Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
The withdrawal of a trade offer has sent a listed target's share price crashing putting a private equity consortium in a strong position to make a revised offer.
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A private equity consortium has made a $2.5bn offer for an ASX-listed waste management company.
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Private equity firm takes in laundry
06 Jan 2021 - Investment activity
A private equity firm is to take a majority stake in a commercial laundries business to be partially divested by an ASX-listed company.
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A new deal-by-deal private equity firm has made a substantial first investment taking a majority stake in a business believed to have an enterprise value of around $100 million.
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A private equity firm which specialises in building up small to medium sized businesses, has taken a majority stake in a hair care products company launched only three years ago.
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Assets of the New Zealand tourism business JUCY have been acquired out of receivership.
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Shareholders of an ASX-listed company have voted in favour of a private equity acquisition after nearly a year of negotiations.
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$NZ1.28bn deal ‘cheap but reasonable’
27 Nov 2020 - Investment activity
Shareholders have voted in favour of a reduced private equity offer after being advised it was still reasonable.
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Bidders increase offer for dental group
02 Nov 2020 - Investment activity
Improved performance following easing of COVID-19 restrictions has enabled a New Zealand listed company to negotiate a higher offer from a private equity-led acquisition consortium.
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A global alternative investment manager has made an indicative multi-billion-dollar bid to acquire AMP.
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A listed company has agreed to provide a private equity consortium with non-exclusive due diligence while indicating it considers a revised $2.86 billion bid still too low.
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Virgin Australia will begin its life under private equity with a new chief executive.
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Two buyout firms have made an indicative $2.77bn bid for a listed share registries business.
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Loan funding for airline expansion
22 Sep 2020 - Investment activity
An Asian private equity firm is to provide debt funding to finance a competitor to Qantas and Virgin Australia on Australia’s major air routes.
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The producer of a live theatre show shut down by COVID-19 restrictions has accepted investment from a private equity-owned technology business.
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A family office has led a $US30 million fundraising round for a music rights marketplace business.
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$13m backing for agtech start-up
25 Aug 2020 - Investment activity
A company set up to commercialise an agricultural discovery has attracted funding mainly from strategic investors.
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An Australian venture capital firm is continuing to back a start-up which has attracted US investment for its stroke prediction technology.
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A conviction investor is seeking co-investors a for medical technology growth investment.
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No rain check for investors
19 Aug 2020 - Investment activity
An Australian venture firm has provided follow-on funding for a weather intelligence platform.
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