Early-stage investment operation HIPstr has closed its $100 million debut fund. The company, launched by private equity executives David Moross and Mark Bezos — half-brother of Amazon founder Jeff — is an arm of HighPost Capital. “We launched HIPstr to capitalize on an attractive market opportunity driven by a reset in early-stage company valuations alongside
After two lackluster years, Wall Street bonuses are poised to jump in virtually every sector of the industry, with debt underwriting likely to be the biggest winner. Bankers who help companies sell debt may see payouts swell as much as 35%, as deals pick up and capital markets rebound from multiyear lows, according to a
For Scott Trench, this all started with a park bench, someone else’s dog, and a stranger. Trench, in his first couple years out of college, was trying to figure out what to do with his life. And one late morning more than a decade ago, he found his answer: Out walking his friend’s dog, Trench
Siddhi Capital plans to invest in more growth-stage CPG businesses in Fund II. Siddhi Capital Growth equity firm Siddhi Capital, best known for offering in-house operational expertise to food and beverage brands, has closed its $135 million Fund II, doubling the size of its predecessor fund. With inflation and high interest rates continuing to loom
More, please! getty The CREO Syndicate, a large investor group with scores of family office and foundation members, released a very useful report summary today with tons of interesting data about private investments into climate solutions. My team at Spring Lane Capital co-founded CREO when we were still at a family office some years back,
If former President Donald Trump wins reelection, he will have power to set policies that affect the values of crypto, oil, and venture capital. His vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, has financial interests in all three. In 39-year-old Vance, Trump picked a young populist with connections to Silicon Valley rather than a traditional big-business conservative.
When most people talk about hurricanes, they talk about the storm itself—the dark, swirling experience of watching trees fall from the right side of a glass hurricane window. But I’m from Florida and I’m here to tell you: The hurricane doesn’t end when the storm ends—it ends when the power and gas comes back on.
MUMBAI :Mumbai: Some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, including Singapore’s GIC Holdings Pte. Ltd, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and Kuwait Investment Authority, have significantly increased their investments in Indian stocks and startups the past few years. Mumbai: Some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, including Singapore’s GIC Holdings Pte. Ltd, Abu Dhabi
Middle Eastern institutional investors are keen to leverage the growing economies of Southeast Asia as they diversify their portfolios amid escalating tensions between China and the West, according to TVM Capital Healthcare, a Dubai and Singapore dual-headquartered private equity firm. “Middle Eastern family offices used to focus almost exclusively on the US and Europe. They
Finance billionaire Ken Fisher’s net worth is poised to rise by $7 billion following the sale of a minority stake in his investment adviser, Fisher Investments. Private equity firm Advent International and a unit of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are paying at least $2.5 billion and potentially as much as $3 billion for a stake