Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A leading industry superannuation fund has taken a stake in its administration software provider in a down round.
Full storyA US specialist software venture capital firm has led a $32.5 million Series A investment round in a scale-up that offers an artificial intelligence driven program to manage the work of in-house legal teams.
Full storyThe federal government-funded National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) has led a $57.8 million funding round which will be used to scale up a company which is producing autonomous electric vehicles for industrial use.
Full storyA South-East-Asia regional venture firm has provided a $20 million credit facility to an Indonesian technology scale-up that is backed by a leading Australian firm.
Full story$4.64bn acquisition will take private capital firm into secondaries
24 Jan 2026 - Investment activity
A $4.64 billion acquisiton will take a global private capital business into the secondaries market which is expected to more than double by 2030.
Full story$81m growth capital for legal tech
23 Jan 2026 - Investment activity
A leading Australian venture firm has led an $81 million funding round for a New Zealand-founded legal tech scale-up now based in San Francisco and gaining international traction.
Full storyFederal government funding has helped boost a Queensland space technolgy company to unicorn status.
Full story$36 million in government and venture funding will keep a novel brain mapping technology - which has signifiant potential for personalised medicine - Australian owned.
Full storyAn Auckland venture capital firm has led an oversubscribed $NZ15 million funding round for a company that has developed colour CT scanners for medical imaging.
Full storyVenture investment will develop a digitised service to simplify the administration of deceased estates.
Full storyAn environmental opportunities private equity fund is to provide substantial funding for a merger which will create the largest independent forestry company in Australia and New Zealand.
Full storyA listed investment firm has led a $7.5m new funding round for a software-as-a-service for gyms business to launch a revamped version of its technology.
Full storyThe world's largest alternative assets manager, Blackstone, is to acquire the Hamilton Island resort in Queensland.
Full storyA buy-and-build specialist private equity firm is to acquire an air quality testing business.
Full storyA leading superannuation fund has indicated its confidence in the future of Australian CBD retail centres by agreeing to take a substantial stake in one of the most popular.
Full storyPrivate equity-backed company to acquire sports administration software
03 Jan 2026 - Investment activity
A software company backed by a US private equity firm is to acquire a Melbourne-based company that develops sports administration software.
Full storyAI computing company raises $253m
30 Dec 2025 - Investment activity
An Australia-based developer of Nvidia chip powered computing infrastructure for AI projects, has raised more than $250 million in a capital raising round in which super funds are believed to have participated.
Full storyA $312m private equity bid for an ASX-listed IVF company has been withdrawn.
Full storyA mid-market private equity firm is to pay $222 million to acquire from its US owners an Australia-based company that provides home instant hot water dispensers.
Full storyA global private equity firm has taken a majority stake in a Sydney-based proptech company.
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