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EBRD newsletter - Friday 30 April EBRD “baby” UiPath smashes Wall Street The Romanian software company UiPath broke records this week with the most successful listing on the New York Stock since Spotify, according to the Economist. UiPath managed to raise $1.3bn in an initial public offering. This valued it at around $30bn. When first plans for the company were made in a living room in Bucharest in 2015 and the founders needed capital the EBRD stood ready to offer its support through the Earlybird Digital East Fund. As the world commemorated the 35 th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident this week, a new EBRD-managed decommissioning fund held its first assembly meeting. EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso and Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) opened the meeting of the International Chernobyl Co-Operation Account (ICCA) assembly with a joint declaration pledging continued support for the decomm ....
Why gender has to be at the heart of the agenda for green – op-ed An op-ed by EBRD President Odile Renaud-Basso set out how greater gender equality will help the world tilt to green: ‘’At the EBRD, we recognise that gender equality has to be an integral part of green investment and policy action.’’ How women-led businesses across EBRD’s regions are thriving against the odds Meet the inspiring women who have shown resilience, flexibility and strength in the face of unprecedented adversity, namely the Covid-19 pandemic. To date, the Bank has supported more than 90,000 women across 24 economies with financing and business advisory projects, training and mentoring as part of its Women in Business programme. ....