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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.

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US-based global climate venture capital funds have led a $24 million investment round for a Sydney company that has developed specialist software for managing fleets of electric vehicles.

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

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

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$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.

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Australia's national centre for quantum industry growth has appointed an experienced innovation sector executive to lead its push to make our emerging quantum industry a global leader.

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

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

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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.

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New Zealand's largest private equity firm has closed its latest fund at $NZ525 million.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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$15 million in growth capital has been invested in a company that has developed energy storage units for rooftop solar.

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

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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.

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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.

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​​​​​​​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.

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