Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

An investment fund backed by dairy cooperative Fonterra has led a $13 million funding round for a an agri-tech company that has developed a way to use light to improve the quality of seed.

A private equity-owned company has turned around its business alongside winning tenders to operate a large number of the urgent care clinincs set up under the Labor federal goverment.

An online real estate investment advisory business has laid off most of its Australian staff two months after it raised $25 million led by a local investment firm.

A private equity-owned petfood manufacturer has cut production and is involved in talks with staff about restructuring as it faces multiple economic challenges.

Crossover investment firms that made pre-IPO investments in a financial data company nearly four years ago have now gained their rewards with the company being acquired for probably more than $150 million.

An initial clinical test is underway in New Zealand of a brain implant that can be used to monitor potentially dangerous pressure.

Despite ongoing volatility in global financial markets, two $3bn-plus bids for an ASX-listed company remain live.

A barrister acting for a co-founder of a tech company which allegedly raised venture capital after falsifying it's financial posiition has denied his client confessed to fraud.

A New York growth capital firm has led a $14 million funding round for a company that provides cloud software that enables IT teams to maintain security on multiple computers.

An international alternative investments firm is to take a majority stake in a business that provides diesel refueling stops in many remote areas of Australia.

A local private equity investor has invested a 'substantial' stake in an Australian basketball team.

An Asian region buyout fund that is expected to be active in Australia and New Zealand is believed to be nearing first close at over $15 billion.

A state government-funded venture capital fund is to contribute to the $40 million refinancing of an investee company currently in administration.

A major university has set up a pre-seed technology fund to provide early investment in start-ups associated with the institution.

Co-head of private equity Kristian Zimmermann has left MLC.

A forestry-focused natural assets investment manager is fundraising for a first multi-investor agriculture sector fund.