Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A growth capital firm has made a key addition to its retail platform acquiring a major youth apparel retail chain.

A private equity investee has been able to generate a substantial return of capital despite the company's operations being affected by COVID-19 restrictions.

An Australian investee of a global private equity firm is to be exited to a US-based investee of the same firm but the deal has transparency with both the transaction value and the exited company's 2021 revenue disclosed.

Local private capital funds have reached a record total of almost $90 billion as overseas investors continue to see Australia as one of the world's most attractive investment markets.

Technology billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has returned to the battle for control of power company AGL Energy, building a significant stake in the ASX-listed company.

As the Future Fund positions for a challenging and volatile future it has so far retained its relatively high allocation to private equity.

A Sydney-based private equity firm has moved to almost full ownership of New Zealand's largest healthcare group Tāmaki Health.

Private equity may be behind acquisition offers made for listed church contributions management software company Pushpay.

Applications for grant funding from West Australian government financed health and medical innovation seed fund will soon close.

Venture capital funding has been provided to a start-up that has devised a strategy and technology platform to provide individual investors with access to leading private equity funds globally.

An early-stage venture capital firm has raised more than $40 million for its latest seed stage fund.

A private equity-backed infrastructure advisory and project management business is to widen its areas of expertise with the acquisition of a smaller business in the same space.

A federal government-sponsored growth fund has invested in software that guides the development of complex corporate technology systems.

An investment consortium led by a leading global buyout firm has made a $20 billion plus bid to acquire Australia's largest private hospitals operator.

A Melbourne early-stage venture capital firm has led a pre-seed fundraising round for a start-up which has established on online marketplace for auto repairs equipment and supplies.