Proptech startup Predium has successfully closed its €1.6 million pre-seed funding round. Lead investors are btov Partners and 2bX.

Palatine has today made a significant investment in Doncaster-based retirement adviser, My Pension Expert. My Pension Expert is a UK’ at-retirement adviser, with its telephone and video-based services allowing the company to provide independent financial advice on a national scale. The business already enjoys a market-leading reputation amongst clients, achieving a five-star Trustpilot rating.    My Pension Expert, which has a team of 65, will use Palatine’s investment to accelerate its growth plans, expanding its business proposition to ensure people of all wealth brackets can receive independent financial advice and achieve their desired retirement outcomes.   Palatine has identified significant

A consortium of private investment funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, and CURA Vermögensverwaltung, the family office of the Otto family and parent company of ECE Group, through Hercules BidCo, are to make a voluntary public takeover offer for all no-par value shares of Deutsche EuroShop AG. Deutsche EuroShop is a major shopping centre investor that owns a portfolio of 21 high quality centres in prime locations across Germany and selected cities in Central and Eastern Europe. The offer will be made at a price of €21.50 per share of Deutsche EuroShop in cash. In addition, either by way of

Blackstone Credit has acquired EIG’s 49% ownership interest in Elba Liquefaction Company (ELC), a joint venture entity of the Elba Island LNG facility. Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) will remain as the operator and retain its 51% ownership of ELC. ELC is an LNG liquefaction facility located near Savannah, Georgia. 

Baseload Capital Sweden (Baseload) has signed a €25 million convertible term facility agreement (with SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc (SEEIT).

Weil has advised Astarte Capital Partners on its partnership with Quintana Infrastructure & Development to form Quintana Adaptive Infrastructure Capital (QAI). QAI will target more than $1.5 billion of mid-market, value-add infrastructure investments in North America. The primary focus is on adaptive infrastructure assets that will address the changing societal needs which lead to resilient infrastructure requirements for this generation and the next.   Astarte Capital Partners is an asset manager focusing on sustainable real assets across Europe and North America, primarily in mid-market opportunities within the areas of real estate, infrastructure, energy transition and natural capital.  The transatlantic Weil

Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has acquired Rx Propellant, a platform focused on providing real estate solutions (R&D labs and associated facilities) to tenants in the life sciences and related sectors in India. Rx Propellant focuses on the life sciences real estate sector and is currently involved in the development and marketing of a number of real estate projects in design-development stage across Hyderabad and Bangalore targeted at life sciences sector users, aggregating over three million square feet.    In the initial phase, Actis is looking to invest $200 million into a buy & build program targeting both

Nomura Holdings is to acquire shares in forestry asset management company New Forests Pty Limited (New Forests). As a result of the acquisition, Nomura will own 41% of New Forests shares.  Under the agreement, Mitsui & Co, Ltd (Mitsui), which currently owns 22.98% of New Forests shares, will increase its shareholding to 49%.  New Forests is the second largest unlisted forestry asset management company in the world and the largest one in Asia Pacific, with AUD7.8 billion in assets under management across over 1.1 million hectares of investments. 

Northern Gritstone, a new investment business focused on university spin-outs in the north of England, has held a first close at £215 million having seen strong interest from investors in its proposition. The company, chaired by Lord Jim O’Neill and led by Chief Executive Duncan Johnson, is expected to begin deploying capital and making its first investments in innovative start-ups over the coming weeks.   Northern Gritstone has attracted funding commitments from a broad and diverse base of investors encompassing local authority pension funds, high net worth individuals, institutional investors and real estate investors active in the tech and science

The Board of Directors of Real Madrid CF has ratified an agreement with Sixth Street, an investment firm with extensive experience in sports and infrastructure, and Legends, a premium experiences company for sports and live venue organisations, with the objective of promoting the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as a venue and a worldwide benchmark for leisure and entertainment. As part of the long-term partnership, Real Madrid will receive approximately €360 million to be invested across any of the Club’s activities. Through this alliance, Sixth Street acquires the right to participate in the operation of certain new businesses of the Santiago Bernabéu