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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.

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Exited 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.

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An Australian venture capital firm has led a $100 million-plus funding round for a UK-based cancer drug research company.

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A state government investment body has led a $15 million-plus investment round in funds management investment technology.

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A leading global investor is to acquire New Zealand's leading provider of solar power generation and battery storage systems.

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A global private markets firm has opened a Sydney office in response to success in attracting private wealth clients in Australia and New Zealand.

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Australian venture capital has been included in a US-led funding round for a US technology start-up founded by three young Australians.

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A key approval has brought a tourism sector recapitalisation deal a step closer.

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A venture capital firm has made the first investment from a new fund raised to back female founders.

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A fund-of-funds investment firm that invests in Australian growth private equity funds has reached first close on a $250 million-target fifth fund.

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Recent events have raised the question of whether the Australian federal government should back development of a local semiconductor manufacturing industry.

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A prominent technology entrepreneur is raising an early-stage venture capital fund with the backing of some well-resourced individual investors.

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A 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.

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$15 million in Australian and overseas venture capital is to be used to commercialise thermal sensing technology developed in Sydney.

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A private equity firm has exited its remaining stake in a car dealership business it floated on the ASX last year.

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A technology platform that links farmers with insurance brokers who will provide extreme weather events cover has received venture capital backing.

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The target of stalled $20 billion-plus public-to-private acquisition negotiations has been told to lower its price expectation.

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A workplace wellbeing platform has attracted $35 million in investment to develop its services in Australia and New Zealand and explore offshore markets.

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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.

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Local 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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