Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

The corporate venturing arm of Australia's largest general insurer has made a strategic investment in an online business that provides personal health, safety and wellbeing services.

An increased offer from a superannuation funds-owned investment firm has been rejected by an ASX-listed company.

Additonal private equity bids have lifted the offer price for an ASX-listed company to more than $845 million.

A new growth stage private equity investment firm has taken a majority stake in a leading provider of after-hours general practitioner medical services.

A US investor has led a $NZ90 million Series B capital raising round for a New Zealand-founded AI-powered online markets technology which is focusing on building its presence in the US.

An alternatives investment firm is among early investors in a defence tech company company about to be listed on the ASX. The ACT-based company provides militay training to defend against attack drones.

Overseas investors have backed a New Zealand deep tech start-up which has claimed its first succes in discovering new materials to replace rare earths.

An ASX-listed software company, that remains substantially owned by private equity, has rejected an indicative $247 million acquisition offer.

A private credit provider has backed a legaltech provider to scale up its business which already supports multiple national regulatory bodies.

Listed takeover target releases expert valuation around $1 billion higher than bidder's offer.

A global mid-market firm has acquired an Auckland-founded construction sector software business and plans to upgrade its platform with artificial intelligence.

A leading venture capital firm has co-led a pre-seed funding round for a start-up which the founders say is developing "AI-native consumer finance" technology.

Federal government funding has been allocated to a Sydney company that is developing new super-fast computer chips that shoud help meet the demands of artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

A state govenment-financed venture firm has led a $25 million Series A funding round for an Australian defence tech company that has already supplied its enhanced vision technology to the Australian Defence Force and the US Department of War.

A new investment round for a New Zealand company that has developed a software platform for funds administration and registry has valued the company at $80 million.

An ASX-listed out-of-home advertising company has rejected two private capital bids but has invited more offers at higher value.

A Queensland state government-backed venture capital firm has co-led a $15 million fundraising round for a company that has developed artificial intelligence-powered procurement software for the construction sector.

A listed company has rejected an offer from its superannuation funds-owned largest investor which values it at almost $6.9 billion.

A deal to acquire leading furniture retailing business Freedom Furniture has been signed by a Sydney private equity firm.