Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

An Australia-founded international supplier of plumbing supplies has agreed to be acquired by a global asset management firm for $4.97 billion.

A $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.

A Sydney-based mid-market private equity firm has taken a 50% stake in an international data centres cooling business.

A global investor in fintech and financial services businesses has led a $16 million Series A investment round in online investment platform Pearler.

A Sydney start-up that has developed pro-active scam detection technology has attracted US and European investment and has moved its headquarters to the US.

Acquisitions and sales of shares by large stakeholders have complicated a private capital-backed company's plans to acquire a listed education company for just over $38 million.

Investors have committed $39 million for an Australian loyalty points payments platform company to enter the US market.

A leading private equity firm has taken a majority stake in an independent vocational training business.

An Australian private equity firm has topped the bid of a US rival with a $663 million offer, as the two firms seek to acquire an ASX-listed trustee services business.

Two large US private capital firms are behind a $7.7 billion acquisition plan for an ASX-listed insurance business.

A global private equity firm has made a $658 million bid to acquire an ASX-listed trustee services business.

A major global private capital firm has made a $4.q1 billion bid for an ASX-listed plumbing equipment manufacturer.

Venture capital funding has enabled a mining technology company to begin building waterless mineral processing units which should make it viable to mine and refiine critical mineral deposits at locations which do not have access to water.

A Gold Coast start-up that uses AI to help tradies automate their business administration has raised a $5 million funding round to launch its technology in the US.

A listed company has been criticised by a large sharehoder for setting up a route to acquisition after receiving a $9.4 billion indicative private capital offer.

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