Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

Venture capital funding has enabled a mining technology company to begin building waterless mineral processing units which should make it viable to mine and refiine critical mineral deposits at locations which do not have access to water.

A Gold Coast start-up that uses AI to help tradies automate their business administration has raised a $5 million funding round to launch its technology in the US.

A listed company has been criticised by a large sharehoder for setting up a route to acquisition after receiving a $9.4 billion indicative private capital offer.

A $201 million annual loss has been reported for a venture capital vehicle which is currently seeking to exit some of its most valuable assets.

A private equity-owned company has increased its offer for an ASX-listed company to $820 million.

A partner of a leading Sydney private equity firm has reportedly resigned to join a US-based data centre developer.

An ASX-listed vehicle leasing company has turned down a local private equity-backed acquisition offer and announced it is considering a higher industry offer from overseas.

$3.5 million in venture capital funding has been provided to a start-up that is developing low-cost robotic vision technology for industrial use.

A global infrastructure investment firm is in line to acquire a leading out-of-home advertising company for about $898 million.

A turnaround specialist private equity firm has completed the complex acquisition of a diversified Australia-based international engineering services business.

A Sydney medical specialist venture capital firm has led a $4 million investment round in a neonatal medical device that was recently approved for use in the US.

A private equity-backed $770 million bid seeks to combine Australia's two largest vehicle leasing and fleet management businesses.

Local venture investors in a US drone technology company are in line to receive a 2.5x return on their investments with the company to be acquired by a New York Stock Exchange-listed software company.

A specialist turnarounds private equity firm is close to achieving a significant partial exit.

A multi-family office has recruited an investment strategist who most recently worked as a consultant to the Future Fund.

An ASX-listed energy markets software company has rejected a $550 million-plus private equity backed acquisition offer.

A US-based firm that has been one of the largest investors in the Australian private capital sector over the last 30 years, has raised $6.80 billion for its latest global co-investment fund.

Individual investors have provided $5 million in a capital raising round which a start-up is using to commercialise a technology that can analyse breath to detect medical conditions.

An ASX-listed financial services company has rejected a third private equity acquisition offer but indicated it is prepared to povide access to some non-public information to help formulate an offer that reflects its valuation of the business.