Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A US private capital firm has led a $22 million funding round for a Melbourne adtech company which is developing a global retail customer base.

Australia and New Zealand's private capital-backed leader smart electricity meters is to acquire its counterpart in digital water meters.

A recently established growth capital firm has acquired a long-established boating equipment manufacturer.

A single round has put Australian venture capital raisings on track for a record year but aside from that, capital raising is essentially flat.

Australian venture firms are backing a local start-up which is working to develop a new and improved architecture for the large language models (LLMs) that support artificial technology.

A New York private equity firm has topped a rival local industry bid in a $3 billion-plus contest to acquire an ASX-listed company.

One of the government's flagship initiatives will be hit hard as a result of the Treasurer cutting back tax breaks for business innovation in this year's federal budget.

A $1.131bn private equity-backed acquisition of an ASX-listed company will combine two leading car lease and salary packaging businesses.

A private equity-backed wealth advisory firm has recruited a prominent adviser from a leading firm as its chief executive.

The looming private equity acquisition of an Auckland compliance technology start-up will provide a cash return to a Sydney vneture capital firm.

A specialist healthcare private equity firm has aacquired a controling stake in an Auckland business that operates two cancer care day clinics.

New Zealand capital is backing expansion of an Auckland AI technology company in Australia.

A venture capital firm that backs female founders is seeking to raise $50 million for its second fund.

A New Zealand growth fund has moved into over-subscribed territory with the commitment of a second superannuation fund manager.

Despite pleas from the sector, the federal treasurer has given no indication that he is prepared to reconsider plans to double the tax on the "carry" of private capital fund managers.

A private investment fund that has its largest investment in ASX listing flop Firmus remains confident of the AI factories business and has tipped it will pursue a future listing on the US NASDAQ exchange.

A deep-tech venture capital firm has promoted a healthcare sector specialist to partner as it broadens its senior team ahead of moving into fundraising for its fourth fund.

Two venture capital firms have invested in a $5.3 milllion seed round for a start-up that has developed AI-powered software to pick up, in real time, fraud and errors in payments.