Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
An Australian pre-seed venture fund has raised an oversubscribed more than $77 million.
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A growth investment firm has re-branded and made the final investment from its second fund in a media sales business.
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A struggling ASX-listed software company, which is under offer from a US private equity firm, has now received a rival offer at more than double the price but in a much more complicated deal.
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A global environmental foundation and an Australian energy utility company have jointly led a $17.5 million funding round for an Australian battery technology company.
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A $5 million venture investment will be used to take a previously boot-strapped event bookings system software company into new markets.
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Individual investors provide more than $15m for cancer drug trial
03 Oct 2024 - Informal venture capital
Individual investors have provided a Melbourne drug development company with more than $15 million to carry out its first clinical trial of a treatment for ovarian cancer.
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A Melbourne venture firm has led a $5.1 million seed funding round for a company that offers an AI driven software platform for managing restaurants.
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Shareholders in listed dental business advised to take no action on bid
03 Oct 2024 - Investment activity
The board of an ASX-listed dental practices board is recommending shareholders to take no action on a renewed acquisition offer from a private equity firm.
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A venture-backed software company is to be acquired by a larger company in the business software space.
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Super firm recruits private equity head
02 Oct 2024 - People moves
A superannuation and investments firm has recruited a head of private equity from an institutional investor.
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Private equity stake in airline to be reduced
01 Oct 2024 - Performance
Bain Capital plans to reduce its investment in airline Virgin Australia, by selling a 25% stake to Qatar Airways.
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Two New Zealand government backed environmental organisations have provided $NZ13.5 million in funding to a technology spin-out that is working to develop a vaccine that would reduce methane emissions from livestock.
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An Australian family office has joined with a global asset management firm to take a majority stake in Queensland Airports.
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Mid-market firm to launch new strategies
28 Sep 2024 - News
A mid-market private equity firm is planning to expand its activities including entering listed companies investing.
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A buyer has been found for a venture-backed superannuation fintech which had been expected to seek a new round of funding when backing for loss-making early stage tech businesses evaporated two years ago.
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Global firm backs Australian life sciences real estate fund
26 Sep 2024 - New funds and fundraising
A global asset manager is partnering with an Australian real estate private equity firm to develop a local life sciences real estate fund which it sees as having the potential to grow to $1.5 billion.
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A new Melbourne-based growth capital firm planning to invest in small to medium sized businesses says it is well advanced in raising its initial fund.
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The US federal government is to provide most of the funding for a new Australian clinical trial for a Brisbane company's needle-free vaccination technology.
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A new firm is seeking to raise a $50 million plus fund to address what it sees as a gap in the market for a dedicated investment vehicle for growth capital investments of $5 million to $20 million.
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Venture firm leads $60m growth round
24 Sep 2024 - Investment activity
A leading Australian venture capital firm has led a $60 million capital raising round for an eight-year-old technology-enabled debt collection company which became profitable this year.
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