BlackRock Real Assets has successfully achieved a $4.8 billion final close of Global Renewable Power Fund III with commitments from over 100 institutional investors, including leading public and private pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and...
Swedish real estate web portal Hemnet, backed by U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic, plans to list its shares on Nasdaq Stockholm, it said on Thursday. Founded in 1998, Hemnet was acquired by General Atlantic and Sprints Capital in 2016 for about $232 million...
Image recognition technology provider Trax said on Wednesday it had raised $640 million in new capital in a funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2 and BlackRock Inc. The funding round, the biggest in Trax’s history, also drew new investors such as...
Plaid, a unicorn that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $425 million Series D, it announced this morning. TechCrunch understands that the new capital infusion, led by Altimeter Capital, values the company at around $13.4...
A pair of private-equity firms have teamed up to make a bid for Royal KPN NV that could value the Dutch communications-services provider at more than $15 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Funds prepare to conduct due diligence with goal of... 