| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.06.2024 | London’s Octopus Energy gets backing from two new investors; valuation surges by 15% since Dec ’23 funding round | Read this article in:
London-based Octopus Energy, a clean energy tech company, announced on Wednesday the onboarding of two new investors: Galvanize Climate Solutions and Lightrock. However, the exact figures were not disclosed.
The announ... |
| 24.05.2024 | Andela Celebrates a Decade of Impact | Share this:
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| 17.05.2024 | Weka's $140M Series E Funding: A Game-Changer in AI Data Platforms | Weka, a Campbell, CA-based AI-native data platform company, has secured $140M in Series E funding, propelling its valuation to $1.6B. Led by Valor Equity Partners, this round marks a significant milestone for Weka as it aims to meet the sur... |
| 16.05.2024 | JB Warranties Announces New Integration with ServiceTitan | JB Warranties + ServiceTitan
Empowering HVAC and Plumbing Contractors with Enhanced Warranty Management Tools
ARGYLE, Texas, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- JB Warranties, the leading provider of warranty solutions in the HVAC and plumbi... |
| 15.05.2024 | Weka Becomes A Unicorn With Big $140M Series E | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Weka locked up a $140 million Series E — raised in both a primary and secondary transaction — that values the data platform at $1.6 billion.
The valuation is more than double what the company was las... |
| 30.04.2024 | Partner at Al Gore's climate investment firm sees 2026 IPO window | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Startups and investors will likely have to wait another two years for the window to open for the most promising hardtech climate IPOs, says Generation Investment Management Partner Lila Preston.
Why i... |
| 31.10.2023 | FoodShot Global looks back on five years of investment, innovation and taking big risks for the food system | Big change typically involves taking risks a lot of traditional investors may not be willing to make.
This is the credo that for the last five years has driven the team at FoodShot Global, an investment platform built on the idea of funding... |
| 13.09.2023 | Al Gore and Lila Preston question everything in their firm’s new climate report | Every year for the past seven years, Generation Investment Management, the sustainability-focused public and private equity firm co-founded by former U.S. vice president Al Gore, has published a sustainability trends report that aims to bec... |
| 19.02.2023 | Al Gore’s Firm Sells Alibaba Stock, TSMC, and Shopify | Generation Investment Management, chaired by former Vice President Al Gore, recently made big changes in its portfolio, reshuffling its holdings in the semiconductor business as its money managers cited mounting risks to Taiwan.
In the four... |
| 01.02.2023 | JUST CLIMATE ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST THREE INVESTMENTS | ABB E-mobility, H2 Green Steel and Meva Energy have the potential to accelerate sector-wide decarbonisation across the hardest-to-abate sectors
LONDON, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Just Climate, an investment business created by Generation ... |
| 24.10.2022 | Energize Presents: 10 Ways to Win in Climate Software | After years of being under-resourced, the field of climate technology – from EVs to carbon sequestration – is finally in full bloom. As entrepreneurs and venture capitalists flock to the space, barriers like soft costs, red tape and constri... |
| 27.07.2022 | Primary Care EHR Elation Health Raises $50M to Support Independent Primary Care Practices | What You Should Know:
– Elation Health, the clinical-first technology company powering innovation in primary care, announced a Series D financing round of $50M. The Series D round was co-led by Generation Investment Management and Ascension... |
| 19.05.2022 | Why Google’s hybrid work experiment is a case study for all companies on return-to-office policy | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
If you’re up for a challenge, try orchestrating a hybrid work system for tens of thousands of emp... |
| 18.05.2022 | Al Gore’s Generation just launched its largest-ever growth fund | Generation Investment Management, a sustainability-focused public and private equity firm co-founded by Al Gore, is upping its bet on growth-stage companies via a new $1.7 billion fund.
With $36 billion in total assets under management, Gen... |
| 16.03.2022 | Making second-hand fashion a first choice, SoftBank and Tiger Global-backed French platform buys US rival | As consumers increasingly reuse fashion and luxury items, there has been a spurt in the second-hand market. Adding on to the race of startups getting into the second-hand goods marketplace, French second-hand luxury marketplace Vestiaire Co... |
| 26.01.2022 | Supply chain intelligence provider o9 raises nearly $300M on $2.7B valuation
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that in... | O9 Solutions Inc., makers of a platform for managing supply chains in vertical industries, today said it raised $295 million in funding on a valuation of $2.7 billion.
