Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A New Zealand venture capital firm has led an oversubscribed funding round for a start-up developing a highly sensitive 'digital nose'

Australian venture firms have provided most of an $11 million Series A fundraising round for a Melbourne digital technology business that is now generating most of its revenue in the US.

The federal government-backed Australian Business Growth Fund is providing investment for a software business to expand overseas.

A venture firm has led a $9.9 million seed-funding round for a start-up which has developed technology that is already being used by leading software companies.

A new round of investment has doubled the valuation of an advertising technology start-up to $100 million.

A Growth investment firm has taken a majority stake in a business which claims to be one of the largest national providers of cleaning and property services.

An ASX-listed investor in alternative investment firms is to take a $145 million stake in a Canadian growth capital firm that specialises in introducing artificial intelligence (AI) technology to its investee companies.

Two US firms have invested in a New Zealand start-up that has developed technology to manage car parts inventory, meanwhile a local venture investor has substantially increasing its stake.

A US venture firm has led a $314.5 million funding round for a New Zealand livestock virtual fencing technology company, one of the largest raisings for an agtech company globally.

The federal government-financed National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has made its second $20 million quantum computing investment this year.

A technology investment firm has led a $17 million investment round in a company that has developed an efficient way to store energy as heat.

An industry super fund has added to its investment in a UK company that has developed artificial intelligence-powered imaging technology for assessing stroke and pulmonary fibrosis.

A leading Australian venture firm has led a $158 million late-stage funding round for a Sydney-based defence tech company.

A global private equity manager is to pay up to $550 million to acquire the wealth management arm of an ASX-listed financial services business.

A leading venture firm has stepped up its funding for a sales accounts management technology sold through a software-as-a-service business mode.

A Silicon Valley venture firm has led a seed round in a Melbourne start-up that offers a platform that analyses how artificaial intelligence (AI) can improve workflows.

Global impact investors have backed the technogy of a Sydney start-up to significantly reduce the cost of nitrogen fertilisers while also significantly reducing greenhouse emissions.

Two US venture firms have committed to back a New Zealand-founded online education start-up after the founder committed to relocate to the US.

The first investment from a new lower mid-market private equity fund has been made in a company that claims to be Australia's leading provider of professional laundry equipment.

A US-based growth-stage technology investor has taken a majority stake in a New Zealand-founded company, now based in the US, which provides fleet maintenance and compliance software.