Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A private equity-owned company has increased its offer for an ASX-listed company to $820 million.

An ASX-listed vehicle leasing company has turned down a local private equity-backed acquisition offer and announced it is considering a higher industry offer from overseas.

$3.5 million in venture capital funding has been provided to a start-up that is developing low-cost robotic vision technology for industrial use.

A global infrastructure investment firm is in line to acquire a leading out-of-home advertising company for about $898 million.

A turnaround specialist private equity firm has completed the complex acquisition of a diversified Australia-based international engineering services business.

A Sydney medical specialist venture capital firm has led a $4 million investment round in a neonatal medical device that was recently approved for use in the US.

A private equity-backed $770 million bid seeks to combine Australia's two largest vehicle leasing and fleet management businesses.

An ASX-listed energy markets software company has rejected a $550 million-plus private equity backed acquisition offer.

An ASX-listed financial services company has rejected a third private equity acquisition offer but indicated it is prepared to povide access to some non-public information to help formulate an offer that reflects its valuation of the business.

A private equity bid for an ASX-listed financial services company has been increased by a further 2% to $2.6 billion.

A lower-mid-market private equity firm has taken a stake in an electrical contractor which is a major provider of cabling and other services to data centre development projects.

A US private equity firm has acquired a majority stake in an Australian budget gyms franchisor.

A mid-market private equity firm has acquired a national data centres network with expansion potential, mirroring an investment it successfully exited five years ago.

A start-up that uses technology to improve the home loan search process for home loan seekers, has attracted venture capital funding.

A private capital firm has acquired a portfolio of venture assets from an ASX-listed company.

A global private capital firm has sweetened its bid for an ASX-listed financial services business.

A major US firm is to make its first privagte equity investment in Australla, investing in the carve-out of a corporate credit reporting business.

A company that provides surveying technolgy for hazardous locations has raised $25 millon in venture debt for further expansion.

Federal government funding is to support a controversial project to establish sustainable plantation pine forests in Tasmania.