Consumer-focused private equity major L Catterton has bought into Swiss foodtech startup Planted, which is aiming to create plant-based meat which tastes better than the meat from animals. L Catterton led the €72m Series B round for Planted, which said it would use...
Food and manufacturing-focused private equity firm Burlington Capital Partners has bought 127-year-old food ingredients business Sokol & Company. Sokol, which was founded in 1985, makes fillings, pastes and sauces, including Jim Beam sauces and Dickey’s barbecue...
A new wave of big private equity players including KKR & Co is moving in on Japan’s property market, drawn by attractive yield spreads with Japan’s low interest rates and by prospective deals with companies that hold under-utilised assets. Property investors...
Britain will invest £700m in EDF’s planned Sizewell C nuclear plant, outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, announcing his last major policy move before he steps down from the role next week. “Go nuclear and go large, go with Sizewell...
Global private equity major Permira has completed the joint acquisition and combination of Kedrion and BPL, creating a major player for medicinal products derived from human blood plasma. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Ampersand Capital Partners are... 