Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A technology investment firm has led a $17 million investment round in a company that has developed an efficient way to store energy as heat.

An industry super fund has added to its investment in a UK company that has developed artificial intelligence-powered imaging technology for assessing stroke and pulmonary fibrosis.

A leading Australian venture firm has led a $158 million late-stage funding round for a Sydney-based defence tech company.

A global private equity manager is to pay up to $550 million to acquire the wealth management arm of an ASX-listed financial services business.

A leading venture firm has stepped up its funding for a sales accounts management technology sold through a software-as-a-service business mode.

A Silicon Valley venture firm has led a seed round in a Melbourne start-up that offers a platform that analyses how artificaial intelligence (AI) can improve workflows.

Global impact investors have backed the technogy of a Sydney start-up to significantly reduce the cost of nitrogen fertilisers while also significantly reducing greenhouse emissions.

Two US venture firms have committed to back a New Zealand-founded online education start-up after the founder committed to relocate to the US.

The first investment from a new lower mid-market private equity fund has been made in a company that claims to be Australia's leading provider of professional laundry equipment.

A US-based growth-stage technology investor has taken a majority stake in a New Zealand-founded company, now based in the US, which provides fleet maintenance and compliance software.

A US growth capital firm has led a $46 million funding round for an Adelaide company that provides practice management software for health professionals.

Investors in Australia, the US and India have provided seed funding for a Sydney start-up that has developed an AI-powered tool to identify faults in software products.

Investment from a Silicon Valley growth capital firm has boosted a Sydney technology company to a billion-dollar-plus valuation.

Overseas investors have led an $80 million growth funding round for a Mebourne software company that provides demand-driven valuations for cars.

A global private capital firm has led a $14 billion debt package for an innovative Australian data centres developer.

A venture-backed data centre developer has received a $100 million investment from an ASX-listed construction industry company.

An Australian private equity firm is to acquire an Asia-Pacific regional pharmaceutical business for $2.37 billion.

$20 million in federal government funding has been committed to a $75m target current fundraising round for a start-up that is attempting to use current silicon chip manufacturing technology to simplify the develpment of a quantum computer.

A leading industry superannuation fund has taken a stake in its administration software provider in a down round.