- The
London-based homecare brand smol celebrates its third year anniversary with the announcement of a $34 million Series B raise.
- The first
property technology fund in the Benelux region, AMAVI Capital has raised half of its projected €60 million fund, specifically from real estate, technology and private equity players.
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Private wealth and private services platform Klub has raised $10 million in a seed round led by Amnis Ventures, BlackDragon, and Moonwhale Ventures.
- Austria-based fintech unicorn Bitpanda, which provides
an exchange platform for digital assets such as cryptocurrency, has raised an additional €10 million as an extension of its Series B round.
Private equity and venture capital fundraising falls in 2020
Private equity and venture capital fundraising falls in 2020
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Private equity and venture capital fundraising in Europe in 2020 hit €100.5 billion ($123.4 billion), down 12.2% vs. 2019, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A report by Invest Europe, a trade association that represents Europe s private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, showed Thursday that although fundraising fell from 2019 s record high of €114.5 billion and was lower than the €103 billion raised in 2018, the 2020 figures were still higher than results recorded for most of the last decade. Private equity is a long-term asset class. That is what makes it so resilient and such an important cornerstone of the European economy and society. Private equity is already investing significantly in the recovery, providing investment and support that will help companies and their employees rebound, adapt and
Joint Press Release of Investors and Business Organisations on Sustainable Corporate Governance
Business and individual investors organisations issue statement on the European Commission’s upcoming initiative on sustainable corporate governance.
BETTER FINANCE joined ecoDa, European Family Businesses, EuropeanIssuers, Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), Invest Europe and SMEUnited in issuing this Joint Letter to the European Commission to convey our shared concerns regarding the upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance.
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Business And Individual Investors Organisations Issue Statement On The European Commissionâs Upcoming Initiative On Sustainable Corporate Governance Date
03/05/2021
On 3 May 2021, business and individual investors organisations – namely BETTER FINANCE, ecoDa, European Family Businesses, EuropeanIssuers, Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), Invest Europe and SMEUnited - sent a joint letter to the European Commission to convey their shared concerns regarding the upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance.
The signing organisations:
support the concept of sustainable corporate governance as a means to reconcile economic growth, social progress and environmental protection;
acknowledge the aim of encouraging boards to consider their relevant stakeholders as having intrinsic value for decision-making in the best interest of the company over time;
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