Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A local venture firm has joined overseas investors backing a Sydney technology company that is applying artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret weather data to improve forecasting of extreme events.

A New York-based alternative assets firm is reportedly considering making a bid for an ASX-listed shipbuilder.

A KiwiSaver (superannuation) scheme has committed $NZ20 million to a New Zealand growth capital fund.

A Sydney-based climate change investment firm is among investors backing the US expansion of a Canberra-founded company that offers carbon accounting technology.

The arrival in Australia of a New York-based consulting firm looks likely to shake up long-standing cosy relationships between the big four professional services firms and leading local private equity firms.

An early-stage venture capital firm will receive substantial returns from a US private equity firm's investment in a Sydney-based technology firm.

A listed technology investment firm is to realise a 25% increase in the value of its stake in a medical technology business to be acquired by Wesfarmers.

A Hong Kong-based private capital firm has acquired a Sydney office tower at a discounted price.

Two family offices have provided most of the capital for an $11 million "acceleration" funding round for a Melbourne medical device development company.

Venture investors have provided $4 million in new capital to a Perth-based online fashion rentals business.

An impact investment firm is seeking to raise $50 million for a growth investment fund.

AirTree Ventures has led a $4 million pre-seed funding round backing a repeat founder returning to a business model he knows well.

A US-based global investment firm has led a $25 million investment round in a Sydney pet food company.

A turnaround specialist private equity firm is to exit a pizza chain to a leading US quick service restaurants business.

The board of an ASX-listed aged-care homes company is supporting a revised nearly $827 million private equity offer for the business.

A new $600m fund raised by a leading firm will go against the current standard private equity practice of investing only in majority stakes; it will take minority stakes in growing companies.