Banks snap up ESG hires as Covid-19 turns $3tn market into ‘competitive necessity’
Just this year, banks including Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and JPMorgan have created teams of bankers to focus on ESG and sustainability
Just this year, banks including Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and JPMorgan have created teams of bankers to focus on ESG and sustainability
Sun European Partners has agreed to buy UK environmental risk reduction specialist Adler & Allan from fellow private equity investor LDC.
Italian payment app operator Satispay has raised €93m in a series-C financing round co-led by Tencent, LGT Lightstone, Telecom Italia's TIM Ventures, Square, and other investors.
CVC Credit Partners has become the sole underwriter to Sovereign Capital Partners portfolio company Nurse Plus.
Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital and Triple Point Capital have backed a €100m round for Germany-based SellerX, a company that aims to acquire and grow businesses selling products on Amazon.
Italian football league Serie A has voted unanimously in favour of an offer put forward by a consortium that comprises CVC Capital Partners, Advent International and FSI.
Telecoms giant Orange has agreed to back LBO France's Digital Health 2 fund, which plans to invest €200m in e-health SMEs in France and Western Europe.
Biotechnology venture capital investor SR One, a spinout from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has announced the final close of its debut fund on its hard-cap of $500m.
Healthcare-focused Ampersand Capital Partners has raised $670m for a continuation vehicle to buy up a trio of portfolio businesses from its mature private equity funds.
Astanor Ventures has closed its debut venture capital fund on its hard-cap of $325m.
Deal would see PE firms acquire 10% of league’s TV rights division
A new industrial tech-focused private equity firm launched by former Evergreen Pacific veterans has beaten its target for its debut fund.
Qiming Venture Capital has scored what is thought to be the biggest VC fund close in China this year through a $1.2bn final close of its seventh flagship US dollar investment vehicle.
The Swedish firm’s new infrastructure fund subscription line of up to €5bn ties credit terms to environmental, social and governance goals
Just a few months after its latest raise, Chipper Cash has now added another $30m to its coffers in a raise backed by Jeff Bezos’ private VC fund Bezos Expeditions.
Finnish company Betolar has raised €2m in a seed funding round led by Voima Ventures.
Knight Capital has led a €10m series-B round for Madrid-based Smart Protection, a technology startup dedicated to combatting online piracy and counterfeiting.
