SoftBank Corp. (President & CEO: Junichi Miyakawa, “SoftBank”) today announced that in September 2023 it successfully conducted a field trial using its cylindrical antenna*1 for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric-based wireless communication systems at Hokkaido Spaceport, Taiki Town, Hokkaido, Japan.…
Morgan Stanley at Work announced a series of technology enhancements that drive increased automation and efficiency across a widening ecosystem of workplace benefits solutions for equity compensation, retirement, deferred compensation, executive services, saving and giving, and financial wellness. Morgan Stanley at…
Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, Income Trust CPP Investments and Rialto Capital Acquire a 20% Equity Stake in a Venture Holding Approximately $17 Billion Commercial Real Estate Loan Portfolio of Former Signature Bank Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”), Blackstone…
Vegrow, India’s leading B2B fruits marketplace, announced it has raised US$46M in primary and secondary funding. The new funding round is led by GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, with significant participation from existing investor Prosus Ventures, and continued support from…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”) announced that it has closed on approximately $1.2 billion of total equity capital commitments for North Haven Expansion Equity IX and North Haven Expansion Credit II to fund later-stage growth equity and credit investments in…
The Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing (the Institute) announced the third cohort of its Sustainable Solutions Collaborative (the Collaborative). Launched in 2020, the Collaborative aims to identify breakthrough innovations that address complex global sustainability issues. The third cohort will participate in…
Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, and Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX) announced today that Blackstone-affiliated funds led by Infrastructure, Real Estate and Tactical Opportunities have agreed to establish…
SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434, “SoftBank”), a telecommunications and IT operator headquartered in Tokyo, and Cubic Telecom Ltd. (“Cubic Telecom”), a leading global provider of software-defined connected vehicle*1 solutions headquartered in Dublin, today announced they signed a definitive agreement whereby SoftBank will…
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced the final close on $2.6 billion for its latest real estate secondaries fund, Strategic Partners Real Estate VIII L.P., and its related committed program vehicles. Verdun Perry, Global Head of Strategic Partners, said: “We are incredibly grateful…
Rover Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROVR) (“Rover” or the “Company”), the world’s largest online marketplace for pet care announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) in an all-cash…
SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), and its group companies SB Power Corp. (“SB Power,” an electricity power company) and Encored Japan Inc. (“Encored”) announced their energy saving service for households was selected for inclusion at the Japan Pavilion to be hosted by…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced the final close of Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, L.P. (“Next Level” or the “Fund”) at its target size $50 million of total capital commitments. Investors in the strategy include the inaugural corporate partners…
