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Commitments cut for state venture fund
12 May 2024 - News
Funding commitments for Australia's largest venture capital fund have effectively been cut in the Victorian state budget.
Full storyOverseas investors have led a $168 million fundraising round for an Australian green hydrogen technology company.
Full storyAn ASX-listed intellectual property legal business has agreed to a private equity acquisition offer that values the company at $254 million.
Full storyVenture firms are among investors that have provided $NZ2.3 million for a Wellington-based company that is offering online technology training.
Full storyEarly-stage funding down in New Zealand
09 May 2024 - News
The latest report on early-stage venture funding in New Zealand warns of the consequences for the wider economy if adequate funding cannot be maintained.
Full storyA global buyout firm is to acquire ASX-listed Perpetual Group's wealth management and corporate trust businesses for $2.175 billion.
Full storyA late-stage venture capital firm has launched a new investment vehicle and fine-tuned its investment model.
Full storyIndian capital for Sydney tech start-up
06 May 2024 - Investment activity
An Indian venture capital firm has led a $3.85 million seed-funding round for a Sydney technology start-up.
Full storyA fund manager that invests in emerging companies has invested $5 million in a Melbourne-based advertising creation technology company.
Full storyVictoria is to make a $37 million venture capital investment to bring some of the operations of a US high-altitude balloon company to the state.
Full storyNational security ‘the strongest investment thematic’
05 May 2024 - News
National security is now the strongest investment thematic, even ahead of energy transition, according to a US-Australian advisory and investment firm.
Full storyA state government has made a venture-backed real estate intelligence platform available to local councils.
Full storyGrowth firm backs emergency medicine
03 May 2024 - Investment activity
A growth investment firm has invested in a company which provides emergency medicine services to private hospitals.
Full storyA technology-focused private equity firm is believed to have generated a strong return selling its stake in a bookings management software company to a US business operating in an adjacent space.
Full storyNew York firm recruits from Future Fund
01 May 2024 - People moves
A New York-based asset manager has recruited a senior Future Fund investor to represent it in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
Full storyVenture backing for care robots
01 May 2024 - Investment activity
An early-stage venture capital firm has led a seed-funding round for a robotics and artificial intelligence company which is developing care robots for the elderly.
Full storyA deep-tech venture capital firm has led a $10.5 million funding round for a company that has developed a technology that cuts costs and reduces pollution in textile production.
Full storyAn investee of an Australian life sciences venture capital firm has attracted strategic investment from a global pharmaceuticals business in a $38 million capital raising round.
Full storyGovernment investment of close to a billion dollars has been committed to back development of a quantum computer in Australia.
Full storySovereign wealth fund keeps private equity stable
29 Apr 2024 - News
The managers of Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, kept exposure to private equity relatively stable over the first three months of 2024 as they increased investment in listed equities.
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