Natural consumer products maker Grove Collaborative on Wednesday agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm backed by billionaire Richard Branson, in a deal valuing the combined entity at about $1.5bn, including debt. Grove, which makes eco-friendly...
Meet Nicole Kar and Neil Hoolihan We’ve had a chat with Nicole Kar and Neil Hoolihan, partner and counsel at Linklaters about the upcoming National Security and Investment Act, which will take effect next year, to understand the implications for PE firms and...
Online mental health startup Cerebral has raised $300m in a funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, it said on Wednesday, lifting its valuation fourfold to $4.8bn in less six months after the last capital raise. The San Francisco-based company, which signed...
Britain’s Clinigen Group has agreed to be bought by UK-based private-equity firm Triton Investment Management in a deal that values the pharmaceutical services firm at about $1.6bn, the companies said on Wednesday. Last week, Clinigen had confirmed advanced...
UK-based environmental, social and governance (ESG) equity funds saw a record $2bn in inflows in November as COP26 climate talks spurred investor interest in sustainability, according to funds network Calastone. The climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, in the early... 