Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Treasurer’s backdown recognition of common sense
13 Oct 2025 - News
Treasurer Jim Chalmers' backdown on a proposal to tax unrealised gains on investments is simply a final recognition of common sense.
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The firm which invests on behalf of leading industry super funds has decided to wind down its direct private equity investing division because it does not believe it can be scaled up to match the growth of super to be invested.
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IPO pipeline ‘the strongest in years’
01 Oct 2025 - News
A private capital-owned corporate registry business has predicted an imminent increase in IPOs in Australia.
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A large part of around $53 million raised for private equity investment is suspected by ASIC to have been used for gambling.
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Criicism from an unsuccessful applicant has raises questions on how successful ten years of government funding has been in developing a substantial Australian medical innovation commercialisation industry.
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$200m debt funding for divorce loans start-up
14 Jul 2025 - News
A listed financial services company is to provide a $200 million debt warehouse facility to a start-up that provides up-front financing for people who are unable to raise legal fees for divorce proceedings.
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Women’s magazines business up for sale
11 Jul 2025 - News
A private equity firm has confirmed it is seeking to exit a magazines business that owns Australia's two best know women's print titles.
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Venture funding falls back
09 Jul 2025 - News
Investors pulled back from providing venture capital funding across Australia in the second quarter of 2025, with female founders disproportionately affected.
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Global investors sought for energy storage technology
02 Jul 2025 - News
An international investment bank is seeking investors globally for an Australian company that has develped a novel technology to store energy as heat.
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Local start-ups lead in sharing equity with employees
13 Jun 2025 - News
A report by a managed services provider has found that Australian and New Zealand technology start-ups outperform counterparts in the US in sharing equity with employees.
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Buyout firm to move quickly to refloat airline
05 Jun 2025 - News
Bain Capital is to move quickly to re-list Virgin Australia on the ASX, seeking to capitalise on the airline's current good financial performance.
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Competition concerns keep planned $475m exit on hold
31 May 2025 - News
A planned $475 million private equity exit remains on hold after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reported it had preliminary competition concerns about the business being acquired by the dominant business in the sector.
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Brookfield's decision to abandon hospitals operator Healthscope was no surprise but it is difficult to predict what will happen next.
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Institutional investment is being sought for a business that has developed early warning technology for faults in electricity networks.
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Canadian plan for a viable small-cap stock exchange
20 May 2025 - News
The operator of a Canadian alternative stock exchange plans to take over an existing operation to develop a viable small-cap stock exchange in Australia.
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Parking technology company abandons acquisition plan
13 May 2025 - News
A New Zealand parking technology company has abandoned plans to acquire an Australian rival after the competiton regulator expressed concerns about the merger.
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Private capital in Australia has achieved superior performance to North America as the sector battles economic turbulence globally.
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Sovereign wealth fund sticks with private equity
06 May 2025 - News
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has maintained a substantial allocation to private equity as it deals with increasingly difficult global market conditions.
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$185m in federal funding for industry research
02 May 2025 - News
Federal government funding of $185 million is to be provided to three new Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) projects.
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A barrister acting for a co-founder of a tech company which allegedly raised venture capital after falsifying it's financial posiition has denied his client confessed to fraud.
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