Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A struggling ASX-listed software company, which is under offer from a US private equity firm, has now received a rival offer at more than double the price but in a much more complicated deal.

A global environmental foundation and an Australian energy utility company have jointly led a $17.5 million funding round for an Australian battery technology company.

A $5 million venture investment will be used to take a previously boot-strapped event bookings system software company into new markets.

A Melbourne venture firm has led a $5.1 million seed funding round for a company that offers an AI driven software platform for managing restaurants.

The board of an ASX-listed dental practices board is recommending shareholders to take no action on a renewed acquisition offer from a private equity firm.

Two New Zealand government backed environmental organisations have provided $NZ13.5 million in funding to a technology spin-out that is working to develop a vaccine that would reduce methane emissions from livestock.

A leading Australian venture capital firm has led a $60 million capital raising round for an eight-year-old technology-enabled debt collection company which became profitable this year.

Venture investors have provided $1.7 million in seed-funding to a start-up that has developed a livestock feed additive that it claims reduces methane emissions by up to 90%.

An Australian technology-focused private equity firm has shared in the acquisition of a human resources software business in Japan.

Venture capital investors have provided $3.5m in seed funding for a technology start-up which provides improved treasury management services to scale-up companies.

A private equity firm has made a renewed bid for an ASX-listed dental centres business.

Clean energy investors have doubled down on prior seed investment in a West Australian company that is commercialising technology to recycle resources in lithium batteries.

A Swedish growth capital firm has invested in a Melbourne medical technolgy company that develops and supplies advanced spectrometry components.

A buy-and-build specialist private equity firm has made its second new platform investment in quick succession, this time in the accountancy sector.

A venture capital firm has made its largest initial investment to date in a fundraising round that values a company at $200 million less than it's last round a year ago.

A buy and build specialst private equity firm has made two new platform investments.

A leading New Zealand venture capital fim has led a growth funding round for a real estate management software company that generates most of its sales income in the UK.