Investment
Newly set up family office hires top staff and does its first big investment
A recently set up family office by an e-commerce entrepreneur has just done its first big deal after…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Post-IPO Funding
Athos Service has invested in biopharma group Formycon. More details here
Two big deals this week show the increasing power of family offices in the investment world
For some time family offices have competed with institutional investors for the best deals in private…
The “CFO put”, WFH – and why the tech boom will continue
The surge in Zoom calls during the early months of the pandemic was only the start, according to Microsoft,…
Family offices back Indian’s biggest venture deal
Unfazed by market unrest, VerSe Innovation, the Indian social media group, has raised $805 million from…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Post-IPO Funding
Elon Musk, likely acting through his investment office Excession, has invested in Twitter
Another climate emergency initiative backed by family offices
A hole in the ground 20 kilometres deep could be one answer to a new call from the United Nations for…
All-star billionaires and their family offices back quantum/cybersecurity outfit
Cyber-security looks like a winner for quantum software outfit Sandbox AQ, and its bevy of billionaire…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Post-IPO Funding
PremjiInvest has invested in Sagar Cements, a manufacturing group
Family offices should consider their exposure to loan funds after warning from Fed Reserve of New York
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has warned that loan funds, often favoured by family offices as…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Private Equity
Portland Holdings has invested in Isotopen Technologien München, a biotech group.
Sovereign reserves are moving towards commodities, led by gold – family offices should consider a similar move
It is hard to discern the grinding of gears in macro-economic strategies over the noise of gunfire in…