That’s nearly triple the valuation the company earned when it announced ... |
| 28.11.2021 | Al Gore’s Firm Bought Intel and Alibaba Stock. It Sold Texas Instruments. | The investment firm co-founded and chaired by former Vice President Al Gore has made major changes in its U.S.-traded investments.
Generation Investment Management nearly doubled its investment in chip giant Intel (ticker: INTC), and bought... |
| 21.10.2021 | BREAKING: CIBO Technologies raises $30m Series C funding for carbon trading tools | US carbon trading platform CIBO Technologies has raised $30 million in Series C funding, it said in a statement.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company indicated that the funds will be used to boost the commercialization of its monitori... |
| 21.10.2021 | CIBO Technologies raises $30m Series C funding for carbon trading tools | US carbon trading platform CIBO Technologies has raised $30 million in Series C funding, it said in a statement.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company indicated that the funds will be used to boost the commercialization of its monitori... |
| 02.10.2021 | Al Gore invests $600 million in UK clean energy tech startup Octopus Energy Group at $4.6 billion valuation | Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has invested $600 million of equity in U.K. energy tech startup Octopus Energy Group. The funding, which valued the company at $4.6 billion, was made via Al Gore’s investment firm Generation Investment Man... |
| 01.10.2021 | Al Gore puts $600M into UK Green energy-tech startup Octopus Energy Group | Former Vice President Al Gore has invested $600 million of equity into U.K. energy startup Octopus Energy Group via his Generation Investment Management vehicle, taking a stake of approximately 13% in the business. The investment means Octo... |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round | Pivot Bio has raised $430 million in funding after seeing its revenue increase threefold since the start of this year, it announced today.
The Berkeley, California-based ag inputs startup is also releasing its latest nitrogen-fixation produ... |
| 19.07.2021 | BREAKING: Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round | Pivot Bio has raised $430 million in funding after seeing its revenue increase threefold since the start of this year, it announced today.
The Berkeley, California-based ag inputs startup is also releasing its latest nitrogen-fixation produ... |
| 23.06.2021 | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Qu&ea : AlayaCare Raises $225 Million to Accelerate the Digital Transformation of Home Health Care | News release AlayaCare June 23, 2021
AlayaCare Raises $225 Million to Accelerate the Digital Transformation of Home Health Care
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AlayaCare's AI-powered platform makes sustainabl... |
| 12.06.2021 | Как e-commerce влияет на окружающую среду | В этом году Россия впервые отметила Всемирный день качества как государственный праздник. Он приходится на второй четверг ноября и признан во многих странах мира. В первую очередь он посвящен качеству жизни - устойчивому потреблению, произв... |
| 18.05.2021 | Back Market raises €276m to build a circular economy giant | Back Market announced today that it has raised €276m, as it seeks to expand the global footprint of its marketplace for refurbished consumer electronics.
The company has become one of French tech’s juggernauts — having raised a total of €42... |
| 18.05.2021 | Paris-based refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market raises $335 million in Series D round | Parisian refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market has raised $335 million in a Series D round led by General Atlantic. The round also saw participation from Generation Investment Management, as well as existing investors Goldman Sach... |
| 17.12.2020 | Nature’s Fynd closes $45m debt round to scale up its consumer offering | Nature’s Fynd has secured $45 million in venture debt funding from Oxford Finance and Trinity Capital. The financing is intended to help the startup accelerate its go-to-market strategy and introduce more products, including meat and dairy ... |
| 10.12.2020 | Elation Health Nabs $40M for Clinical-First Solution to Power Independent Primary Care | What You Should Know:
– Elation Health, which provides an easy-to-use and affordable clinical technology platform for more than 14,000 independent primary care clinicians serving 7 million patients – including an EHR raises $40M in Series C... |
| 07.09.2020 | Innovative Food startups raised more in H1 2020 than they did in the whole of 2019 | Startups developing innovative food and ingredients, including alt-proteins, raised more funding in the first half of 2020 than all of 2019, according to AgFunder‘s recent Agrifoodtech Mid-Year Investment Review.
