Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
$40m for employee wellbeing software
11 Mar 2025 - Investment activity
A leading venture capital firm and an ASX-listed online employment listings company have led a $40 million investment round for an employee wellbeing software provider.
Full story$15 million in growth capital has been invested in a company that has developed energy storage units for rooftop solar.
Full storyPrivate capital-backed US business acquires Brisbane software company
09 Mar 2025 - Investment activity
A private capital-backed US business has acquired a Brisbane company that specialises in producing business-to-business (B2B) commerce software.
Full storyGlobal firm to invest $1.2bn into local data centres development
08 Mar 2025 - Investment activity
A global private markets investor is to acquire a Sydney-based data centre developer and invest $1.2 billion into scaling the business up to become an Australia-wide next generation data centre platform.
Full storyRevised $3.35bn indicative offers have won two US private equity firms due diligence access to the books of an ASX-listed wealth management company.
Full storyA global provider of artificial intelligence (AI) powered customer service software is to acquire a Sydney company in the same space.
Full storyA superannuation fund has co-led a $179 million investment round in artificial intelligence that analyses medical scans.
Full storyAn online insurance company has attracted $11 million in funding as it competes with big insurance firms for easy-access commercial business.
Full storyA Sydney private equity firm has taken a majority stake in company that claims leadership in Australia's independent property advisory sector.
Full storyA third bidder has joined the restrained acquisition competition for wealth management company Insignia Financial (ASX: IFL), matching earlier revised bids which valued the company at $3.085 billion.
Full storyA state government-financed venture fund has led a $3.15 million seed investment round for a personal medicine technology start-up.
Full storyTake-private discussions cease
29 Jan 2025 - Investment activity
The shares of an ASX-listed re-cycling company have fallen well below their pre-bid level following the end of acquisition discussions with a private equity firm.
Full story$32 million in federal government funding has been allocated to keep a medical artificial intelligence company based in Australia.
Full storyMore than $16 million has been raised in an oversubscribed funding round for a New Zealand company that has developed fast charging technolgy for electric heavy transport vehicles.
Full storyA $3bn-plus revised private equity bid for an ASX-listed wealth management company has been matched by the initial bidder.
Full storyA US health sector investment firm has invested $5 million in a Brisbane company that has developed a surgical robot for arthroscopic procedures.
Full storyA Sydney private equity firm has made a growth investment in a Perth company that claims to be the global leader in battery-powered IoT asset tracking technology.
Full storyA bank-backed venture firm has moved to majority ownership of a cash managment technology business.
Full storyA growth capital investment firm has taken a majority stake in a software company that offers a platform for end-to-end management of hospitality businesses.
Full storyPrivate equity bidding for an ASX-listed wealth management company has topped $3 billion.
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