Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

An Australian life sciences venture capital firm is to exit a cancer treatment technology company to a global pharmaceuticals business in a deal which could eventually return as much as $2.6 billion.

A national security-focused investment firm has led a $25 million investment round for a South Australian rocket launch company.

An Asian private capital firm, which is to take a majority stake in an Australian firm, is planning to step up local activity with more real estate-based deals.

A private capital firm's resisted takeover of an ASX-listed company has progresed with the acquirer securing more than 50% of its target.

Australia's largest private equity firm is to sell one of its investments back to the company's founders at a fraction of the sum it paid four-and-a-half years ago.

Investors have provided $2 million in very-early-stage funding to a start-up that is developing a non-invasive device that will enable speech-impaired people to communicate via thoughts.

A new Melbourne-based private equity firm has made its first deal investing in a replacement auto parts manufacturer and distributor.

Deep tech climate tech and aviation sector-focused investors are backing a Sydney aerospace company which has developed a film which reduces the drag of aircraft surfaces.

Financial services business Perpetual (ASX: PPT) has rejected a $2.5 billion private equity bid which it said did not represent fair value.

Additional federal funding has been provided to a quantum computing development company that is already producing commercial products.

A private equity-backed ASX-listed company has brought in a corporate advisory firm to help it review its strategic options.

Federal funding of up to $45 million is to be supplied to set up a plant to demonstrate commercial manufacturing of an advanced battery material.

Private capital investors are pressing the federal government to widen the scope of the carve-out it has proposed in response to the backlash that erupted after it removed capital gains tax concessions for the innovation sector in the Budget.

A Sydney-based firm has led a $55 million fourth venture capital round for a technolgy business that is introducing artificial intelligence (AI) to hospitality sector workflows.

A private equity offer for an ASX-listed campervan business has been challenged by a higher offer from a trade buyer.

Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, has invested in a US technology company co-founded by an Australian entrepreneur.

A preventative healthcare business has raised $65 million to expand overseas.

A department store business has replaced its chief executive alongside its private equity owners refinancing the company.

The exit of an Australia-based drinks company is expected to generate a global private equity firm close to a $2bn return generating a 5-6x return on initial investment.