Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Mid-market firm exits beauty products
19 Jan 2024 - Performance
A mid-market private equity firm has exited a beauty products company it has owned for nearly ten years.
Full storyCrowd funding investors will lose most of their investments while a return will go to a seed fund in a planned acquisition of a Sydney technology company by a NASDAQ-listed business.
Full storyRobotics start-up to be liquidated
18 Jan 2024 - Performance
A start-up which developed software which provides robotic grippers with a sense of touch has failed to raise follow-on funding and is to be liquidated.
Full storyA banks-backed growth fund has invested in a company that sells specialist sun protection clothing.
Full storyVenture-backed fintech spins out US business
16 Jan 2024 - Investee news
A Sydney-based real estate financing fintech has spun out a US business which has been promised debt funding of more than $48 million.
Full storyChief executive of online broker stands down
15 Jan 2024 - News
The chief executive of an online stockbroker backed by US investment firms has stood down.
Full storyNew Zealand clean tech debt fund
14 Jan 2024 - New funds and fundraising
One of New Zealand's leading trading banks has launched a clean tech debt fund which will focus on developing companies with potential to go global.
Full storyA state-government-financed venture fund has backed development of a medical device designed to help treat brain injuries.
Full storyMost of the program for Growth Capital Forum - to be held in Sydney on 27 February - has now been organised.
Full storyVenture investors have contributed to a $3 million pre-seed fundraising round for a start-up which is developing an app-based preventive healthcare program.
Full storyA start-up that has developed simple to use artificial intelligence has raised $15 million in expansion capital.
Full storyPacific Equity Partners (PEP) is to acquire a majority stake in Australia's number two industrial and safety supplies distributor.
Full storyShareholders of an ASX-listed technology company have been recommended to accept a bid for the business from a private equity-backed rival after talks with another bidder ended.
Full storyAn ASX-listed company that operates a national chain of dental clinics has rejected a $223 initial private equity offer.
Full storyA Brisbane cloud infrastructure technology company has attracted investment of $5.5 million to accelerate its international growth.
Full storyTwo family offices have sold one of Australia's largest networks of convenience stores and service stations for $1.71 billion.
Full storyAustralia's wealthiest woman has become the latest billionaire to acquire an iconic Australian clothing company.
Full storyA majority stake in a venture capital-backed sports livestreaming technology company has been exited in a trade deal to an Italy-based company.
Full story$7m to expand surgical virtual reality
09 Dec 2023 - Investment activity
An over-subscribed $7 million pre-Series A capital raising round will be used to accelerate the uptake of a virtual reality platform that is being used to help train surgeons.
Full storyAn optical enhancement technology start-up that has already secured Defence Department contracts has attracted seed funding of $4.45 million.
Full story