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Andrew Woodman

London

London Bureau Chief at PitchBook

Journalist | Editorial Leader | PE/VC Specialist | London Bureau Chief, PitchBook. Opinion owns

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  • 3 days ago | pitchbook.com | Andrew Woodman

    Courtesy of Louis Trerise Amber, an Australian startup that makes software for smart energy storage systems, has just raised $29.6 million (€26 million) in a round led by ETF Partners to fund European expansion. Headquartered in Melbourne, Amber provides software that automatically charges home batteries and electric vehicles when power is cheapest and sells it back when prices are high. The company accounts for 40% of new automated home batteries in Australia, its largest market.

  • 1 week ago | pitchbook.com | Andrew Woodman

    Saudi Arabia’s new state-backed AI company, Humain, is launching a $10 billion AI-focused VC fund—the latest in a series of moves designed to turn the kingdom into an AI hub. Humain CEO Tareq Amin told The Financial Times this week that the fund, which is eyeing a launch in the summer, is seeking backing from ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz and Elon Musk’s xAI. The kingdom made a series of announcements over the course of May, signalling its multibillion-dollar commitment to AI.

  • 1 month ago | pitchbook.com | Andrew Woodman

    Japanese lawmakers are calling on the nation’s 259 trillion yen (around $1.8 trillion) pension fund to unlock more capital for domestic PE and VC. The move is the latest in a long line of efforts to bolster the fund’s returns through alternatives exposure as Japan sits on a demographic time bomb.

  • Dec 23, 2024 | journals.physiology.org | Claudia D. Holody |Andrew Woodman |Si Liu |Chunpeng Nie

    Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide and typically occurs after a prolonged period in which iron demand exceeds supply. Though initially asymptomatic, the gradual depletion of tissue iron levels eventually leads to impairments in cell and organ functions (e.g., erythropoiesis), which culminates in a state of anemia.

  • Nov 19, 2024 | pitchbook.com | Andrew Woodman

    Investment activity in India’s private equity market has started to slow this year, with both dealmaking and fundraising set to come in below 2023’s total. As of the time of writing, there have been 195 deals in the country this year worth just over $18 billion across all deal types, tracking well below last year’s total of nearly $30 billion invested across 218 deals. Two of the year’s most notable deals have been in infrastructure.

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