Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A lower-mid-market private equity firm has taken a stake in an electrical contractor which is a major provider of cabling and other services to data centre development projects.

A US private equity firm has acquired a majority stake in an Australian budget gyms franchisor.

A mid-market private equity firm has acquired a national data centres network with expansion potential, mirroring an investment it successfully exited five years ago.

A start-up that uses technology to improve the home loan search process for home loan seekers, has attracted venture capital funding.

A private capital firm has acquired a portfolio of venture assets from an ASX-listed company.

A global private capital firm has sweetened its bid for an ASX-listed financial services business.

A major US firm is to make its first privagte equity investment in Australla, investing in the carve-out of a corporate credit reporting business.

A company that provides surveying technolgy for hazardous locations has raised $25 millon in venture debt for further expansion.

Federal government funding is to support a controversial project to establish sustainable plantation pine forests in Tasmania.

A recently founded lower mid-market private equity firm has made its first investment taking a majority stake in a painting and asset protection business.

A national security-focused investment firm has led a $25 million investment round for a South Australian rocket launch company.

A private capital firm's resisted takeover of an ASX-listed company has progresed with the acquirer securing more than 50% of its target.

Investors have provided $2 million in very-early-stage funding to a start-up that is developing a non-invasive device that will enable speech-impaired people to communicate via thoughts.

A new Melbourne-based private equity firm has made its first deal investing in a replacement auto parts manufacturer and distributor.

Deep tech climate tech and aviation sector-focused investors are backing a Sydney aerospace company which has developed a film which reduces the drag of aircraft surfaces.

Financial services business Perpetual (ASX: PPT) has rejected a $2.5 billion private equity bid which it said did not represent fair value.

Additional federal funding has been provided to a quantum computing development company that is already producing commercial products.

Federal funding of up to $45 million is to be supplied to set up a plant to demonstrate commercial manufacturing of an advanced battery material.

A Sydney-based firm has led a $55 million fourth venture capital round for a technolgy business that is introducing artificial intelligence (AI) to hospitality sector workflows.