders just differ in the magnitude of credit risk they underwrite and the liquidity profiles of their loans—i.e. the ability to sell them easily […]
Die Aareal Bank und Advent International („Advent“) haben heute bekanntgegeben, dass sie mit TPG und CDPQ eine Vereinbarung über den Erwerb der Aareon, einem europäischen Anbieter von Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-Lösungen für die Immobilienwirtschaft, geschlossen haben. Bei den finanziellen Konditionen des Verkaufs wurde ein Unternehmenswert (Enterprise Value) für die Aareon von rund 3,9 Mrd. € zugrunde gelegt, […]
Malaysia’s IHH Healthcare and Sunway are among three contenders in the race to acquire Penang-based Island Hospital from pan-Asian private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Carlyle Group and KKR have emerged as final bidders for Discover Financial’s $10bn portfolio of US student loans, underscoring private investment firms’ growing interest in filling the lending void left by traditional banks, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Public equity investor Boston Partners has transitioned its Boston Partners Global Long/Short Fund to the FundRock trading platform as of 4 June, which will see the fund shift from a SICAV to an ICAV structure, according to a report by AlphaWeek.
Gastbeitrag Private Equity schafft nachweislich überdurchschnittlichen Wert, bevor Firmen an die Börse gehen. Dies kommt Investoren zugute, die sich in dieser ersten spannenden Phase des Unternehmensaufbaus engagieren.
Steigende Investorenstimmung zur Verfügbarkeit von Venture Debt. Venture Debt dient immer häufiger als Finanzierungslösung. Für das Start-up-Ökosystem hierzulande ist damit in den vergangenen Jahren eine wichtige Entwicklung in Gang gekommen – denn damit sich vielversprechende Unternehmen in der kapitalintensiven Wachstumsphase behaupten können, ist der Zugang zu einem ausdifferenzierten Finanzierungsinstrumentarium wichtig. Zum Jahresauftakt hat sich die […]
Financial services-focused consulting firm Alpha FMC’s leadership team has approved a £626m takeover bid from private equity firm Bridgepoint.
Fashion and design brands company H&M Group announced the launch of a new partnership with zero-carbon industrial heat solutions provider Rondo Energy, aimed at applying Rondo’s industrial decarbonization solution to help address the emissions footprint of H&M’s supply chain. Founded in 2020, California-based Rondo Energy provides solutions to address emissions from industrial heat processes. Industrial […]
Sustainable building solutions provider Bisly announced today that it has raised €6.2 million (USD$6.7 million) in a Series A funding round, with proceeds to be used for its European expansion, including in Germany and the United Kingdom, where the company has already opened offices. Buildings are a key source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, […]
Golden Goose Group, the Italian luxury sports brand owned by British private equity firm Permira, has postponed its much-anticipated Milan stock market listing just a day before the IPO was set to be priced, according to reports.
