Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A turnaround specialist private equity firm is seeking to raise $800 million for a new fund in a challenging environment.

A New Zealand venture capital firm has closed the country's first venture capital secondary fund above target at $NZ50 million.

A new early-stage venture capital firm has made its first investment, in a start-up which has developed an artificial intelligence-driven platform to cut wasted expenditure on cloud services.

A deal-by-deal growth capital firm has started fundraising for its first multi-investment fund.

A Brisbane-based early-stage venture capital firm has been added to the pool of investment firms investing the state government financed Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund.

Fundraising for a first Australian venture capital secondaries fund-of-funds has been launched.

A new venture capital fund-of-funds for retail investors plans to make investing in venture capital accessible for a wider range of individual investors.

A smaller businesses private equity investor has raised a $280 million continuation fund which will take over its stakes in three investments from its earlie funds.

A property private equity firm has raised $350 million for a new fund which will make opportunistic investments.

A women-led female founder-focused venture capital firm has so far raised $26 million for its first fund.

A New Zealand climate-tech venture capital fund has achieved a $NZ20 million final close for its initial fund and has already allocated around half of the capital.

A new climate impact investment firm has declared a first close for its initial fund at $25 million.

A leading Australian venture firm has confirmed it has closed its latest seed and growth funds at a total of $650 million.

A Brisbane-based industry super fund has committed $50m to be invested in Queensland-based technology start-ups.

A large industry super fund has committed a further $230 million to a firm that makes only climate positive investments.

A life sciences firm has raised the largest venture capital fund in Australia so far this year, largely as a result of federal government funding.