Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A 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.

Existing investors have led a $6 million fundraising that has boosted a cancer treatement research company's Series A round to $17.5 million.

A New York software investment firm has taken a $23 million growth stake in a meat grading techology company.

Overseas climate technology investment firms have led a $50 million capital raising for a Melbourne company that has developed fault-finding technology for power lines.

An additional large Japanese business has committed to invest in a South Australia-based company that is developing solar energy and battery storage projects across regional Australia.

A London Stock Exchange-listed clean foods investment company has provided follow-up funding for a company that uses fermentation to create alternatives to dairy products.

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.