Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A former prominent private equity executive, now a private investor, has taken up a role as a director of a business that runs a luxury resort on an island off Bali.

A multi-family office has taken a majority stake in a family business that is Australia's major manufacturer of ice cream cones.

A US venture capital firm has led a $37 million investment round in a Sydney-based company that has developed software that enables the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) agents.

An industry superannuation fund that expects to invest $5 billion in private markets over the next five years, has appointed a new chief investment officer.

A Melbourne-based growth capital firm has closed its initial fund and is seeking to invest significant minority stakes alongside owner-operators of established businesses.

A US specialist B2B software investment firm has led a $38.4 million Series A funding round for a company that provides a platform to create and share digital business cards.

The latest round of a development program for intending start-up founders will provide up to $260,000 in pre-seed funding for selected ventures.

Federal government funding of $185 million is to be provided to three new Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) projects.

A local hire has taken up the lead role for a new mid-market private equity investment strategy for a global firm.

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.