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Siemon: ‘Why I sustainably invest in PureTerra Ventures and water technology’

October 14, 2021

Siemon, a Dutch entrepreneur, has directed the same passion for sustainable and impact investments with PureTerra Ventures as he had in his lifelong career of IT deals.

Siemon, a Dutch entrepreneur, has directed the same passion for sustainable and impact investments with PureTerra Ventures as he had in his lifelong career of IT deals.

PureTerra’s mission is to enable technologies and entrepreneurs like Siemon to provide dramatic sustainable solutions which match the long-term interest of the global environment.

“I believe in the team, which is heavily invested in the fund themselves and are entrepreneurs,” Siemon said.

FB Roundup: Scholastic Corporation, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Virgin Galactic

August 20, 2021

Scholastic Corporation owner Richard Robinson Jr has cut family out of succession plan, Pritzker family’s Hyatt hotel chain doubles stake in luxury resorts, Richard Branson sells $300 million shares in Virgin Galactic.

Scholastic Corporation owner Richard Robinson Jr has cut family out of succession plan

The family behind the US publisher of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games is reportedly reviewing its legal options after its principal left the $1.2 billion business to his lover.

FB Roundup: Porsche, Inditex, Selfridges

July 30, 2021

Porsche family joins billionaire space race with rocket investment, Amancio Ortega’s Inditex fortunes fall and rise with Covid-19 restrictions, Weston family puts Selfridges on the auction block for $5.5 billion.

Porsche family joins billionaire space race with rocket investment

The Porsche family is backing the European rocket launch startup Isar Aerospace Technologies with an eye on the spin-off innovations from easier access to space.

New MedTech Investing Europe Forum rides wave of innovation in healthcare, life sciences and biotech in Covid-19 era

June 16, 2021

The chairman of the eagerly-awaited 31st MedTech Investing Europe Forum says the healthcare sector is “back at the top” in global venture capital priorities with the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrating the importance of healthcare and life sciences.

Share your family office insights in new Campden Wealth survey

June 9, 2021

Campden Wealth is delving deeper into the world’s $5.9 trillion family office space for its flagship research study and is calling for your insights in its new survey.

Campden Wealth is delving deeper into the world’s $5.9 trillion family office space for its flagship research study and is calling for your insights in its new survey.

Family offices target venture capital investments in new tech

February 26, 2021

Family offices have an increasing appetite for investing their venture capital in innovative and disruptive health and green technology over the next five years, a new survey by Lakestar reveals.

Family offices have an increasing appetite for investing their venture capital in innovative and disruptive health and green technology over the next five years, a new survey by Lakestar reveals.

Future portfolio success will be built on impact

October 13, 2020

The volatility throughout this global pandemic has served as a blunt reminder of the vulnerability of our financial system to global shocks. Having spent 35 years in the private equity space, I have witnessed numerous economic cycles, but this downturn appears to be unique.

As we move further along the dreaded “second wave”, the main issue paralysing the finance sector is uncertainty. Concern over when consumer and investor confidence will return is widespread—and unfortunately, there is no immediate end in sight.

Outings in outerspace

March 1, 2008

The world is getting smaller – more and more people can afford to go to increasingly exotic destinations with relative ease. There is, as Nick Leader discovers, only one place left to travel to for those who are after the ultimate getaway: space

If things stay on course, we are less than two years away from the media event of the decade or, quite possibly, the century. In 2009 Virgin Galactic, the commercial space line founded by Sir Richard Branson, is scheduled to launch its inaugural spaceflight from Spaceport America in the Mojave desert, New Mexico.

Space: the future of travel

March 1, 2008

Virgin Galactic, the first private company to successfully send a human into space, is leading the field because it has re-written the rules of spaceship design.

The next destination for people who have exhausted earth's four corners is space (click here to read more). Virgin Galactic, the first private company to successfully send a human into space, is leading the field because it has re-written the rules of spaceship design. Designer Burt Rutan's craft has three main features that make it unique.