The power producer is set to pay $695m for 87.4% of solar project operator Sunseap, which counts Banpu, Shell, IsoTeam and Chow Tai Fook as investors.
Month: November 2021
GCV Symposium 2021: Keynote – Lord Gerry Grimstone
Lord Gerry Grimstone, UK minister for investment, gave a keynote on the development of a fertile environment for the growth of decarbonisation technologies.
Cambridge Epigenetix sequences $88m in funding
Alphabet returned to reinvest in the epigenetics diagnostics technology developer through a series D round that took its total funding to about $145m.
GCV Symposium 2021: Keynote – How to make an impact in impact investing
Sir Ronald Cohen, chair of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group, gave a keynote on impact investing and what he described as the impact revolution.
GCV Symposium 2021: Fireside chat – Blackrock and its big voice in net-zero transition
Mach49’s Paul Holland spoke with BlackRock Alternatives Investors’ Jim Barry on the latter’s firm’s climatetech strategy.
Sfermion hits close of $100m Fund II
With a focus on NFTs and the metaverse, Sfermion has raked in capital from limited partners including CMT Digital and Animoca Labs.
Cloudbeds puts series D to sleep at $150m
The hospitality software developer pushed its overall funding past $250m in a series D round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
Gonzalez leaves Google’s Area 120 to run M12
Microsoft had been looking for a head of its M12 corporate venturing unit following the departure of its founder, Nagraj Kashyap.
Fox starts $100m NFT fund
Scott Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Bento Box Entertainment, a unit of Fox, will serve as CEO of Blockchain Creative Labs.
Vedanta sparks life into open innovation
The Spark initiative in partnership with incubator Forge had 1,350 registrations with 23 accepted.
Cross River starts Digital Ventures unit
Hillel Olivestone, Cross River’s head of corporate development, will run unit.
GCV Symposium 2021: Panel – Talking commercialisation and entrepreneurship
Representatives from University of Strathclyde, Conception X, SETsquared and Oxford University Innovation discussed how university ventures can spearhead sustainable innovation and deliver impact.
Clade Therapeutics clasps $87m
Bristol Myers Squibb was among the participants in cellular therapy developer Clade Therapeutics’ series A round, with the proceeds to go to platform development.
GCV Symposium 2021: Panel – A future vision for climate-focused investors
Henkel Tech Ventures’ Paolo Bavaj moderated a session on how the world’s investors are looking to make climate-conscious deals.