Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A mid-market private equity firm has raised a $360 million continuation fund to enable it to double down on investing in the radiology sector.
Full storyA lower mid-market private equity buyout fund has achieve a $120 million first close for a fund with has a $200 million target.
Full storyA medical technology specialist venture capital firm will shortly announce raising $27m for its first fund.
Full storyA defence sector venture capital fund has closed at $26 million after raising $6 million in the month before final close.
Full storyA $1.05 billion record Australian venture capital fund has confirmed that leading global investors are keen to gain exposure to early-stage technology companies set up by Australian and New Zealand founders.
Full storyA 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.
Full storyA long established New Zealand venture capital firm is nurturing a new source of investment funding, foreign individual sophisticated investors.
Full storyDefence tech fund surpasses $20m
14 Jul 2026 - New funds and fundraising
A new defence technology fund has now raised more than $20 million primarily from high net-worth individual investors.
Full storyA 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.
Full storyThe world's largest private capital asset manager, Blackstone, has raised a new $18.6 billion Asia Pacific private equity fund, some of which is likely to be invested in Australia.
Full storyAn Australian deep-tech venture firm has put back fund raising for a new fund until late this year or early next year.
Full storyBain Capital has closed its latest Asia region private equity fund at $US10.5 billion. The fund includes Australia in countries in which it will invest.
Full storyA successful seed-stage venture firm has formed a partnership with a crowdfunding platform to give wholesale investors low commitment access to its latest fund.
Full storyA seed-stage investment firm backed by technolgy start-up founders has reached first-close on its second fund.
Full storyA New Zealand superannuation fund manager has committed to back a Kiwi venture and growth capital investment firm.
Full storyMembers of a private equity team that have worked to invest on behalf of industry super funds have spun out their own investment firm.
Full storyNew private equity firm recruits
09 Apr 2026 - New funds and fundraising
A new privage equity firm has recruited two senior team members as it contines capital raising for an inaugural fund.
Full storyA new fund that has reached a $10 million first close of a $50 million target has a madate to invest in public as well as private equities.
Full storyFundraising has picked up for an early-stage defence sector investment vehicle which includes lethal technologies in its mandate.
Full storyThe federal government's green bank, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, is to cornerstone a new private markets ethical investment fund with the transfer of assets worth up to $125 million.
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