Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A leading university is reaching out to the venture capital industry and institutional investors seeking interest in creating a new vehicle to invest in companies spun out of its research programs.

The merger of a fuel supply company with a rival business is expected to boost exit potential for the private equity owner.

A major US firm is to make its first privagte equity investment in Australla, investing in the carve-out of a corporate credit reporting business.

A company that provides surveying technolgy for hazardous locations has raised $25 millon in venture debt for further expansion.

Federal government funding is to support a controversial project to establish sustainable plantation pine forests in Tasmania.

A recently founded lower mid-market private equity firm has made its first investment taking a majority stake in a painting and asset protection business.

A venture capital-backed semiconductor manufacturer has partnered with a US electronic products design business to help integrate its specialised computer chips into more commercial products.

Less than four years after it started building a parking technology business through acquisitons, a Sydney private equity firm is to exit the venture to a global private capital group.

An Australian life sciences venture capital firm is to exit a cancer treatment technology company to a global pharmaceuticals business in a deal which could eventually return as much as $2.6 billion.

A national security-focused investment firm has led a $25 million investment round for a South Australian rocket launch company.

An Asian private capital firm, which is to take a majority stake in an Australian firm, is planning to step up local activity with more real estate-based deals.

A private capital firm's resisted takeover of an ASX-listed company has progresed with the acquirer securing more than 50% of its target.

Australia's largest private equity firm is to sell one of its investments back to the company's founders at a fraction of the sum it paid four-and-a-half years ago.

Investors have provided $2 million in very-early-stage funding to a start-up that is developing a non-invasive device that will enable speech-impaired people to communicate via thoughts.

A new Melbourne-based private equity firm has made its first deal investing in a replacement auto parts manufacturer and distributor.

Deep tech climate tech and aviation sector-focused investors are backing a Sydney aerospace company which has developed a film which reduces the drag of aircraft surfaces.

Financial services business Perpetual (ASX: PPT) has rejected a $2.5 billion private equity bid which it said did not represent fair value.

Additional federal funding has been provided to a quantum computing development company that is already producing commercial products.

A private equity-backed ASX-listed company has brought in a corporate advisory firm to help it review its strategic options.