Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

An impact infrastructure investment firm is to form a development joint venture with a Melbourne-based retirement villages operator.

A leading Australian private equity firm is to acquire Singapore Post's Australian logistics business in a deal that values the asset at just over $1 billion.

The federal government-funded Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has taken a stake in a company that is making green energy accessible to apartment tenants.

A private equity firm has gained majority control of an ASX-listed dental centres business almost 12 months after it put forward a first indicative bid.

A venture capital firm has led a $2 million seed round for a start-up that has developed artificial intelligence (AI) driven software to pursue consumer complaints.

A global investment manager, owned by Australian super funds, has increased its investment in an ASX-listed toll roads operator to just under 30%.

Investment firms and prominent individual investors have provided $17 million in expansion capital to a company that provides an online platform for drafting wills.

An indicative $119 million private equity offer has been put forward to acquire an ASX-listed motor vehicles fleet management and leasing company.

Auckland-based private equity firm Direct Capital has invested in New Zealand's market-leading commercial refrigeration and air conditioning business.

A private equity firm has made a $143 million indicative offer for an ASX-listed recycling company.

A Silicon Valley-based venture firm has led a $US3 million seed investment round in a New Zealand company that has developed digitised safety record-keeping technology for the working at heights sector.

A Sydney private equity firm is believed to be close to acquiring a majority stake in a leading supplier of sausages and smallgoods to major supermarkets.

A smaller business specialist private equity firm has invested in a homewares wholesaling business.

An international groceries sector venture capital firm which is backed by Woolworths is one of the lead investors in a $74 million round for a company that offers retail crime reporting intelligence software.

A Japanese bank has invested $30 million for 20% of an Australian-founded climate change investment and advisory business.

New Zealand's largest venture capital firm has led a $NZ67 million funding round for an Auckland-founded global edutech company.

A global investment firm has led a $46.9 million growth-stage funding round for a Sydney-based technology company.