Managers

Product ratings company HowGood raises $4.2 mln Series A

Former OMERS PE veteran Lisa Melchior eyes late-stage tech with VERTU launch

Sofinnova Partners collects 106 mln euros for initial industrial biotech fund

European venture firm Sofinnova Partners has raised 106 million euros for its first industrial biotech fund. Sofinnova Industrial Biotech I will focus on the renewable chemistry sector.

Venture overhang climbs to decade high of $121.4 bln

Wildcat closes debut venture fund at $56.5 mln

Snap tops expectations in pricing of long-awaited IPO, says source: Reuters

Snap Inc priced its initial public offering above its target range on Wednesday, a source told Reuters, raising $3.4 billion as investors set aside concerns about its lack of profits and voting rights for a piece of the hottest tech IPO in years.

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CoPower unveils first tranche of $20 mln green bonds issue

Clean energy investment platform CoPower announced the first $2.5 million tranche of its $20 million issuance of green bonds is now available to individual investors. The first tranche is backed by two portfolios of loans to more than 150 LED lighting retrofit projects in condominiums in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. CoPower said it expects the next loans to be added to the portfolio will come from geoexchange heating and cooling projects in Québec and solar projects in Ontario. The bonds program was backed earlier this month with $1 million in financing from Vancity Capital Corp.

Aderdeen raises $93 mln toward fund of funds

Aberdeen Asset Management has raised $93 million toward a $200 million venture fund of funds, according to a filing with the SEC.

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