Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A Sydney early-stage venture firm has led a funding round for a New Zealand data security software company.
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An Auckland software company that produces specialist programs for energy retailers has attracted $NZ50 million in growth capital investment from an Australian investment firm.
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The massive SunCable project to generate solar power in the Northern Territory and transmit it to Darwin for local use and then on to Singapore via an undersea power cable is to be split into onshore and offshore parts but, crucially, the two parts are to be progressed simultaneously.
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Leadership change at regional buyout firm
06 Sep 2023 - People moves
There has been a leadership change at Asian regional private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners.
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Venture and angel investors have backed a New Zealand company that has re-purposed a carbon capture and storage technology to provide green CO2 for horticulture.
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A private equity managed food fund has acquired Australia's second largest egg producer.
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A London venture capital firm has led a $14.5 million funding round for automated customer communications technology company Pendula.
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A $US6 million seed-funding round will finance a New Zealand founded accommodation sub-letting start-up to take on the New York City market.
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A smaller deals focused private equity firm has launched fundraising for its fourth fund.
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An ASX-listed allied health services business is set to be acquired by a private equity firm for around $260 million.
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Major wine company to divest luxury brand
31 Aug 2023 - Investee news
A private equity-controlled leading wine company is to divest a luxury brand as it seeks to reshape its business.
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The Future Fund has further reduced its allocation to private equity and venture capital as it widens its search for alpha.
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An investor has backed commercialisation of CSIRO technology that can significantly reduce the use of electricity in producing hydrogen.
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An existing lender has extended a debt facility for a growth-stage fintech company by $23 million.
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$8.9bn company to cut almost 100 jobs
28 Aug 2023 - Investee news
Private equity-owned Crown Resorts is to cut almost 100 jobs at its Barangaroo, Sydney, gaming operation.
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US firm to exit pubs business for around $1.4bn
27 Aug 2023 - Performance
A leading US-based private equity firm is to exit its controlling stake in Australia's second largest pubs, bars and restaurants business to an Asian regional private equity firm in what is believed to be a $1.4 billion deal.
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A $500 million mandate from a Danish pension fund is expected to establish a long-term European private equity investment partnership for a state government fund manager.
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A state government fund manager has supported a $64 million venture capital investment in an international software company.
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An international private equity firm is to exit an Australian insurance company in what has been reported to be a $700 million sale to a global business.
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$34 million of local and US venture capital has boosted the value of an Australian tech unicorn.
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