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Family offices are sanguine about venture investing and they can take losses on the chin
Family offices continue to invest in new venture deals while fearing the worst from some of those existing…
Family enterprises are turning their old rags into new riches
Family enterprises have been prominent in the fashion trade for generations, and now they are backing…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Private Equity
SC.Holdings and LRMR Ventures have invested in Canyon Bicycles, a bike retailer.
Family offices defy headwinds to back Indian private equity veteran in new tech fund
Sanjay Nayar, the CEO of KKR India, has launched a venture capital firm, Sorin Investments, alongside…
Why cash-buying billionaires like Ortega are beating institutions in the property market
Year in, year out, Amancio Ortega’s family office Grupo Pontegadea has invested in trophy real estate,…
Family offices face more problems than price with NFTs
Family offices brave enough to buy non-fungible tokens following their price plunge of 60% in three months…
This week’s family/private investment office deals
Unspecified Rounds
Tsangs Group has invested in Ad Astra Rocket, a rocket company.
Billionaires back sea-based nuclear reactors
A Danish company backed by three billionaires has won a European Union grant to build small nuclear reactors…
A native American investment office, an heiress, and public safety
One of the more exciting deals recently involves a native American investment office, backed by an heiress,…
The UK: The Sick Man of Europe and the demise of family businesses
In 1920 the Economist JM Keynes wrote about the last days of La Belle Epoque, a war-free period of unprecedented…
Marine and railcar assets provide volatility hedge for family offices
One way for family offices to protect their wealth against this year’s heightened volatility across…
Morgan Stanley-backed trading platform targets family offices
A trading platform which offers family offices access to alternative investments has struck a deal with…
The Markov Chain, asset managers…and gambling
Over the years, asset managers have bridled at the suggestion that investing in their funds is a gamble.