Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Super fund in $15m robotics stake
04 Dec 2022 - Investment activity
A major super fund has joined a venture firm in backing robotic and artificial intelligence technology that can assess the condition of hard to access assets with a high degree of accuracy.
Full storyExisting investors have led provision of an additional $23 million for a fraud prevention technology company.
Full storySuper funds back semiconductor company
01 Dec 2022 - Investment activity
Superannuation funds are among investors that have provided an additional $30 million to ramp up production of an Australian company that specialises in producing silicon chips for internet of things (IoT) devices.
Full storyA Sydney venture capital firm has led a $6.3 million investment round that will help a real assets digital twin technology company boost overseas sales.
Full storyAn ASX-listed technology company that rejected a private equity offer in September has revealed it is still talking with several potential acquirers.
Full storyA listed software company has conditionally recommended shareholders vote in favour of a US private equity firm's offer which is well below an earlier indicative offer in June.
Full storyA private equity-backed Canadian company appears well placed to acquire a Melbourne-founded ASX-listed software company.
Full storySharemarket trading is indicating an $18.4 billion privatisation of an energy company is likely to go ahead.
Full storyVenture partner joins industry board
24 Nov 2022 - People moves
A partner of a leading Sydney venture capital firm has been elected to the board of the Australian private capital industry's peak organisation.
Full storyA new long-term investment fund backed by superannuation funds is to make a first investment in a diagnostic imaging business.
Full storyClimate change firm recruits growth investor
22 Nov 2022 - People moves
A climate change-focused investment and advisory firm has recruited an experienced growth investor to manage its investment program.
Full storyOne of Australia's largest private equity firms is negotiating to acquire a listed technology company, floated by another private equity firm three years ago.
Full story$2.3m for product manager software
08 Nov 2022 - Investment activity
Leading venture firms have provided $2.3 million in seed-funding for a start-up that is developing software to help guide technology product managers.
Full storyA $44m investment round in a company that produces plant-derived fats for alternative proteins has been led by a Hong Kong investment firm.
Full storyHealth-tech company seeking to raise $8m
07 Nov 2022 - Investee news
A venture capital-backed company that has developed digital technology to assess gut health is to seek $8 million in a new funding round.
Full storyA plastics recycling company that uses enzymes to break down plastics into core molecules, has raised a $54 million Series A funding round.
Full storyThe Asian arm of a major European private markets investment firm has joined forces with a local hedge fund manager to bid for one of Australia's longest established financial services companies.
Full storyClosure has been announced for Australia's long-anticipated first $1 billion venture capital fund.
Full storyA Sydney private equity firm has attracted prominent investors to a continuation fund set up for it to continue controlling an asset which has been under private capital control since 1999.
Full storyA Canadian software company, backed by a global private equity firm, has jumped ahead of a local private equity firm in a battle to acquire an ASX-listed company.
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