Advertisement
UK markets close in 6 hours 19 minutes
  • FTSE 100

    7,721.61
    -0.94 (-0.01%)
     
  • FTSE 250

    19,456.43
    -30.10 (-0.15%)
     
  • AIM

    736.28
    -0.35 (-0.05%)
     
  • GBP/EUR

    1.1691
    -0.0013 (-0.11%)
     
  • GBP/USD

    1.2674
    -0.0054 (-0.43%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    50,316.40
    -3,214.12 (-6.00%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    885.54
    0.00 (0.00%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,149.42
    +32.33 (+0.63%)
     
  • DOW

    38,790.43
    +75.63 (+0.20%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    82.55
    -0.17 (-0.21%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,156.40
    -7.90 (-0.37%)
     
  • NIKKEI 225

    40,003.60
    +263.20 (+0.66%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    16,529.48
    -207.62 (-1.24%)
     
  • DAX

    17,972.12
    +39.44 (+0.22%)
     
  • CAC 40

    8,170.41
    +22.27 (+0.27%)
     

Billionaire Richard Branson buys stake in space tech fund Seraphim

FILE PHOTO: Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson wears his astronaut's wings at a news conference at Spaceport America

(Reuters) - British billionaire Richard Branson has bought a stake in space tech fund Seraphim Space Investment Trust as part of a 178 million-pound ($246.99 million) initial public offering, London-based Seraphim said on Monday.

Airbus SE also participated in the IPO and was among other parties to buy shares of the company, according to an emailed statement by Seraphim, which is set to commence trading this week on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

The exact amount of those stakes was not disclosed by Seraphim. Bloomberg reported earlier on Monday that Branson had purchased stock in London-based Seraphim in a sale that closed on Friday.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)