Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Seed-funding round boosted to $32.6m
18 Sep 2024 - Investee news
The corporate venturing arm of a large US insurance company has invested seed funding of $20 million in an Australian technology start-up.
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A US private equity firm has made an increased bid for an ASX-listed software company.
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A private equity firm has made a renewed bid for an ASX-listed dental centres business.
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An Australian growth fund investee has acquired the leading company in its sector in New Zealand.
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Clean energy investors double down on battery recycling technology
16 Sep 2024 - Investment activity
Clean energy investors have doubled down on prior seed investment in a West Australian company that is commercialising technology to recycle resources in lithium batteries.
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A private equity firm has sold its remaining stake of just over 30% in an ASX-listed pathology services company.
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A national security-focused fund has invested in an Australian specialist boatbuilding company that is supplying small craft to the US Marine Corps.
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An Auckland private equity firm has raised $NZ300 million for its fifth growth capital and buyout fund.
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Australia-Asia tech dialogue proposed
12 Sep 2024 - News
A study of Australian investment in Asian early-stage technology companies proposes establishment of a formal technology sector dialogue channel between Australia and Asian countries.
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A Swedish growth capital firm has invested in a Melbourne medical technolgy company that develops and supplies advanced spectrometry components.
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A buy-and-build specialist private equity firm has made its second new platform investment in quick succession, this time in the accountancy sector.
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A Perth investment advisory firm has been appointed strategic adviser for a $10 billion capital raising for a green ammonia plant planned for the Northern Territory.
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A venture capital firm has made its largest initial investment to date in a fundraising round that values a company at $200 million less than it's last round a year ago.
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Commitments are being sought for a $325 million target growth capital fund which will seek to invest in smaller businesses.
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A Brisbane-based venture capital firm has begun fundraising for its third fund from sophisticated investors.
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A buy and build specialst private equity firm has made two new platform investments.
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The proportion of private equity and venture capital held by The Future Fund has fallen but the sovereign wealth fund still sees private capital, especially in Australia, as an important area for future investment.
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A leading New Zealand venture capital fim has led a growth funding round for a real estate management software company that generates most of its sales income in the UK.
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A growth fund backed by banks and the federal government is to take a minority stake in a business that claims to be the world's leading innovator in carpet making.
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A consortium of global investors is to acquire a large majority stake in an Australian data centres business for $23.5 billion, generating strong returns for investors.
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