Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Super fund chief executive to retire
30 Nov 2021 - People moves
The chief executive of a $26 billion superannuation fund is to retire in the new year.
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Funding for microwave-baked car parts
30 Nov 2021 - Investment activity
Series A funding of more than $11 million has been provided to a New Zealand company which has developed a microwave oven for producing cast metal car parts.
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Buyout firm takes control of bakery
28 Nov 2021 - Investment activity
A large Australian private equity firm has taken a controlling stake in a bakery business.
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Private equity backing is expected to be focused on expanding online sales for a baby care product retailer.
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Mid-market fund closes at $550m
27 Nov 2021 - New funds and fundraising
A Sydney midmarket private investment firm has closed its fourth fund at $550 million.
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The independent management company for Victoria's new $2 billion technology commercialisation fund is seeking applications for senior roles and has made its first investment.
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A private equity firm which started fundraising with a target of $750 million for a main fund and $150 million for side-car vehicles has announced a first close at $600 million.
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European firm backs aged-care software
22 Nov 2021 - Investment activity
A major European private equity firm has taken a minority stake in a locally developed software platform for managing aged care services.
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$9.3bn new offer for casinos operator
21 Nov 2021 - Investment activity
A new bid for Crown puts the casino company in an awkward position. Blackstone's offer is only modestly higher than an offer rejected in June but, unlike then, there doesn't appear to be a rival waiting in the wings.
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A consortium of private equity investors is to exit most of its stake in a cancer care business in a deal believed to value the business at around $2.5 billion.
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A healthcare specialist private equity firm has made its first control transaction buying into a leading pharmacy management software business.
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CSIRO has entered into a five-year multi-million-dollar partnership with Google to cooperate on commercialising scientific discoveries.
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Local venture firms are backing the global aspirations of a Sydney-based commercial electric bike company.
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Bank-backed software company to list on NZX
16 Nov 2021 - Performance
A software company which says it integrates the separate streams of communication in import/export transactions, is to list on the NZX just three years after it was founded.
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An Auckland start-up that provides grocery items direct to customers has received venture backing.
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An impact investment firm has taken a stake in a business that provides payment plans for private school fees.
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Visual effects technologies used in movies such as Lord of the Rings and Avatar are to be acquired as part of a $2.216 billion deal.
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A venture-backed tech company has put on hold its plans to list on the ASX before the Christmas-New Year holiday period.
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Shares in a private equity-backed company closed more than 6% down after their first day of trading on the ASX.
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A global private equity firm's $2.88 bid for a listed company has been complicated by a European syndicate making an $86.5 million bid for part of the business.
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