Posts Tagged ‘private equity’
17 May 2012
Water treatment solutions and technology specialist Desalitech has secured an equity investment by Liberation Capital.
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11 May 2012
Private equity, venture capital and development capital investments in the cleantech sector fell again this month, both in value and volume, but value was noticeably higher compared with the same period in 2011, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet.
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10 May 2012
European private equity firm AXA Private Equity is to acquire a 23.48 per cent stake in integrated utility company Enovos from ArcelorMittal for €330
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1 May 2012
An AIM-listed investment management firm will increase its spending in the green buildings sector, its CEO told NewNet, as energy efficiency fundamentals begin to be compelling.
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1 May 2012
Aggressive tactics from the UK government means it is set to make £70m as it sells its remaining stake in emerging markets private equity firm Actis, which has a number of energy interests.
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17 April 2012
Ariya Capital, a private equity firm that has bases in both the UK and Botswana, has teamed with project developer Element Power Solar to identify renewable energy opportunities across Africa.
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16 April 2012
Private equity, venture capital and development capital deal-making in the cleantech sector fell for the third month in a row, continuing the downward trend since December’s high-point of $2.696bn.
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3 April 2012
European private equity firm Doughty Hanson has agreed to buy the second largest independent fibre-optic network in the Netherlands from Reggeborgh.
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2 April 2012
SAG Solarstrom has sold a North Italian 48MW photovoltaic project to private equity firm BNP Clean Energy Partners for a three-digit million euro sum.
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22 March 2012
Against a rocky financial backdrop, private equity veteran Jon Moulton is increasingly committed to the green energy space – as long as it proves itself to be economically viable.
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14 March 2012
A global private equity fund is still sourcing deals for its clean energy fund, and will retain a focus on investing in companies rather than underlying assets.
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14 March 2012
Institutional investor awareness in the renewable energy sector is on the up, and as the space becomes more educated the number of options of how they can gain access to it is also increasing.
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9 March 2012
Chicago-based private equity firm CIVC Partners has agreed to sell environmental services and waste recycling company Thermo Fluids to Heckmann for $245m.
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7 March 2012
The majority of private equity investors expect to increase ways to tackle on environmental, social and governance issues over the next five years, according to new research.
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24 February 2012
Riverstone, the energy-focused firm that previously invested alongside global private equity heavyweight Carlyle, is expected to secure around half of its $6bn vehicle by March this year.
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21 February 2012
A European private equity firm has partnered with a German wind farm maker to develop and then sell on offshore wind farms.
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15 February 2012
A prominent private equity investor believes the sentiment for cleantech investing has been driven down by a number of macro factors, but conversely this can create opportunity for savvy financiers.
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14 February 2012
Private equity firms are adding value to portfolio companies through the networks that they open to start-up companies and through the management teams they can attract, investors told NewNet.
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14 February 2012
A major European development bank has revealed it will look to invest in up to eight green funds over the course of 2012.
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7 February 2012
Assessment of environmental, social and governance issues are increasingly becoming an integral part of due diligence, as investors look to mitigate risk across a range of areas.
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