Investment into Innovative ... |
| 21.04.2020 | FoodShot Global is shifting the protein conversation from animal vs plant towards precision | The importance of protein in our diets is hardly breaking news; demand for high-protein diets is increasing globally.
When you combine the developing world’s desire to replace staple grains — that have dominated their diets for centuries — ... |
| 24.03.2020 | Nature’s Fynd Raises $80 Million From Bill Gates & Al Gore For “New-to-the-World” Protein Sourced From Volcanoes | ©Charles Cherney Photography
Nature’s Fynd, formerly known as Sustainable Bioproducts, has secured $80 million in Series B funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Generation Investment Management, chaired by Bill Gates and Al ... |
| 24.03.2020 | Nature’s Fynd Raises $80 Million From Bill Gates & Al Gore For “New-to-the-World” Protein Sourced From Volcanoes | Nature’s Fynd, formerly known as Sustainable Bioproducts, has secured $80 million in Series B funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Generation Investment Management, chaired by Bill Gates and Al Gore respectively. The compan... |
| 24.03.2020 | Nature’s Fynd rebrands from Sustainable Bioproducts, raises $80m Series B to launch new protein products | Sustainable Bioproducts, the startup that’s using a microbe discovered in Yellowstone National Park to manufacture alternative protein food products, has rebranded to Nature’s Fynd and raised $80 million in Series B funding. Nature’s Fynd i... |
| 06.02.2020 | Africa’s Fastest Growing Tech Hub Faces New Hurdles With Travel Ban | Based in Nigeria, Jumia, an online retail company, became the first African tech startup to IPO on the NYSE last year. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images
Africa has a rapidly growing tech sector with Nigeria situated as its unofficial hu... |
| 31.12.2019 | 10 reasons why 2019 was a hot year for Africa’s tech startup scene [Opinion] | Africa’s tech startup scene is doing quite okay. Actually, it’s pretty hot right now.
Even the attack in January by terrorists on a Nairobi office park, in which 21 people died (including six members of Kenyan tech firm Cellulant), can’t ke... |
| 31.12.2019 | 10 reasons why 2019 was a hot year for Africa’s tech startup scene [Opinion] | Africa’s tech startup scene is doing quite okay. Actually, it’s pretty hot right now.
Even the attack in January by terrorists on a Nairobi office park, in which 21 people died (including six members of Kenyan tech firm Cellulant), can’t k... |
| 18.09.2019 | Andela lays off 250 engineers and staff with plans to retrench up to 170 more | US tech firm Andela has laid off 250 junior engineers and staff from its Nigeria and Uganda hubs — and is looking up laying off a further up to 170 junior engineers and staff in Kenya, the tech firm said in a statement yesterday.
Andela — w... |
| 18.09.2019 | Andela lays off 250 engineers and staff with plans to retrench up to 170 more | US tech firm Andela has laid off 250 junior engineers and staff from its Nigeria and Uganda hubs — and is looking up laying off a further up to 170 junior engineers and staff in Kenya, the tech firm said in a statement yesterday.
Andela — ... |
| 09.07.2019 | Remitly raises $135M and inks $85M credit line to grow remittance service, launch new products | Remitly team photo. (Remitly Photo)
TransferWise. WorldRemit. And now Remitly.
