Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A US investment firm has led an oversubscribed $38.5 million investment round in an Auckland-based marketing technology company.

Confirmation of a likely private equity offer sent shares in an ASX-listed building services company up 20% after they had slid 50% since the beginning of the year.

A local biotech investment firm and a US early-stage venture capital firm have invested $4 million into a company which is seeking to improve the IVF process especially for women aged 35 and above.

A private capital-backed medical technology company has launched a $25 million IPO and plans to list on the ASX this month.

A Melbourne-based private capital firm is believed to have agreed to sell a software company to a US growth capital firm that provided it with a similar exit 12 months ago.

Creditors of a collapsed venture capital-backed company have voted for the business to be liquidated.

A lower mid-market prlvate equity firm has achieved a trade sale exit of a Gold Coast skin care brand to a Hong Kong-based company.

The sale of a Sydney software company to a US venture firm is likely to return two local investment firms around 10x their investments.

A New Zealand early-stage venture firm, founded by a former Canva executive, has declared a final close for its first fund at $NZ2.1 million.

UK angels have backed a New Zealand start-up that offers a platform to assist academic research.

A San Francisco "growth accelerator" has led a pre-seed fundraising round for an Australian start-up that claims its technology will disrupt market research globally.

Existing investors have provided $13 million in additional funding to an online share trading platform as it continues to expand into adjacent areas.

A planned $475 million private equity exit remains on hold after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported it had preliminary competition concerns about the business being acquired by the dominant business in the sector.

A Sydney-based real-time video analytics company has raised $17 million which it plans to use to boost its sales in overseas markets.

Brookfield's decision to abandon hospitals operator Healthscope was no surprise but it is difficult to predict what will happen next.