Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

Australian venture capital funding dropped sharply over the three months to the end of September.

A Sydney venture capital firm is to receive a substantial return from the merger of a Melbourne-based procurement software business with an Auckland-based rival.

Additional funding has boosted an Australian quantum technology company's Series B investment round to $166 million.

A leading venture capital firm has led a $5 million seed funding round for a start-up that has developed AI-drivent customer support software that can carry out much more complicated tasks than conventional bots.

Westpac Bank is a cornerstone investor in climate change technology venture capital firm Virescent Ventures' second fund which has just achieved a $100 million first close.

A growth investment firm has re-branded and made the final investment from its second fund in a media sales business.

A struggling ASX-listed software company, which is under offer from a US private equity firm, has now received a rival offer at more than double the price but in a much more complicated deal.

A global environmental foundation and an Australian energy utility company have jointly led a $17.5 million funding round for an Australian battery technology company.

A $5 million venture investment will be used to take a previously boot-strapped event bookings system software company into new markets.

A Melbourne venture firm has led a $5.1 million seed funding round for a company that offers an AI driven software platform for managing restaurants.

The board of an ASX-listed dental practices board is recommending shareholders to take no action on a renewed acquisition offer from a private equity firm.

A venture-backed software company is to be acquired by a larger company in the business software space.

A superannuation and investments firm has recruited a head of private equity from an institutional investor.

Two New Zealand government backed environmental organisations have provided $NZ13.5 million in funding to a technology spin-out that is working to develop a vaccine that would reduce methane emissions from livestock.

A mid-market private equity firm is planning to expand its activities including entering listed companies investing.