BGF has added two new high-profile names to its clean growth advisory board, which was set up earlier this year to accelerate investments in companies engaged in carbon reduction and the energy transition. The advisory board is chaired by Julia King (Baroness Brown of Cambridge). The new additions are:
Female Invest, an EdTech platform and community which empowers women by increasing their understanding of personal finance and investing, has closed a GBP3.3 million funding round from a syndicate of prominent investors including Y Combinator and Dr Fiona Pathiraja. Female Invest was founded in 2019 by Emma Due Bitz (26),
Conquest, an alternative asset management firm invested in long-term sustainable value stemming from European infrastructure and energy transition real assets, and e-Totem, a subsidiary of the manufacturing group Atomelec, which develops and operates recharging solutions for electric vehicles, have signed a EUR50 million partnership to install and operate charging points
Cadenza Ventures has raised a USD50 million early stage venture fund, anchored by Van Eck Associates, with participation from institutions that include Solana, Dapper Labs, WorldQuant Ventures, Mirana, TRON, Lennertz, Babel Finance, Social Leverage and individuals affiliated with Coinbase, Kraken Ventures, Angellist and Norwest Venture Partners. The fund is led
Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) utility market intelligence, data science and consulting platform E Source has acquired Cairn ERA (Cairn). Founded in 2015 by Sam Jaffe, Cairn is a global market intelligence firm specialising in battery storage. Cairn expands E Source’s existing subscription and consulting services through a robust contextual
Blackstone has appointed Viral Patel as Global Head of Technology Investing for Blackstone Credit. Patel, who was previously an investment professional in the firm’s Tactical Opportunities Group, will be responsible for identifying investment opportunities across the technology sector and providing entrepreneurs, companies and financial sponsors with the diverse range of
Healthcare software provider Alfa eCare, backed by Main Capital Partners, has entered the Finnish market for childcare software with the acquisition of Daisy. Daisy, flagship label of software company WhileOnTheMove, is active in the Finnish municipality ecosystem providing software solutions for early childhood education and daycare. Daisy is the third
Activa Capital, the Paris-based independent private equity firm, is pursuing its development strategy and announces the arrival of Julie Perouzel as Associate. Perouzel will reinforce the investment team in analyzing new opportunities. Prior to joining Activa Capital, Perouzel worked as an M&A analyst at Rothschild & Co (1 year),
3i , and funds managed by 3i, have sold 4.5 million shares in Basic-Fit, a European specialist in the value-for-money fitness market, at a price of EUR44.25 per share. As part of this transaction, 3i Group has reduced its stake from 11.6 per cent to 5.7 per cent and received
Following government focus on low carbon heating roll-out, RSK Group Limited, an integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, is further strengthening its offering with the acquisition of four businesses across the environmental services sector. New businesses Carbon Zero Consulting, Envireau Water, Enviroflow and Streetwise are the latest in a
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