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A global investor consortium's $18.7 billion proposal to take private Australia's largest electricity provider has been conditionally approved by the competition regulator.

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A growth capital fund backed by leading trading banks has taken a stake in a skincare business with overseas expansion ambitions.

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Strategic investors have provided $US18 million to a New Zealand technology company that has developed a process to produce graphite for batteries from waste timber.

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Sovereign wealth fund New Zealand Super has taken a stake in a European financial markets infrastructure provider.

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A project to develop the largest battery storage facility in Queensland has been acquired for a sustainable investments fund.

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An early-stage venture capital firm has led an $8 million investment round in a company that has developed a new technology to recycle lithium-ion batteries.

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A new investor has helped lift a funding round for a digital twin technology company to $38 million.

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A global private equity buyout firm has acquired an infrastructure investment business with investments in Australia.

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Macquarie Bank has contributed to a $30 million debt and equity package for a growing provider of financing to equipment distribution channels.

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A US venture capital firm has led a $36 million investment round in an Australian company that has developed an alternative to using helicopters in stringing power lines between transmission towers.

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A listed fruit and vegetable company has accepted a $1.496 billion offer from a consortium led by the New York private equity firm that floated the business in 2015.

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A private equity buyout firm is to pay just over $272 million for a 50% stake in Australia's largest landfill gas to power company.

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AustralianSuper is to invest $2.48 billion in a private equity-controlled overseas data centres business and expects to make more similar investments.

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A Sydney early-stage venture firm has led a funding round for a New Zealand data security software company.

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An Auckland software company that produces specialist programs for energy retailers has attracted $NZ50 million in growth capital investment from an Australian investment firm.

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The massive SunCable project to generate solar power in the Northern Territory and transmit it to Darwin for local use and then on to Singapore via an undersea power cable is to be split into onshore and offshore parts but, crucially, the two parts are to be progressed simultaneously.

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Venture and angel investors have backed a New Zealand company that has re-purposed a carbon capture and storage technology to provide green CO2 for horticulture.

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A private equity managed food fund has acquired Australia's second largest egg producer.

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A London venture capital firm has led a $14.5 million funding round for automated customer communications technology company Pendula.

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A $US6 million seed-funding round will finance a New Zealand founded accommodation sub-letting start-up to take on the New York City market.

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