Russell Investments
Facts
- HQ
- United States
- Sectors
- Asset management, Investment advisory, Financial services
- Founded
- 1937
- Stage
- Public
B Capital Consortium Acquires $416 Billion Asset Manager Russell Investments from TA Associates and Reverence Capital
B Capital is acquiring Russell Investments, a $416 billion asset manager, from TA Associates and Reverence Capital Partners to leverage technology for scaling and transforming asset management. The deal highlights venture capital's growing interest in modernizing the traditionally low-margin asset management industry.
Seattle's Earth Finance Acquires Google-Backed Climate Engine to Expand Environmental Data Analytics
Earth Finance, a Seattle-based climate consulting firm, acquired Climate Engine, a Nevada startup known for its environmental and economic climate data analysis technology developed in partnership with Google Cloud. The acquisition expands Earth Finance's capabilities and team, integrating Climate Engine's Spatial Finance technology to help businesses manage climate risks.
Former Microsoft engineers Koukoumidis and Elachqar launch Bellevue AI lab Oumi with $10M seed round
Bellevue-based AI lab Oumi, founded by former Microsoft engineers Manos Koukoumidis and Oussama Elachqar, launched with $10 million in seed funding to build a collaboration platform for AI researchers and developers and has partnered with academics from Caltech, MIT, UW and Stanford. The startup has 10 employees, one research fellow, dozens of founding scholars, and space in UW's Global Innovation Exchange in Bellevue.
People
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Zach Buchwald Executive, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