Seattle-based Remitly announced a $220 million cash infusion late Tuesday, becoming the third mobile remittance company in the past two months to raise more than... |
| 06.06.2019 | FoodShot Announces Winners of Soil 3.0 Challenge inc Trace Genomics & Carbon Sequestration Measurement | FoodShot Global, the multistakeholder investment platform, has announced the winners of its first challenge, Innovating Soil 3.0 catalyzing $3 million in equity investment for Californian soil microbiome testing startup Trace Genomics from ... |
| 22.05.2019 | Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management Fund III Raises $1B | Generation Investment Management LLP, the dedicated sustainable investment firm with approximately $22 billion of assets under management, today announced the close of its $1 billion Generation IM Sustainable Solutions Fund III. This fund b... |
| 21.05.2019 | London and SF-based Generation closes $1 billion fund to invest in startups innovating for a sustainable future | Al Gore, chairman and president of Generation Investment Management
London and San Francisco-based Generation Investment Management, a sustainable investment firm with approximately $22 billion of assets under management, has announced the ... |
| 21.05.2019 | Generation closes $1B growth fund targeting sustainable startups | Generation Investment Management, the firm co-founded by environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore, was built on the premise of backing sustainable startups. Now, as the idea of sustainability starts to gain wider traction, the fir... |
| 07.02.2019 | Africa Roundup: Zimbabwe’s net blackout, Partech’s $143M fund, Andela’s $100M raise, Flutterwave’s pivot | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos
Nigeria’s Autochek raises ... |
| 23.01.2019 | Andela secures $100m Series-D round led by Generation Investment Management | Andela — a New York-based company that identifies, develops and outsources talented African software developers — has secured a $100-million Series-D funding round led by London-based private equity firm Generation Investment Management.
An... |
| 23.01.2019 | Andela secures $100m Series-D round led by Generation Investment Management | Andela — a New York-based company that identifies, develops and outsources talented African software developers — has secured a $100-million Series-D funding round led by London-based private equity firm Generation Investment Management.
A... |
| 23.01.2019 | Connecting African software developers with top tech companies nets Andela $100 million | Andela, the company that connects Africa’s top software developers with technology companies from the U.S. and around the world, has raised $100 million in a new round of funding. |
| 23.01.2019 | Connecting African software developers with top tech companies nets Andela $100 million | Andela, the company that connects Africa’s top software developers with technology companies from the U.S. and around the world, has raised $100 million in a new round of funding.
The new financing from Generation Investment Management (the... |
| 04.01.2019 | SOPHiA GENETICS Raises $77 Million | |
| 13.09.2018 | FoodShot Launches Multi-Stakeholder Platform to Invest in ‘MoonShots for Better Food’ | A non-profit consortium of venture funds, banks, corporations, universities, and foundations has launched a platform to invest in startups and projects addressing some of the food system’s major challenges.
Called FoodShot Global, the new i... |
| 31.01.2018 | Asana raises $75M Series D led by Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management | Asana, the productivity and collaboration service, is getting a major infusion of cash after Generation Investment Management, a London-based firm backed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, led a $75 million investment.
Investment Manage... |
| 20.09.2017 | Singapore: Temasek backs $300m Series C in Taiwanese e-scooter maker Gogoro | Premium
Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s state investor, has backed a $300 million Series C investment in Taiwanese electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro. Other participants in the round are Generation Investment Management, Sumitomo Corporatio... |
| 19.09.2017 | Gogoro Announces $300 Million Series C Investment Round | Gogoro®, a technology leader transforming how innovation is bridging sustainable energy and urban transportation, today announced the completion of a $300 million Series C investment round that includes new investments from Temasek, an inve... |
| 25.07.2017 | Toast Announces $101 Million in Additional Funding | BOSTON, July 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toast, the all-in-one restaurant technology platform and one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the U.S., today announced an additional $101 million in financing led by new investors Gen... |
| 25.07.2017 | Lead Edge Capital Leads $101M Funding for Toast | BOSTON, July 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toast, the all-in-one restaurant technology platform and one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the U.S., today announced an additional $101 million in financing led by new investors Gen... |
| 25.07.2017 | Generation Investment leads $101 million financing for Toast | - |
| 25.07.2017 | Toast Devours $101M for Restaurant Tech, Plans to Hire 1,000 | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Toast, the fast-growing restaurant technology company, has just been served a heaping portion of venture capital to continue expanding.
On Tuesday, the Boston-based company an... |
| 13.06.2017 | Generation Investment Management leads $55 million series 6 funding round for Proterra | - |
| 13.06.2017 | Electric Bus Maker Proterra May Be Unlikely Beneficiary Of Trump's Paris Retreat | Proterra's Catalyst electric transit bus. Proterra |
| 14.02.2017 | Investing in GoodBusiness | Ted Rheingold Contributor
Ted Rheingold is a profit-from-purpose entrepreneur. He was the founding COO of Tala and founder of the social networks Dogster and Catster.
