Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A private equity firm appears to have generated a gross return of more than 2x on the sale to a listed company of a business it acquired little more than two years ago.
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Recognising the inconvenience in lugging home bulk packs of dog food provided the inspiration for Australia's latest tech unicorn.
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New Zealand's largest venture capital firm has led a $NZ30 million funding round for a company that has developed a retail theft prevention technology platform.
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$US1bn-plus listing planned for investee
08 Dec 2021 - Performance
An overseas investee of a local venture capital firm is to be acquired by a SPAC and listed on NASDAQ at nearly $US1.2 billion.
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Investment of more than $350 million by two US scale-up investors has propelled a Brisbane-based software company to unicorn status.
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A US specialist growth capital firm has made its first investment in Australia to back category defining software.
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New backer for waste services consolidation
07 Dec 2021 - Performance
Growth capital investors are to exit their stakes in a waste services consolidation strategy to a mid-market private equity firm.
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Debt funding for parking technology
06 Dec 2021 - Investment activity
Smaller business private equity firm provides debt funding to parking technology company.
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A global private markets investor has led a $US23 million investment round in an Australia-founded cybersecurity company.
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An industry superannuation fund has recycled its returns from an investment via a private equity fund manager in a direct investment which includes the same asset.
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A Sydney private equity firm has led a $20 million capital raising for a non-bank finance company.
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Small to medium business investment fund the Australian Business Growth Fund has made a $10 million investment in a dental practices aggregator.
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A leading New York software scale-up investment firm has turned to an early-stage deal for its latest Australian investment.
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An ag-tech venture capital firm is backing technology that could eliminate high emissions of greenhouse gasses in the production of nitrogen fertiliser.
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Two industry superannuation funds have provided cornerstone commitments for a venture capital fund that will invest in female-led technology start-ups.
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Casinos operator rejects $8.3bn but tries to keep bidder engaged
02 Dec 2021 - Investment activity
Casinos operator Crown Resorts has rejected an $8.3 billion offer but is prepared to provide the private equity bidder with some non-public information to persuade it to lift its bid.
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A US scale-up firm has led the largest Series A investment round in a female-led Australian tech company.
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A New Zealand venture capital firm has come up with a novel way of tapping the retail investor market; it has listed a feeder fund on a new alternative stock market.
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A global aerospace venture capital firm has led investment into a Sydney-based quantum computing control systems company.
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Patient investor achieves short-term exit
01 Dec 2021 - Performance
A patient investor has achieved an international trade sale for a software company after only a short hold period.
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