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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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One of the largest Asian regional private equity firms is to acquire an Australian medical imaging company for $965 million.
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The Victorian state Labor government has committed to provide grants totaling $2.4 million to eight new early-stage venture funds.
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UK coal mining project back to square one
21 Sep 2024 - Investee news
Court decision puts private equity-backed UK mining project back to square one.
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A cloud services software company is to acquire billing software from one of its corporate clients.
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Venture investors have provided $1.7 million in seed-funding to a start-up that has developed a livestock feed additive that it claims reduces methane emissions by up to 90%.
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A venture-backed Australian-German company is in a partnership which is one of three competitors to be funded to develop the world's first mobile quantum computer for Germany's cyber innovation agency.
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An Australian technology-focused private equity firm has shared in the acquisition of a human resources software business in Japan.
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Venture capital investors have provided $3.5m in seed funding for a technology start-up which provides improved treasury management services to scale-up companies.
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A new Perth-based multi-family office, which is targeting advising ultra-high net-worth families has officially launched.
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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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