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Growth funding for ed-tech company
30 Aug 2021 - Investment activity
Follow-on fund leads growth investment in ed-tech company.
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An impact investor and a multi family office are among investors backing expansion plans for an epilepsy diagnosis technology company.
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An alternative investments firm has led a $5.7 million capital raising round for a med tech company that is developing molecular level patient condition tracking technology.
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A private equity-backed dental surgeries business is to acquire a majority stake in a listed rival.
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A large bus operator is to be a global investor's first infrastructure investment in New Zealand.
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An Australian-German venture which is commercialising quantum science has attracted international backing for a pre-seed fundraising round.
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A listed infrastructure investment company has conditionally agreed to be acquired for $5.2 billion by an investment consortium including global private equity firm KKR.
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$2m sought to expand training platform
24 Aug 2021 - Investment activity
An online training venture that has already helped 33,000 job seekers is seeking seed funding of $2 million to expand its business.
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Investment business leads $40 million round in disability support company.
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Two early-stage venture capital firms have led a seed funding round for a start-up that provides an online platform which links interior designers and product suppliers.
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A revised $3.2bn offer looks likely to take an ASX-listed software company private.
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An agriculture venture capital firm has invested in a company that can now use satellite observations to monitor soil carbon levels.
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A private equity firm has invested $50 million in a company which supplies secure iPhones to the Department of Defence and the federal government.
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Venture and impact investors have provided funding of $8 million to a company commercialising the storage of energy as heat.
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Sydney Airport has rejected an increased acquisition offer from institutional investors led by IFM Investors but left the door open for a higher bid. The consortium has, however, responded casting doubt on whether agreement can be reached.
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A listed funerals company has taken a stake in private capital backed online memorials website.
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A private equity-controlled Australian company has acquired a major provider of management software for New Zealand childcare centres.
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Venture funding has been provided to a fintech start-up that plans to use blockchain technology to replace paper bank guarantees of solvency.
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Seed funding of $6.5 million has been provided to a company that is already producing meat substitute products from mushrooms.
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$NZ17 million in growth funding will boost the US sales efforts of a New Zealand legal tech company.
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