Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
The US Department of Defense has granted more than $6 million to support development by an Australian company of a drug to protect against respiratory viruses.
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A software billionaire has acquired and privatised an ASX-listed data security company spending $43.5 million on the acquisition.
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New venture firm raises $NZ6m
20 Jan 2023 - New funds and fundraising
A new Auckland-based early-stage venture capital firm has raised $NZ6 million for an initial fund.
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The technology investment arm of a major oil company has committed $20 to a Sydney-based clean energy technology company.
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The NSW government has allocated $40 million to a new Biosciences Fund that will provide backing for entrepreneurs and early-stage ventures in priority sectors.
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Latest infrastructure secondaries fund has $2bn target and will seek to invest in energy transition assets.
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Tech founders have backed a seed-funding round for an app that enables retail investors to make small climate change impact investments.
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A private equity consortium has been given just one extra week to complete due diligence on a mega $18.4 billion energy company bid.
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The acquisition of Australian athlete data tracking technology has resulted in a Sydney venture firm gaining a stake in a US company.
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Telstra invests in on-farm connectivity
13 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
Telstra and Graincorp have led a $12 million funding round to commercialise technology designed to improve internet connectivity on farms.
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$34m in equity capital has been provided to a company currently carrying out human clinical trials for needle-free vaccine delivery.
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Green power link to Singapore in doubt
11 Jan 2023 - News
A company that plans to export green power to Singapore from Australia has called in administrators but a billionaire investor continues to back the scheme.
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A healthcare specialist private equity firm has made its second investment in a clinical trials business, following a strong trend of the last 10 years.
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Global software company Salesforce has invested in a Melbourne IT testing technology company
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Rival bidders for an ASX-listed software company have now sought intervention by the Takeovers Panel.
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An industry super fund has committed a further $289 million to a specialist for purpose private equity program lifting its allocation to $651 million.
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A family office has provided most of an expansion capital raising for a business that provides vending machines for healthy food at large industrial facilities.
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New approach to robo-taxi concept
06 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
A leading venture firm has led a funding round for an early-stage technology company founded by an entrepreneur it backed in its first fund.
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Intervention sought on $526m deal
06 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
A Sydney private equity firm has sought intervention by the Takeovers Panel to gain it due diligence access to an acquisition that appears close to agreement with a rival bidder at $526 million.
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Due diligence has been extended for an $18.4 billion private capital consortium offer for a major power company.
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