Investment

The great majority of healthtech innovations never reach patients due to lack of early-stage funding and business expertise. NLC is changing that by building investible businesses around game-changing healthcare solutions.

Over the past decade, the EU-backed EIT Climate-KIC accelerator programme has supported 2,100 solutions and secured nearly €2bn in capital to address different aspects to the climate challenge.

Last week’s European Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels covered everything related to renewables and efficient energy use, including the role of private capital in accelerating the transition to clean heating and cooling.

Report finds sevenfold rise in private financing for emerging markets is required in the next decade to meet climate and energy goals.

Affordable housing is one of the busiest areas of impact investing at present. This study by three Lucerne academics with an entrepreneurial bent is well timed, if perhaps just a first step, writes Christopher Walker.

The private debt strategy, which provides long-term expansion debt and technical assistance to support growing agri-businesses, has drawn investment from public and private investors. 

Family-owned investment manager Ferd brokers deal to merge Auticon and Unicus to improve the employment prospects of a greater number of neurodiverse people globally.

APG Asset Management, on behalf of Dutch pension giant ABP, has led the investment in the bond which will focus on offshore biodiversity and sustainable shipping.

The RAI Association calls for the Dutch government to set up a fund to encourage the further transition to electric driving. Sales of electric cars in the Netherlands are down compared to last year

The ‘Angels’ singer turns angel investor | Mediolanum launches fund investing in sustainable nutrition | Aviva backs saltmarsh research and restoration.