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Cleantech Startup Terragia Raises $6 Million to Advance Biofuel Production Tech

Cleantech Startup Terragia Raises $6 Million to Advance Biofuel Production Tech

Cleantech startup Terragia Biofuel announced that it has raised $6 million in a seed financing round, with proceeds to be used by the company to grow and to commercialize its biology-based approach to converting biomass into ethanol and other products. Founded in 2022, New Hampshire-based Terragia develops technology enabling the production of sustainable fuels from […]

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Morgan Stanley Acquires Energy Transition Solutions Provider Resource Innovations

Morgan Stanley Acquires Energy Transition Solutions Provider Resource Innovations

Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s middle-market focused private equity team Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP) announced the acquisition of energy efficiency and sustainability-focused services and solutions provider Resource Innovations. Founded in 2016, San Francisco-based Resource Innovations works with organizations including utilities, government agencies and corporate clients to help meet their energy transition and decarbonization goals. The […]

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Goldman Sachs Renewables Spinout MN8 Raises $325 Million

Goldman Sachs Renewables Spinout MN8 Raises $325 Million

Solar energy and energy storage producer MN8 Energy announced today that it has raised $325 million through a private placement of convertible preferred stock, with proceeds from the financing to be used to fund the company’s growth and expansion of operations. Launched in 2017 as Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC, New York-based MN8 was rebranded […]

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M&A: Neues zur Besteuerung von Earn-out-Zahlungen

M&A: Neues zur Besteuerung von Earn-out-Zahlungen

Im Rahmen der Veräußerung von Unternehmen und Gesellschaftsbeteiligungen werden regelmäßig sogenannte Earn-out-Klauseln vereinbart. In einem aktuellen Urteil vom 09.11.2023 (IV R 9/21) hat der BFH zur Besteuerung von Earn-out-Zahlungen im Zusammenhang mit der Veräußerung eines Mitunternehmeranteils entschieden, dass neben dem Festkaufpreis zu leistende gewinn- und umsatzabhängige Kaufpreisbestandteile erst im Zeitpunkt des Zuflusses als nachträgliche Betriebseinnahmen, […]

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KKR Acquires Majority Stake in Avantus, Committing Over $1bn

KKR Acquires Majority Stake in Avantus, Committing Over $1bn

Private investment firm KKR is to acquire a majority stake in Avantus, a US developer of large utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects. Following the close of the transaction, KKR and existing investor EIG, will be the sole equity investors in the company. According to a press statement, both equity sponsors are dedicated to supporting the […]

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Heat Pump Tech Startup Evari Raises $7.5 Million

Heat Pump Tech Startup Evari Raises $7.5 Million

Heat pump tech startup Evari announced that it has raised $7.5 million in seed financing, with proceeds to be used commercialize the company’s technology for the electrification of consumer and industrial heating and cooling systems. Heat pumps are rapidly emerging as a key energy efficient and climate-friendly alternative to furnaces and air conditioners, producing fewer […]

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