Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Shareholders of an ASX-listed company have voted in favour of a private equity acquisition after nearly a year of negotiations.
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$NZ1.28bn deal ‘cheap but reasonable’
27 Nov 2020 - Investment activity
Shareholders have voted in favour of a reduced private equity offer after being advised it was still reasonable.
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Bidders increase offer for dental group
02 Nov 2020 - Investment activity
Improved performance following easing of COVID-19 restrictions has enabled a New Zealand listed company to negotiate a higher offer from a private equity-led acquisition consortium.
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A global alternative investment manager has made an indicative multi-billion-dollar bid to acquire AMP.
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A listed company has agreed to provide a private equity consortium with non-exclusive due diligence while indicating it considers a revised $2.86 billion bid still too low.
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Virgin Australia will begin its life under private equity with a new chief executive.
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Two buyout firms have made an indicative $2.77bn bid for a listed share registries business.
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Loan funding for airline expansion
22 Sep 2020 - Investment activity
An Asian private equity firm is to provide debt funding to finance a competitor to Qantas and Virgin Australia on Australia’s major air routes.
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The producer of a live theatre show shut down by COVID-19 restrictions has accepted investment from a private equity-owned technology business.
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A family office has led a $US30 million fundraising round for a music rights marketplace business.
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$13m backing for agtech start-up
25 Aug 2020 - Investment activity
A company set up to commercialise an agricultural discovery has attracted funding mainly from strategic investors.
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An Australian venture capital firm is continuing to back a start-up which has attracted US investment for its stroke prediction technology.
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A conviction investor is seeking co-investors a for medical technology growth investment.
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No rain check for investors
19 Aug 2020 - Investment activity
An Australian venture firm has provided follow-on funding for a weather intelligence platform.
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$758m deal finally gets green light
17 Aug 2020 - Investment activity
A large public-to-private buyout deal has finally been given the green light.
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A specialist investor has increased its stake in a buy-now-pay-later company which is about to list on the ASX.
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A growth capital fund has taken a majority stake in a business which sells secure mobile phone mounts for bicycles.
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Pathology business acquired for $NZ550m
11 Aug 2020 - Investment activity
New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund is to take a 50% stake in the country’s largest pathology provider.
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Venture funding will help monitor social distancing in offices.
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Virgin Australia has revealed plans for a slimmed down business under private equity.
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