Obscure Indonesia-linked investor circles UK’s Britishvolt with £160m deal
by Jasper Jolly from on (#67NMC)
Talks on rescue deal for battery startup led by DeaLab, which has been involved in fossil fuel transactions
The battery startup Britishvolt is in talks with an Indonesia-linked oil and gas investor for a 160m rescue deal that would almost wipe out the value of existing shareholders' stakes.
The investor consortium is led by DeaLab Group, a UK-based private equity investor that has been involved in several fossil fuel and renewable energy transactions in Indonesia, and an associated metals business, Barracuda Group.
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