Consumers across the globe are embracing digital payments more than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this backdrop, payment industry in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region remains attractive for venture financing (VF), according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Global venture capital (VC) investment activity showcased a declining trend (for deals with disclosed funding value) during the COVID-19 hit first quarter (Q1) of 2020 with high-value deals remaining mostly non-existent and low-value deals equal to or less than US$10m continuing to account for the majority of the VC investment volume during the quarter, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Total confirmed its commitment to completing the sale of its UK
North Sea non-core assets, first announced in July 2019. Reflecting recent significant market volatility, Total and Norway-based private equity investor HitecVision have successfully renegotiated the financial terms of the deal to respond to the current environment...
Nomura Holding America Inc. today announced the completion of its
acquisition of Greentech Capital, LLC (“Greentech”), a leading boutique investment banking firm focused on supporting clients across sustainable technology and infrastructure.
This new EIF investment operation will help support new development projects benefiting Italian SMEs.
Thanks to the EIF's participation, PMI Italia II will have EUR 110 million in available funds, with a target closing of EUR 150 million by June 2020.
Launched in January 2019, the Fund had already completed EUR 32 million worth of investments via nine operations as of 31 December 2019