Asset valuations are defying the laws of gravity. That leaves investment funds free to break the rules too. Legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sequoia Capital announced this week that it had designed a “permanent capital” vehicle. The purpose of this “Sequoia Fund” is to eliminate the challenges of traditional finite funds that must return capital … Read more
A typical enterprise grapples with hundreds or thousands of agreements, contracts and other legal documents every year, and it usually engages costly legal counsel either inside or outside the company to assess those documents on their behalf. Now, a startup called InCloudCounsel that is part RPA and part BPO — it has built tools to … Read more
These secretive investment companies have pumped billions of dollars into fossil fuel projects, buying up offshore platforms, building new pipelines and extending lifelines to coal power plants.
Assessing the continuing impact of COVID-19, Columbia University historian Adam Tooze considers the strengths and fragilities of the interlocking systems that power the global economy.
The UK competition regulator has said private children’s home providers are generating “significant profits” from local authorities for inadequate supply, in a stinging rebuke to the largely private equity-owned sector. In a report published on Friday, the Competition and Markets Authority raised concerns about high prices, a lack of places at children’s social care homes … Read more
Mahendra Ramsinghani Contributor Mahendra Ramsinghani is the founder of Secure Octane Investments, investing in cloud infrastructure and security startups. When he is not investing, he is busy writing blogs and books. His third book “The Resilient Founder” will be released in 2022. More posts by this contributor Pandemic reset leads investors to focus on resilience, … Read more
Starting next week, the American private equity firm will take a more forceful approach to vaccines than many other firms in Britain.
The global economy is suffering shortages in computer chips, furniture, truck drivers, and more. Daniel Gross argues that a common factor is underlying all of them: a lack of excess capacity.
The world’s largest alternative asset manager Blackstone is advising its private equity portfolio of about 100 companies around the world to prepare for higher inflation and continued supply chain disruptions. “We are talking to our companies now about having their supply chains closer to home, and keeping more inventory on-site,” Blackstone’s president Jonathan Gray told … Read more
Portuguese VC Faber is launching a new fund, Faber Blue Pioneers I, to invest in early-stage startups – primarily from Portugal and Southern Europe – developing innovative “deep tech solutions” around ocean sustainability and climate action, The fund will have an initial target of €30 million, including funding from Portugal Blue as well as impact-driven … Read more