Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A venture capital firm has made the first investment from a new fund raised to back female founders.

A growth capital firm has taken stakes in two associated Sydney-based businesses, an engineering consultancy and a software business which focuses on estimating technology for the construction sector.

$15 million in Australian and overseas venture capital is to be used to commercialise thermal sensing technology developed in Sydney.

A technology platform that links farmers with insurance brokers who will provide extreme weather events cover has received venture capital backing.

The target of stalled $20 billion-plus public-to-private acquisition negotiations has been told to lower its price expectation.

A workplace wellbeing platform has attracted $35 million in investment to develop its services in Australia and New Zealand and explore offshore markets.

A leading venture capital firm is following up on earlier investments in technology companies that focus on improving employee engagement. This time it's backing a start-up that focuses on involving employees in the process.

An ASX- listed payments technology company has rejected a $693.9 million acquisition offer from a private equity-led consortium.

A private equity roll-up of Australian defence industry businesses has acquired two more key assets.

A New York software specialist venture and growth capital firm has led a $14 million investment round in a Sydney cyber security start-up.

An Australian private equity firm is to acquire a New Zealand childcare business from its listed owner for $NZ46 million.

New Zealand venture investors are backing entry into the Australian market of a start-up that has developed software which enables enterprises to use their apps to send personalised messages to customers.

A private equity-led consortium has pulled out of negotiations to acquire Australia's largest private hospitals operator, posing the question of whether the deal is dead or whether it will make a new offer.

A US venture firm has led a $20m investment round in a Sydney company that uses AI to improve meat processing.