Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
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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Global individual investor interest in private markets has grown by 15% over a year according to a recent survey.
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Late-stage venture attracting private equity interest
15 Apr 2025 - News
The growing size of Australian late-stage technology start-ups is increasing investment interest from private equity firms according to a recent venture capital survey.
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Ten parties have registered interest in buying assets of a software company that collapsed after fraud allegations.
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A venture capital firm has taken court action to try to recover $10.4 million it invested in a software company.
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The NSW Labor government has released a policy document which it plans to follow to retain the state's leading position in the technology start-up sector.
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A Melbourne technology scale-up company has been placed in administration in the wake of an investor alleging it misrepresented its financial position.
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New raising revalues government quantum investment
27 Mar 2025 - News
New capital is being raised for a quantum computer developer well above the valuation at which the Australian and Queensland goverments invested last year.
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Venture firm calls foul, seeks to recover investment
25 Mar 2025 - News
A venture firm has contacted the police and is seeking to recover its investment in a $17 million funding round saying it has discovered a "potentially serious issue".
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Consultation opens on new mergers guidelines
20 Mar 2025 - News
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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