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Investors are planning rapid global expansion for a Sydney-based customer research software company, judging by the size of the capital raise the start-up is believed to have received.
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Industry super funds have joined with a global bank to set up a $300 million funding facility for a home equity retirement funding business.
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A consortium of New Zealand investors have backed plans for further international expansion by the country's leading IVF services provider.
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A renewable energy fund is to share in a $1bn deal to acquire a 50% stake in one of Australia's largest wind farms.
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An ASX-listed multi-billion dollar technology company has agreed to be acquired in a trade sale after a global buyout firm failed to step up with a firm offer after making an indicative offer.
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An agricultural resources funds manager has made a bid for an ASX-listed oyster farming business.
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US scale-up firm leads record $458 million venture investment in Australian-founded company.
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Local venture firms are backing global marketing of an Australian technology that has potential to cut the cost of drug development by hundreds of millions of dollars.
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An Indian venture capital firm has led an unusually large $18 million seed funding round for an online ordered direct delivery groceries business.
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Buyout firm bids $607m for IVF business
14 Dec 2021 - Investment activity
One of Australia's largest buyout firms has made a $607 million take private offer for an ASX-listed IVF services company.
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A second major global investor has backed an Australian business that sets up carbon farming projects to offset carbon emissions.
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A global venture firm has led a $129 million Series B fundraising round for a Sydney-based healthcare artificial intelligence company.
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$38m raising could be pre-IPO round
10 Dec 2021 - Investment activity
Investors in the latest capital raising round for an online marketplace technology company suggest an IPO is imminent but the company is in no rush to go public.
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Recognising the inconvenience in lugging home bulk packs of dog food provided the inspiration for Australia's latest tech unicorn.
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New Zealand's largest venture capital firm has led a $NZ30 million funding round for a company that has developed a retail theft prevention technology platform.
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Investment of more than $350 million by two US scale-up investors has propelled a Brisbane-based software company to unicorn status.
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A US specialist growth capital firm has made its first investment in Australia to back category defining software.
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Debt funding for parking technology
06 Dec 2021 - Investment activity
Smaller business private equity firm provides debt funding to parking technology company.
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A global private markets investor has led a $US23 million investment round in an Australia-founded cybersecurity company.
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An industry superannuation fund has recycled its returns from an investment via a private equity fund manager in a direct investment which includes the same asset.
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