Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
$758m deal finally gets green light
17 Aug 2020 - Investment activity
A large public-to-private buyout deal has finally been given the green light.
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A specialist investor has increased its stake in a buy-now-pay-later company which is about to list on the ASX.
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A growth capital fund has taken a majority stake in a business which sells secure mobile phone mounts for bicycles.
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Pathology business acquired for $NZ550m
11 Aug 2020 - Investment activity
New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund is to take a 50% stake in the country’s largest pathology provider.
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Venture funding will help monitor social distancing in offices.
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Virgin Australia has revealed plans for a slimmed down business under private equity.
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A fintech which plans to disrupt business banking has received substantial venture capital in its seed round.
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Carbon technology will improve soil
28 Jul 2020 - Investment activity
A technology which will improve soil quality while sequestering carbon has received government and private funding.
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A sustainability-focused private equity firm is to pay $46 million to acquire a leading winemaker out of administration.
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$US18m will finance real-time mapping
23 Jul 2020 - Investment activity
New funding will extend 3D mapping technology to real-time display.
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Funding for wind turbine monitoring
14 Jul 2020 - Investment activity
Technology to remotely detect damage to wind turbine blades has attracted venture capital funding.
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A long-term investor has increased its stake in a listed company targeted for acquisition by a private equity firm.
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New deal trims offer by $NZ22m
10 Jul 2020 - Investment activity
A private equity firm’s new offer for a New Zealand listed company is $NZ22 million below its pre-coronavirus lockdown offer.
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A New Zealand technology investment firm has made its second healthcare technology investment.
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A German company has led a $6.84 million investment round in a Melbourne software business.
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New offer for dental surgeries business
30 Jun 2020 - Investment activity
After a second round of acquisition talks with a private equity syndicate ended, Australia and New Zealand’s largest dental surgeries business has received a new offer.
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Bain Capital to buy Virgin Australia
26 Jun 2020 - Investment activity
Bain Capital is to buy Virgin Australia after its remaining competitor for the in-administration airline pulled out of the auction process.
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A new capital raising has lifted the valuation of a Sydney-based technology company to $US6 billion.
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A growth capital firm is to back global markets expansion for supply chain software.
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Medical software acquisition
18 Jun 2020 - Investment activity
A growth capital firm has partnered with a specialist investor to acquire a trans-Tasman medical practice management software company.
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