Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Fitness group divests franchise operation
29 Sep 2022 - Performance
A leading private equity firm has achieved a first partial exit from a major investment it built up with a series of acquisitions in 2016.
Full storyExited technology company founders have backed a second round of funding for a fintech which provides technology for businesses wanting to utilise customer data under the new Customer Data Right regime.
Full storyAn Australian venture capital firm has led a $100 million-plus funding round for a UK-based cancer drug research company.
Full storyA state government investment body has led a $15 million-plus investment round in funds management investment technology.
Full storyA leading global investor is to acquire New Zealand's leading provider of solar power generation and battery storage systems.
Full storyGlobal firm opens Sydney office
28 Sep 2022 - News
A global private markets firm has opened a Sydney office in response to success in attracting private wealth clients in Australia and New Zealand.
Full storyAustralian venture capital has been included in a US-led funding round for a US technology start-up founded by three young Australians.
Full storyTourism deal a step closer
26 Sep 2022 - Investment activity
A key approval has brought a tourism sector recapitalisation deal a step closer.
Full storyA venture capital firm has made the first investment from a new fund raised to back female founders.
Full storyA fund-of-funds investment firm that invests in Australian growth private equity funds has reached first close on a $250 million-target fifth fund.
Full storyShould Australia develop semiconductor manufacturing?
23 Sep 2022 - News
Recent events have raised the question of whether the Australian federal government should back development of a local semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Full storyA prominent technology entrepreneur is raising an early-stage venture capital fund with the backing of some well-resourced individual investors.
Full storyA growth capital firm has taken stakes in two associated Sydney-based businesses, an engineering consultancy and a software business which focuses on estimating technology for the construction sector.
Full story$15 million in Australian and overseas venture capital is to be used to commercialise thermal sensing technology developed in Sydney.
Full storyListed car dealership exited
21 Sep 2022 - Performance
A private equity firm has exited its remaining stake in a car dealership business it floated on the ASX last year.
Full storyA technology platform that links farmers with insurance brokers who will provide extreme weather events cover has received venture capital backing.
Full storyThe target of stalled $20 billion-plus public-to-private acquisition negotiations has been told to lower its price expectation.
Full storyA workplace wellbeing platform has attracted $35 million in investment to develop its services in Australia and New Zealand and explore offshore markets.
Full storyInvesting for Growth Awards
19 Sep 2022 - News
Successful private capital deals of the last 12 months have been recognised by the Australian Investment Council in a live presentation at the council's annual conference on the Gold Coast.
Full storyLocal turn-around investment firms have led a debt for equity swap deal that has seen a global private equity firm exit a COVID-19 hit business.
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