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Investors in Australia, the US and India have provided seed funding for a Sydney start-up that has developed an AI-powered tool to identify faults in software products.
Full storyUS investment creates new tech unicorn
12 Feb 2026 - Investment activity
Investment from a Silicon Valley growth capital firm has boosted a Sydney technology company to a billion-dollar-plus valuation.
Full storyOverseas investors have led an $80 million growth funding round for a Mebourne software company that provides demand-driven valuations for cars.
Full storyA global private capital firm has led a $14 billion debt package for an innovative Australian data centres developer.
Full storyA First Nations-led plantation forestry initiative in the Northern Territory is to backed by the federal government-backed Clean Energy Finance Corporation and private capital.
Full storyA venture-backed data centre developer has received a $100 million investment from an ASX-listed construction industry company.
Full storyAn Australian private equity firm is to acquire an Asia-Pacific regional pharmaceutical business for $2.37 billion.
Full story$20 million in federal government funding has been committed to a $75m target current fundraising round for a start-up that is attempting to use current silicon chip manufacturing technology to simplify the develpment of a quantum computer.
Full storyA 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.
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