Frog Capital

Krancki joined the firm when it rebranded from Foursome Investments in 2009

They have many names: 'Family Enterprises', 'Family-backed Investors', 'Family Offices' and 'Family funds under management'. The credit crunch has resulted in major changes to the way large families who run their own investment vehicles think and how they invest their money, writes Mike Reid, managing partner of Frog Capital.

The US infrastructure firm plans to invest €300m over the next three years in agri.capital, a German biogas company whose previous backers included Frog Capital.

Successful cleantech investing means looking beyond ‘inspirational rhetoric’ and the ‘bubble mentality’ to later stage investment, argues Frog Capital’s Iyad Omari.

A former veteran of 3i's growth capital team Mike Reid has joined the newly rebranded Frog Capital – a cleantech and IT-focused venture capital firm that has just raised a further €40 million from its backers the German Engelhorn family.

GPs are having to find new ways to retain younger talent — from providing them with senior mentors, to loaning them money so they can invest in the funds they manage.

Family offices are becoming increasingly discerning about how their capital is invested – which may mean partnering with each other instead of private equity GPs.

The Scandinavian growth investor has made its first acquisition in the cleantech sector: German industrial group SiC Processing.