Recent deals have seen family office capital backing frontier technologies, impact-driven housing initiatives and new wealth management standards worldwide.
Oct. 27 — Sverre Holte, through Norway-based S.B.S. Capital Management AS, acquired additional shares in Teako Minerals Corp. (CSE: TMIN), raising his total beneficial ownership to about 15%. The investment underscores continued family-office participation in early-stage natural-resources plays. (Newsfile press release)
Oct. 23 — Duquesne Family Office, founded by veteran hedge-fund manager Stan Druckenmiller, invested in Q.ANT, a German photonics-technology company developing sustainable, photonic AI infrastructure for high-performance computing and quantum applications. The partnership will accelerate Q.ANT’s growth in environmentally efficient data processing. (Q.ANT press release)
Oct. 20 — GRAIL, Inc. announced a $325 million private placement featuring participation from a “tech and life-sciences-focused family office investment firm.” Proceeds will fund the commercial rollout of GRAIL’s multi-cancer early-detection test, Galleri. (GRAIL press release)