EQT Infrastructure III closes at EUR 4.0 billion – strengthening EQT´s position as leading global alternative investments firm
· EQT Infrastructure III closes at hard cap of EUR 4.0 billion · Fund closes after less than six months of fundraising · Strong investor demand proves support for EQT’s industrial approach to infrastructure investing EQT today announces that its third fund for infrastructure investments, EQT Infrastructure III (the “Fund”), has been closed at the hard cap of EUR 4.0 billion on February 21, 2017. The Fund was raised in less than six months which is the fastest fund raise in EQT’s history to date. The Fund will follow EQT's overall infrastructure investment strategy – applying an
Finnish tech startup Pieni piiri refocuses its business from a ‘Skype for grannies’ app to a provider of digitalised elderly care services. To fund the growth of its new business, the company has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign.The story of Pieni piiri – Finnish for ‘small circle’ – began in 2010, with a recently widowed grandmother. The founder Matti Kari noticed that even that her granny was in good physical condition, she was almost completely lacking in peer contacts. It was soon discovered that she wasn't the only one suffering from isolation and loneliness - up to 50% of the
