Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A New York software investor with a record of investing in Australian companies has closed a multi-billion-dollar fund despite the coronavirus.
Full storyA new fund has been set up to help selected South-East Asia technology companies survive the coronavirus crisis.
Full storyFailed retail chain attracts buyer interest
02 Apr 2020 - Performance
Buyer interest has been reported in a failed national retail chain.
Full storyHow will COVID-19 affect venture?
01 Apr 2020 - News
How will the coronavirus crisis affect Australian venture capital?
Full story$NZ300m acquisition called off
31 Mar 2020 - Investment activity
The coronavirus has terminated a $NZ300m private equity acquisition.
Full storyValuations 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.
Full storyA Brisbane-founded online fraud prevention company is to receive substantial investment from Microsoft’s venture fund.
Full storyOnline lender seeking strategic investment
31 Mar 2020 - Investee news
A profitable online lender is seeking strategic investment to grow its loan book.
Full storyA technology company co-founded by an Australian entrepreneur has raised $US20 million in the US.
Full storySeed fund makes first investment
30 Mar 2020 - Investment activity
A recently launched New Zealand seed fund has made its first investment.
Full story$433m backing for neobank
29 Mar 2020 - Investment activity
A Middle East investment firm has committed $433 million to an Australian banking start-up.
Full storyFashion chain in administration
29 Mar 2020 - Performance
A private equity-owned women’s fashion chain has been placed in administration.
Full storyExisting Australian technology could be used as a platform for COVID-19 self-tests.
Full storyTwo Maori groups are in line for a substantial return on a direct private equity investment.
Full storyOne of the pioneers of venture capital in Australia has been appointed chair of the country’s largest biotechnology commercialisation fund.
Full storyFunding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will bring a ground-breaking Australian vaccination technology closer to use for vaccinating children against measles.
Full storyRetail chain investment exited to founders
25 Mar 2020 - Performance
The founders of a well-known retail chain have bought out their private equity investor.
Full storyRetail 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.
Full storyA venture credit fund has provided $3 million to a data analytics company.
Full storyThe 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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