Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

The sale of a Sydney software company to a US venture firm is likely to return two local investment firms around 10x their investments.

A New Zealand early-stage venture firm, founded by a former Canva executive, has declared a final close for its first fund at $NZ2.1 million.

UK angels have backed a New Zealand start-up that offers a platform to assist academic research.

A San Francisco "growth accelerator" has led a pre-seed fundraising round for an Australian start-up that claims its technology will disrupt market research globally.

Existing investors have provided $13 million in additional funding to an online share trading platform as it continues to expand into adjacent areas.

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.

A Sydney-based real-time video analytics company has raised $17 million which it plans to use to boost its sales in overseas markets.

Brookfield's decision to abandon hospitals operator Healthscope was no surprise but it is difficult to predict what will happen next.

Institutional investment is being sought for a business that has developed early warning technology for faults in electricity networks.

New Zealand government-funded Elevate NZ Venture Fund has committed $NZ10 million to a new deep-tech venture fund.

A UK angels investors group has led a $NZ1 million funding round for a New Zealand start-up that offers an online platform to assist academic research.

Individual investors with deep experience of early-stage technology businesses have backed a new Queensland business specialising in providing loan funding to the sector.

The world's largest producer of lithium has invested in an Australian start-up that has developed a lightweight material for electric motors that is expected to make electric vehicles significantly more efficient.

The country's three leading independent venture capital firms have participated in a $466 million late-stage funding round for a fintech company that is now based overseas.

Sovereign wealth fund The Future Fund has acquired just under 10% of NSW and ACT electricity transmission utility Transgrid in a $1 billion-plus deal.

A mid-market private equity firm has raised $325 million for a new strategy lower mid-market growth captal fund.

Two underperforming retail assets have been sold by a Sydney private equity firm, probably for a token figure.