Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
$4m seed funding for cloud training
05 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
Venture investors have provided $4 million in seed funding for an Australian company that is providing cloud technology training internationally.
Full storyA growth fund has invested in three cloud services IT companies.
Full storyA Sydney private equity firm is to acquire one of Australia's leading department store businesses for a fraction of the price the current owner paid in 2014.
Full storyA private equity firm is to acquire a 25% stake in a mobile phone communications technology company from a listed company.
Full storyA private equity firm has withdrawn its $514 million proposal to acquire a listed software company saying it is working on an alternative proposal.
Full storyVenture capital funding of $20 million has been committed to start Phase 2 clinical trials of a treatment for peanut allergy.
Full storyA private equity-backed Canadian software company has increased its offer for an ASX-listed company.
Full storySuper fund in $15m robotics stake
04 Dec 2022 - Investment activity
A major super fund has joined a venture firm in backing robotic and artificial intelligence technology that can assess the condition of hard to access assets with a high degree of accuracy.
Full storyExisting investors have led provision of an additional $23 million for a fraud prevention technology company.
Full storySuper funds back semiconductor company
01 Dec 2022 - Investment activity
Superannuation funds are among investors that have provided an additional $30 million to ramp up production of an Australian company that specialises in producing silicon chips for internet of things (IoT) devices.
Full storyA Sydney venture capital firm has led a $6.3 million investment round that will help a real assets digital twin technology company boost overseas sales.
Full storyAn ASX-listed technology company that rejected a private equity offer in September has revealed it is still talking with several potential acquirers.
Full storyA listed software company has conditionally recommended shareholders vote in favour of a US private equity firm's offer which is well below an earlier indicative offer in June.
Full storyA private equity-backed Canadian company appears well placed to acquire a Melbourne-founded ASX-listed software company.
Full storySharemarket trading is indicating an $18.4 billion privatisation of an energy company is likely to go ahead.
Full storyA new long-term investment fund backed by superannuation funds is to make a first investment in a diagnostic imaging business.
Full storyOne of Australia's largest private equity firms is negotiating to acquire a listed technology company, floated by another private equity firm three years ago.
Full story$2.3m for product manager software
08 Nov 2022 - Investment activity
Leading venture firms have provided $2.3 million in seed-funding for a start-up that is developing software to help guide technology product managers.
Full storyA $44m investment round in a company that produces plant-derived fats for alternative proteins has been led by a Hong Kong investment firm.
Full storyA plastics recycling company that uses enzymes to break down plastics into core molecules, has raised a $54 million Series A funding round.
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