Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
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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Growth firm plans to triple penetration of virtual reality games
11 Aug 2021 - Investment activity
A growth investor has invested in a virtual reality games company and plans to triple its market penetration.
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An ASX-listed financial services company has invested $5 million in a software company which is scaling up to enter overseas markets.
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A $350 million exit of a healthcare software business will generate a return of more than 2x after a five-year hold period.
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Investors have backed a hospitality jobs and digital training platform even as COVID-19 lockdowns have cut revenue.
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Seed funding has been provided for an early stage company working on a carbon capture and storage system that creates feedstock for carbon fibre production in the process.
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A US software start-up has attracted seed funding from an Australasia and South-East Asia focused venture capital firm.
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Venture and industry seed capital of $4 million has been provided to develop a product that will taste just like milk.
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A $72m investment round will provide a plant-based meat substitute company with new partners in Europe as well as Asia.
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A New York growth investment firm has invested in a second Australian company offering digital marketing management software.
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A new funding round has valued a Melbourne-founded technology company at $2 billion, more than doubling its valuation since its last raise in 2019.
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$101m funding for scheduling software
30 Jul 2021 - Investment activity
SoftBank's Vision 2 global technology fund has led a $101 million funding round for a Brisbane-founded company that claims global leadership in scheduling software to manage out-of-office workers.
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A leading European private equity firm is targeting acquiring an ASX-listed software company.
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A big-four bank's corporate venturing arm has led a $35 million funding round for a pocket money app.
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