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Consultation has opened on draft merger assessment guidelines ahead of the introduction of the new compulsory mergers assessment regime next year.

An Auckland-based venture capital-backed computer components testing business is to be acquired by a US listed company.

An Australian and US private capital firm is nearing a $156 million first close for a fund that will back AI start-ups.

$2 million in pre-seed funding has been provided to a start-up that is developing artificial intelligence to enable robotic devices to operate autonomously.

Most of the proposed mergers on the ACCC's new public register involve private capital-backed companies.

A US venture capital firm has led a $25 million investment round for a Melbourne-based healthcare administration technology company.

A fund raised primarily to provide follow-on funding for a venture capital firm's most successful investees has made it's first investment in a company that had not previously been backed by its sponsor.

Two Australian investment firms are to sell down shares worth $52 million in a a company that sells high-end bikes and bike parts online.

An ASX-listed scale-up business is to acquire a company that provides an online marketplace for technolgy founders to connect with investors.

A private capital-backed supplier of beer kegs has been placed in voluntary recievership after a lender declined to extend further credit to the business.

A $660 million growth capital fund is to make its first investment in a business seeking to disrupt the legal sector globally.

A leading venture capital firm and an ASX-listed online employment listings company have led a $40 million investment round for an employee wellbeing software provider.

A private capital-backed US business has acquired a Brisbane company that specialises in producing business-to-business (B2B) commerce software.

A global private markets investor is to acquire a Sydney-based data centre developer and invest $1.2 billion into scaling the business up to become an Australia-wide next generation data centre platform.

Revised $3.35bn indicative offers have won two US private equity firms due diligence access to the books of an ASX-listed wealth management company.

​​​​​​​A breakthrough big battery design which will significantly improve the utilisation of renewable energy, is to be lintroduced in Australia by a global infrastructure fund manager.