Since 2001, impact VC firms have raised $13 billion to invest in companie... |
| 17.05.2016 | Qipp closes funding round of CHF 2 million and expands to multiple European countries | |
| 28.03.2016 |
When Values Create Value
| Most of us can spot a company’s mission statement from a mile away. They communicate the values of a company. We’ve seen mission statements emblazoned on the walls of our workplaces, the products we buy and the websites we visit. When a mis... |
| 03.12.2015 | Solar Energy Startup M-KOPA Solar Closes US$ 19 Million Financing Round | M-Kopa Solar Agent at a Safaricom Shop
Kenyan solar energy startup M-KOPA Solar has announced the closing of a US$19 million financing round led by London-based Generation Investment Management. Generation has invested in Ausra, Areva’s sol... |
| 02.12.2015 | Richard Branson, Al Gore, Steve Case back Kenyan solar startup M-Kopa in $19m round | The likes of Virgin Group’s Sir Richard Branson, former US Vice President Al Gore and AOL founder Steve Case have invested US$19-million in Kenyan pay-as-you-go solar energy startup M-Kopa.
London-based Generation Investment Management, whi... |
| 02.12.2015 | Richard Branson, Al Gore, Steve Case back Kenyan solar startup M-Kopa in $19m round | The likes of Virgin Group’s Sir Richard Branson, former US Vice President Al Gore and AOL founder Steve Case have invested US$19-million in Kenyan pay-as-you-go solar energy startup M-Kopa.
London-based Generation Investment Management, wh... |
| 22.05.2015 | The carbon bubble | The carbon bubble
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Talk of a carbon bubble is grossly exaggerated, says The Scientific Alliance.
As the year-end Paris climate change summit draws ever nearer, preparatory meetings continue apace and we see a stream of reports and... |
| 07.05.2012 | TerraLUX Raises $18.3M in Series B Funding | TerraLUX, Inc., a Longmont, Colorado-based Solid State Lighting company specializing in integrated LED solutions for OEM and Retrofit applications, has raised $18.3m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Generation Investment Management... |
| 03.05.2012 | Infinite Power Solutions Closes $10M Series D Financing | Infinite Power Solutions, Inc., a Littleton, Colo.-based clean-technology company, has completed a $10M Series D financing.
The round was co-led by existing investors Generation Investment Management, D. E. Shaw Ventures, Polaris Venture Pa... |
| 22.02.2010 | Gore, Branson team up to keep drivers safe — and improve gas mileage | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
GreenRoad, maker of a dashboard system that judge... |
| 22.02.2010 | Gore, Branson team up to keep drivers safe — and improve gas mileage | GreenRoad, maker of a dashboard system that judges how dangerous your driving is at any given time based on road conditions, speed and spatial orientation has just raised $10 million from a notable source: former vice president Al Gore’s Ge... |
| 23.04.2009 | Ausra raises $25.5M for narrowed focus on solar equipment | Ausra, one of the big names in Silicon Valley solar, just brought in $25.5 million to become a primary supplier of solar thermal equipment for utilities and power generation plants. The money couldn’t come at a better time as capital contin... |
| - | Refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market goes for the gold, adds another €450 million to the warchest | Announced after last night’s closing bell, Parisian refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market has raised €450 million in a Series E round. The fresh influx of fundings will be used to further the company’s growth plans, specifically i... |
| - | Making second-hand fashion a first choice, SoftBank and Tiger Global-backed French platform buys US rival | As consumers increasingly reuse fashion and luxury items, there has been a spurt in the second-hand market. Adding on to the race of startups getting into the second-hand goods marketplace, French second-hand luxury marketplace Vestiaire Co... |
| - | Paris-based refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market raises $335 million in Series D round | Parisian refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market has raised $335 million in a Series D round led by General Atlantic. The round also saw participation from Generation Investment Management, as well as existing investors Goldman Sach... |