Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

The federal government funded National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has invested in an Australian founded now US company that has developed an electronic chip which, when implanted in the brain, enables a paralysed person to control an electronic device through their thoughts.

A Perth company that has developed technology to produce alternative materials to plastics has raised a $16 million Series A round led by a European investment firm.

An undisclosed US investor has contributed to a $NZ15 million Series A capital raising round by a New Zealand cancer therapeutics company.

A European private capital firm has made a $5.25 billion indicative offer for one of Australia's largest insurance broking businesses.

Federal and Queensland state government funding has been revealed as part of a previously announced $46 million fundraising for the defence-focused development of a hypersonic aircraft engine.

A Brisbane start-up that has developed a fibre-optic communications security system that could provide high security for data centres has raised seed funding of $2.4 million.

The Gates Foundation and international research funding organisation Flu Lab have led a $34 million funding round which will support a clincal trial in the US for an Australian-developed drug.

A local venture firm has joined US venture firms and prominent individual investors in providing $US30 million for a San Francisco-based data collection start-up.

Australian angel investors and a US venture firm have invested in a oversubscribed Series A round for a company that has developed a software platform for managing investment funds.

A New Zealand private equity firm has invested in an expanding Māori-focused healthcare services network.

A growth capital investment firm has led a $7.5 million capital raising for a workforce management software company.

A climate tech investment firm has provided seed funding of $3 million to a Melbourne company which is developing air conditioning technology that it claims will be the most energy efficient on the market.

A climate technology investment firm and a UK energy utility have jointly invested $10 million in an Australian home battery technology company to to boost its international expansion, especially in the UK.

An ASX-listed small cap investment firm has led a $6 million investment round in a privately owned insurance technology company.

A Silicon Valley-based growth capital firm has invested $35 million in a company that provides software to support front office functions for law firms.

A global private capital firm is to become the largest shareholer in a power business that provides energy to nearly half-a-million New Zealand homes and businesses.

US firm leads $98 million investment round in Melbourne-based healthcare sector artificial intelligence company.

A Belgian agtech investment firm has led a $30 million investment round in a Queensland company that produces automated agricultural equipment.