Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Due diligence business acquired by commercial services firm
02 Oct 2026 - Investment activity
A due diligence company used by leading Australian private equity firms has been acquired by a big four commercial services firm.
Full storyA venture firm has led a $6 million investment round in a company that is building a market for software that manages image-based data on the condition of physical infrastructure.
Full storyA private capital firm has taken a majority stake in a growth-focused IT managed services business about 12 months after it successfully exited a similar business.
Full storyA private equity firm has invested in the merger of a technology investee with a consulting firm that specialises in cybersecurity protection.
Full storyLand-lease communities operator Ingenia (ASX: INA) is considering a further revised private capital acquisition offer which imposes a tight time limit on conditional agreement.
Full storyPrivate capital-backed clinical trials business to make $160m acquisition
25 Sep 2026 - Investment activity
A private capital-backed international clinical trials business is to acquire an Australian bioanalytic research business for $160 million.
Full storyA Sydney venture capital firm has contributed to a $US200 million funding round for a US space tech company.
Full storyAn international student recruitment business has rejected a $695.8 million acquisition offer from a global private capital firm describing it as opportunistic.
Full storyAn Australian venture firm has led overseas investors in a $483 million round which will accelerate commercialisation of Melbourne-developed medical scribe technology.
Full storyA global investment manager has led the latest fundraising round for a Melbourne-based renewable energy provider as the company steps up expansion in Europe.
Full storyA defence sector venture capital firm has led a $25 million Series A funding round for a company that collects and interprets images of satellites and other objects in space.
Full storyAn ASX-listed financial services company has rejected a $2.6bn further revised acquisitoin offer from a global private capital company sending its shares down more than 15%.
Full storyAn ASX-listed company has rejected a revised $2 billion acquisition offer from a New York private equity firm.
Full storyExisting and new investors have provided $8.6 million in funding to a medical technology company that is progressing toward commercialisation of an automated system to take high quality ultrasound images for use in the treatament of vascular conditions.
Full storyAn Australia-founded international supplier of plumbing supplies has agreed to be acquired by a global asset management firm for $4.97 billion.
Full storyA bidder has pulled out of an auction for a leading car leasing company but the remaining three bidders have each increased their indicative offers.
Full storyA $2.9 billion acquisition offer from a US private capital firm has been rebuffed by an ASX-listed company which is continuing with plans to acquire a rival with its own $1 billion offer.
Full storyA Sydney-based mid-market private equity firm has taken a 50% stake in an international data centres cooling business.
Full storyA New York growth capital firm has led a $36 million capital raising for a Sydney-based start-up that has developed smart capacity management technolgy for electricity grids.
Full storyA global investor in fintech and financial services businesses has led a $16 million Series A investment round in online investment platform Pearler.
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