Alternative investment firm Astarte Capital Partners is seeking to raise $350m for a second fund that’s focused on sustainable infrastructure and hard assets. The firm is looking in particular for investments that will give exposure to energy transition technologies,...
European private equity major Hg has raised $11bn for its latest fund, Saturn 3, significantly ahead of its original $8.5bn and making it the largest European buyout fund to close so far this ear, according to a report by Private Equity International. The fund which...
Eurazeo has made a roughly 2.7x return selling candle, soap and perfume specialist Nest New York to private equity house North Castle Partners. The deal values Nest at about $200m. Eurazeo will keep a minority ownership position, as will Nest founder Laura Slatkin....
While rising borrowing costs are not yet dampening private equity firms’ ability to pay premiums for operating renewable energy assets, Brookfield Renewable Partners LP does expect rising interest rates to eventually erode high valuations. “Rates...
2022 is set to rank as one of the top years for private equity investment in the electric vehicle ecosystem after a surge of deals in the third quarter. In aggregate, global private equity and venture capital investments in electric vehicles and components stood at... 