Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A global private equity firm has taken a majority stake in a New Zealand-based edutech business with global aspirations.
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A $US200m investment in a UK fintech will be used to create jobs in Australia.
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A venture capital firm has contributed to a $25m capital raising by a company that is using blockchain technology in superannuation administration.
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Family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals are among investors who have provided an over-target $31 million in a capital raising for an online memories website.
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An investment firm financed by buy-now-pay-later company Afterpay is backing US expansion of a parcels delivery business.
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A business banking disruptor has revealed it closed a further $50 million capital raising round in the week before it launched in May.
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A fund manager which focuses on the Australian Chinese language community has led a $15 million fintech fundraising.
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$US10m funding round for electric bikes
22 Jun 2021 - Investment activity
A US venture capital firm and a Taiwan electronic components company are among new investors in a $US10 million funding round a New Zealand electric bike company.
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$NZ5m to scale up construction sector software.
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A life sciences venture capital firm is jointly leading a $32 million new funding round for an Australian company developing a nasal spray for the prevention of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections.
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A telehealth business that provides an online medical prescriptions service has raised $10.9 million in expansion capital.
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Under-siege casinos operator Crown has received a revised multi-billion dollar debt finance offer.
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The venture capital arm of a major insurance company has doubled down on its investment in technology that its parent uses to benchmark corporate clients' cyber security risk.
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A technology start-up is commercialising CSIRO research to develop improved hydrogen powered electricity generators.
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$1.3bn bid for listed software company
08 Jun 2021 - Investment activity
An Australian private equity firm has made a $1.3 billion bid for a listed software company.
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Growth investor in $13.7m funding for scientific instrument maker
03 Jun 2021 - Investment activity
A growth investor has taken a stake in a venture-backed scientific instrument maker.
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Australia's largest bank has invested $20 million for a stake in a technology company aiming to disrupt the electricity retailing market.
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$3bn bid rebuffed – IPO to proceed
31 May 2021 - Investment activity
A$3 billion private equity-led bid for the national electronic property conveyancing platform has been rebuffed in favour of an IPO.
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Australia's largest bank has invested $30 million in a start-up which will seek to disrupt online shopping.
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A New York technology investment firm is backing global expansion for New Zealand-developed software.
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