by Sebastian | Oct 31, 2021 | News
New Enterprise Associates is raising a total of about $7bn for a pair of funds, one for early-stage startup deals and another for later-stage rounds, according to people familiar with the situation. The effort represents a change to NEA’s longtime strategy of...
by Sebastian | Oct 31, 2021 | News
Motorway services giant Roadchef could be about to change hands for up to £1bn. City sources said its owner – a French infrastructure and private equity firm called Antin – has appointed advisers from Australian investment bank Macquarie to find a buyer for the...
by Sebastian | Oct 31, 2021 | News
Rolls Royce and Qatar have joined forces to launch a fund to inject billions of pounds into UK green engineering startups in a move that could create up to 10,000 UK jobs in the next few years. In what would represent one of the biggest-ever inward investment projects...
by Sebastian | Oct 30, 2021 | News
Austria’s OMV is drawing up plans to split into separate energy and chemicals businesses, Kurier newspaper reported on Saturday, adding that the company’s board had not yet reached a decision on the proposal. The group’s energy exploration and...
by Sebastian | Oct 30, 2021 | News
The Racing Post is galloping towards a £500m sale as its owner looks to cash in on a surge in demand for sports betting data. Sky News has learnt that Exponent Private Equity, which acquired the horseracing bible in 2016, is in talks with investment banks about...
by Sebastian | Oct 29, 2021 | News
Britain’s competition regulator has opened an investigation into the $9.6bn purchase of UK supermarket chain Morrisons by U.S. private equity group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the watchdog said on Friday. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that...