Managers
Amundi, a European leader in responsible investment with over EUR800 billion in assets managed with an ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) approach, has launched a new social and climate action plan through to 2025.
With the ambition of further strengthening its commitments, this plan sets out objectives for both savings and investment solutions for clients and Amundi’s engagement policy with companies. ESG objectives will be included in the remuneration of its senior executives. Amundi will also present its climate strategy to its shareholders.
This plan is part of the Crédit Agricole Group’s Societal Project, which is built around three priorities: climate,
Existing investor Valor Siren Ventures has led a USD7 million funding round in Datasembly, a provider of real-time product pricing, promotions, and assortment data for retailers and CPG brands.
Other previous investors including Craft Ventures, Twenty 5 Twenty, Evan Brown and Launch Capital also participated.
As part of the deal, Richard Tait, Partner at Valor Siren Ventures and Lee Insigna, COO of Datasembly Added to Board of Directors have joined the Board of Directors.
Scale Venture Partners has led a USD50 million Series B investment round in healthcare technology company Robin. With the new investment, Robin will expand its service into new markets, as well as invest in its engineering, product, and sales teams to further deliver value for physicians nationwide.
Khosla Ventures also participated in the funding round along with existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Social Leverage, Meridian Street Capital, and IA Ventures.
Battery Ventures, a global, technology focused investment firm, has acquired LI-COR Biosciences, an a specialist in highly engineered instrumentation systems for environmental research, agriculture, drug discovery, protein research and therapeutics development.
As part of the acquisition, current LI-COR Chief Executive Greg Biggs, the son of co-founder Bill Biggs, will transition to an advisory role. Thomas Reslewic, a current Battery executive-in-residence who previously served as group president for two business units within Teledyne Technologies, will become CEO.
Zeta Markets (Zeta), a decentralised finance (DeFi) futures and options exchange built on Solana, has completed a USD8.5 million strategic funding round led by Jump Capital.
The round, conducted via private token sale, had participation from Race Capital, Electric Capital, DACM, Airtree Ventures, Amber Group, Wintermute, Sino Global Capital, Genesis Block Ventures, QCP Capital, Alameda Research, Solana Capital, MGNR, 3kVC, Orthogonal Trading, LedgerPrime, and SkyVision Capital. This raise comes off the back of Zeta Market’s grand prize win in the Solana Summer hackathon which featured over 13,000 participants worldwide.
Crosspoint Capital Partners (Crosspoint Capital), a private equity firm focused on the cybersecurity, privacy and infrastructure software markets, has led a USD50 million Series C investment in Afero, a provider of turnkey Internet of Things (IoT) Platform as a Service (Paas) solutions that bring secure connectivity to IoT devices.
The Home Depot also participated in the investment round, terms of which have not been disclosed.
Orange has taken another step forward in its Net Zero Carbon by 2040 environmental strategy by creating Orange Nature, an innovative EUR50 million carbon fund, with returns in high-quality carbon credits only.
Launched with the asset management company Mirova (Natixis Investment Managers), the Orange Nature fund will directly or indirectly invest in various carbon sequestration projects around the world: afforestation, reforestation, and restoration of natural ecosystems (mangroves or agroforestry projects). Specific attention will be paid to the economic and social development of the regions and populations affected by the projects as well as the positive impacts they have on biodiversity.
US Bank subsidiary, US Bancorp Asset Management, has closed on the acquisition of PFM Asset Management (PFMAM) originally announced on 8 July.
PFM Asset Management will continue to operate as a separate registered investment advisor. As part of the acquisition, more than 250 PFM Asset Management employees have joined US Bank.
Alternative investment firm Angelo Gordon has appointed Allison Binns, former Executive Director for Global Sustainability Research at Morgan Stanley, as Head of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) and Sustainable Investing Strategies.
In this new role, Binns will lead and drive a best-in-class, strategic approach to ESG integration and opportunity across Angelo Gordon’s global platform. Binns will report to Josh Baumgarten and Adam Schwartz, Angelo Gordon’s co-Chief Executive Officers.
WATI.io (WhatsApp Team Inbox), a comprehensive WhatsApp customer engagement tool for small businesses, has raised USD8.3 million in a Series A round led by Sequoia Capital India.
Surge, Base Partners and several prominent angels including Gokul Rajaram, a member of the DoorDash executive team, also participated in the round.
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