Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A venture-backed company spun out of university research only last year is ready to take orders for a revolutionary electric aero engine.
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Early-stage firm makes new investments
17 Mar 2023 - Investment activity
An early-stage venture firm has made three new investments, all in digital ventures.
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Canadian firm builds substantial stake in listed software company
17 Mar 2023 - Investment activity
A Canadian merchant banking firm has taken a stake of more than 19% in an ASX-listed software company.
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Global infrastructure investors have shown interest the in-administration $35 billion Sun Cable project which proposes transmitting solar power from the Northern Territory to Singapore via an underwater cable.
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A digital healthcare company has raised new capital including a $10 million top up investment from an ASX-listed investment firm.
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A digital program for pain management has gained venture backing.
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A company developing technology to replace satellite dishes has attracted $6 million in late-stage venture funding.
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Infrastructure advisor enters defence sector
13 Mar 2023 - Investee news
A private equity-backed infrastructure advisory company has moved to include defence sector work with the acquisition of two specialist businesses.
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The US federal government has extended protection to all depositors in collapsed tech sector lender Silicon Valley Bank.
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Venture investors are to profitably exit a fintech start-up with a specialist payments provider to take a controlling stake in the business.
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An Australian private equity firm and a US partner will have to quickly come up with a revised offer if they are to resurrect a deal shareholders rejected last week.
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A global private markets firm has opened an Australia and New Zealand office in Sydney and recruited an experienced local investor relations professional.
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$NZ60m to ramp up e-waste recycling
08 Mar 2023 - Investment activity
A Sydney private equity firm has led a $NZ60 million funding round that will ramp up the extraction of precious metals from e-waste.
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A US-based buyout firm has made a preliminary $1.82 billion bid for a listed funeral services business.
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Target changes recommendation on bid
07 Mar 2023 - Investment activity
An improved offer has persuaded a listed software company to switch its recommendation in favour of a technology specialist private equity firm.
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Break-up expected for failed transport business
05 Mar 2023 - Performance
Some assets of a failed private equity-backed transport and logistics business are expected to be sold separately as receivers seek to realise returns for creditors.
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Listed law firm to be acquired
25 Feb 2023 - Investment activity
An ASX-listed law firm is to be acquired by private equity.
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Global investors are backing a New Zealand-based green hydrogen company.
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A Sydney venture capital firm's first investment in a fast-growing online accounting platform has led a $35 million funding round.
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Dealmaker shifts firms
07 Feb 2023 - People moves
A dealmaker who led investments in a couple of significant Australian healthcare businesses for a global firm has joined a leading Australia private equity firm.
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