Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A private equity bidder may share a public-to-private deal with other investors.

A New Zealand investment company has provided the entire $33 million Series A funding for a fintech start-up.

New investment from existing investors has propelled an Australian challenger bank to unicorn status.

A global investment firm is to take a controlling interest in a bank-owned Australian investment business.

The price of a corporate divestment deal has been reduced 25% by COVID-19.

The world’s largest private equity firm has taken a stake in a listed Australian casino company.

A Sydney-based growth capital firm has led a group of mainly Australian investors backing a fast-growing Queensland technology company.

One of the best-known sharing economy businesses has had to lower its internal valuation to attract a private equity rescue package.

Legal action now appears increasingly likely following an investor deciding to pull out of a public to private deal in New Zealand.

The venture capital arm of a big-four bank has contributed to a large capital raising for an Australian fintech unicorn.

An Auckland company has raised venture capital to export nanofibre fabrics.

An industry superannuation fund and a venture capital fund have led a $28 million investment round for an Australian satellite technology company.

Venture funding has been provided to a start-up which is using biological neurons to try to develop more powerful computer chips for AI programs.

The coronavirus has terminated a $NZ300m private equity acquisition.

A Brisbane-founded online fraud prevention company is to receive substantial investment from Microsoft’s venture fund.

A recently launched New Zealand seed fund has made its first investment.

A Middle East investment firm has committed $433 million to an Australian banking start-up.

Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will bring a ground-breaking Australian vaccination technology closer to use for vaccinating children against measles.

A recently agreed private equity acquisition of a majority stake in an Australia-wide retail network is now in doubt.