Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

US investment has taken the value of a Melbourne-founded artificial intelligence receptionist company to over $100 million.

An ASX-listed company is to spend $270m on a portfolio of stakes in investment management firms.

A deal for a private equity firm to acquire a furniture retail chain is expected to be signed off within days.

A US company has made a strategic investment in an Australian developer of multi-purpose testing equipment.

A $747 million private equity offer has been made for the ASX company that operates Australia's largest out-of-home advertising operation.

A global firm that invests on behalf of leading industry super funds, is bidding to take control of a $6.9 billion ASX-listed infrastructure investment company.

Australian and overseas venture firms have provided $5 million in funding for a Sydney University defence tech spin-out.

A Sydney private equity and venture capital firm has made a strategic investment in a digital technology business which serves the mining industry.

A Sydney venture firm has led a $A13.4 million funding round for a New Zealand start-up that uses AI to carry out high-quality market research at a fraction of the cost of conventional methods.

An ASX-listed IVF company has rejected an improved offer from a private equity consortium as undervaluing the company.

An Auckland-based venture capital firm has led a $A9.3 million investment round in a New Zealand start-up that offers a new technolgy funds administration platform.

A private equity consortium has lifted its offer for an ASX-listed IVF company stating that it plans to walk away if the offer is not promptly accepted.

Close to $17 million has been provided by venture and growth investment firms to back the commercialisation of AI-driven compliance checking software developed by a Sydney-founded start-up.

A growth capital firm has made two new investments with a common theme; both back brothers who will continue to run tghe businesses.

A New Zealand venture capital firm has led an oversubscribed funding round for a start-up developing a highly sensitive 'digital nose'

Australian venture firms have provided most of an $11 million Series A fundraising round for a Melbourne digital technology business that is now generating most of its revenue in the US.

The federal government-backed Australian Business Growth Fund is providing investment for a software business to expand overseas.

A venture firm has led a $9.9 million seed-funding round for a start-up which has developed technology that is already being used by leading software companies.

A new round of investment has doubled the valuation of an advertising technology start-up to $100 million.