Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
$NZ300m acquisition called off
31 Mar 2020 - Investment activity
The coronavirus has terminated a $NZ300m private equity acquisition.
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Valuations and the coronavirus
31 Mar 2020 - News
Private capital investment firms have been recommended to take the coronavirus crisis into account in preparing current portfolio valuations.
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A Brisbane-founded online fraud prevention company is to receive substantial investment from Microsoft’s venture fund.
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Online lender seeking strategic investment
31 Mar 2020 - Investee news
A profitable online lender is seeking strategic investment to grow its loan book.
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A technology company co-founded by an Australian entrepreneur has raised $US20 million in the US.
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Seed fund makes first investment
30 Mar 2020 - Investment activity
A recently launched New Zealand seed fund has made its first investment.
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$433m backing for neobank
29 Mar 2020 - Investment activity
A Middle East investment firm has committed $433 million to an Australian banking start-up.
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Fashion chain in administration
29 Mar 2020 - Performance
A private equity-owned women’s fashion chain has been placed in administration.
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Existing Australian technology could be used as a platform for COVID-19 self-tests.
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Two Maori groups are in line for a substantial return on a direct private equity investment.
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One of the pioneers of venture capital in Australia has been appointed chair of the country’s largest biotechnology commercialisation fund.
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Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will bring a ground-breaking Australian vaccination technology closer to use for vaccinating children against measles.
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Retail chain investment exited to founders
25 Mar 2020 - Performance
The founders of a well-known retail chain have bought out their private equity investor.
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Retail network deal may not proceed
23 Mar 2020 - Investment activity
A recently agreed private equity acquisition of a majority stake in an Australia-wide retail network is now in doubt.
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A venture credit fund has provided $3 million to a data analytics company.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with the Wellcome foundation and Mastercard to set up an accelerator and commit $US125 million in seed funding to speed up development of treatments for COVID-19.
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Exit expected to return more than $500m
21 Mar 2020 - Performance
A Sydney private equity firm is expected to generate a return in excess of $500 million after exiting an investment to a major US firm.
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Current uncertain times have not discouraged wholesale investors from investing in alternative credit, an investment firm has shown.
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Private equity bidders are still in talks with an ASX-listed company despite its share price falling 76 per cent.
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Private capital is to be invested alongside government funding to provide $53 million to develop drugs to fight heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, some of the most common causes of premature death.
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