Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A New Zealand-founded company that offers an online small business accounting platform targeted at sole traders has raised an oversubscribed $26 million funding round as it targets expansion in the UK.

A global private capital firm has led a $30 million funding round for a Sydney-based cyber security company.

A venture capital firm has invested in a company that has developed a software platform which simplifies the process by which major retailers develop private label products.

A decarbonisation-focused investment firm has committed $5 million to a company which delivers electrification services for homes.

US investors have pumped $497 million into a Melbourne founded fintech only six months after the comany raised $452 million.

A global alternative investment firm best known for large scale debt deals has made its first private equity investment in Australia.

A private capital firm that invests on behalf of family offices and high-net-worth individuals, has taken a majority stake in an automotive trade supplies business.

New Zealand's largest privately owned healthcare business is to change ownership from one private equity firm to another.

A private equity firm has linked with the federal government's green bank to invest in a renewable energy developer and operator that provides lower cost power to businesses.

An early-stage venture firm has led a pre-seed investment round in a start-up that has developed AI coach technology to teach new users how to use software.

A company that has developed electronic body-scanning technolgy used by defence forces for uniforms fitting has raised $15m to accelerate overseas expansion.

Two global private equity firms have declined to make a firm offer for an ASX-listed insurance broker after completing due diligence.

The new investment arm of a public relations and marketing company has made its first investment, in a company which is raising seaweed.

Investors have backed two companies that each expect to soon begin commercial sales of treatments that will minimise the production of methane by cattle over long periods after a single dose.

A family-owned investment company is to move into the healthcare sector through the acquisition of a chain of medical practices.

A private equity firm has narrowly topped an offer for ASX-listed online travel sales business Webjet in what looks like the start of an auction.

A $353 million new bid for a listed online travel sales business appears likely to prompt a follow-up bid from a syndicate, including a private equity firm, with which the target earlier declined to engage.

A Melbourne private equity firm has made a $20 million growth investment in a family-owned laundromat chain.