canada pension plan

Northvolt, a Swedish producer of lithium-ion batteries, has raised around $1.2 billion from BlackRock and various Canadian pension plans to build new factories in North America and Europe, according to…

Swedish EV battery maker raises $1.2B to expand to North America

There’s no denying that 2020 has been the year of the special purpose acquisition company. Since the beginning of the year, 219 SPACs have raised $73 billion, according to widely…

What’s behind this year’s boom in climate tech SPACs?

The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, an asset manager controlling around $311 billion in assets for Canada’s pensioners and retirees, has identified four key industries that are set to experience…

Here are four areas the $311 billion CPPIB investment fund thinks will be impacted by COVID-19

The real estate market regularly goes through ups and downs, but today comes big news for a startup in the space that has built a platform that it believes can…

Real estate platform Compass raises another $370M on a $6.4B valuation en route to an IPO

Hyundai Motor Group has invested in Aurora, the latest sign that the scope of the year-old partnership between the automaker and self-driving car startup has expanded. Aurora and Hyundai didn’t…

Hyundai takes minority stake in self-driving car startup Aurora

Informatica was sold yesterday to private equity firm, Permira and The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a rather strange mix of investors. The selling price was $5.3B and published reports…

Informatica Could Feel A Tight Squeeze From Its New Owners