Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Payments tech company raises $15m
21 Jan 2024 - Investment activity
A tech company that has developed software that links new payments technologies to banks' core payments systems is believed to have raised $15 million in new investment.
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A banks-backed growth fund has invested in a company that sells specialist sun protection clothing.
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A state-government-financed venture fund has backed development of a medical device designed to help treat brain injuries.
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Venture investors have contributed to a $3 million pre-seed fundraising round for a start-up which is developing an app-based preventive healthcare program.
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A start-up that has developed simple to use artificial intelligence has raised $15 million in expansion capital.
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Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is to acquire a majority stake in Australia's number two industrial and safety supplies distributor.
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Shareholders of an ASX-listed technology company have been recommended to accept a bid for the business from a private equity-backed rival after talks with another bidder ended.
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An ASX-listed company that operates a national chain of dental clinics has rejected a $223 initial private equity offer.
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A Brisbane cloud infrastructure technology company has attracted investment of $5.5 million to accelerate its international growth.
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Australia's wealthiest woman has become the latest billionaire to acquire an iconic Australian clothing company.
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$7m to expand surgical virtual reality
09 Dec 2023 - Investment activity
An over-subscribed $7 million pre-Series A capital raising round will be used to accelerate the uptake of a virtual reality platform that is being used to help train surgeons.
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An optical enhancement technology start-up that has already secured Defence Department contracts has attracted seed funding of $4.45 million.
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$47 million in venture capital has been invested in a start-up which provides software tools to generate images with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
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A new bid has been foreshadowed for an ASX-listed messaging software company.
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AustralianSuper has indicated it might provide financial support for Origin Energy to negotiate the transition to renewable energy after it blocked the private equity acquisition of the company.
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A state government-backed venture capital firm has invested in a company that has developed a nature-based process to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
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Alternative offer for Origin rejected
01 Dec 2023 - Investment activity
Origin Energy has finally rejected a complicated alternative offer put forward by its private capital suitors.
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One of Australia's big-four banks has co-led a $26.4 million investment round in a company co-founded by one of its former IT consultants.
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$14m in new capital for non-bank lender
29 Nov 2023 - Investment activity
A non-bank lender has attracted investment of $14 million from a Papua New Guinea bank and a for-purpose investment firm.
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A Sydney private equity firm which is backing a roll-up of Australian veterinary practices is reported to have acquired a veterinary hospitals business in New Zealand.
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