Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

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.

Australian superannuation funds have invested in a $660 million continuation fund raised by a global intrastructure investor to support the growth of an Australia-founded energy transition-focused international mass transit systems operator.

A New Zealand govenrment-backed fund-of-funds has reduced its allocation to a Silicon Valley fund which has reached the end of its investment term with significant funding still to invest.

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.

A defence sector venture capital fund has closed at $26 million after raising $6 million in the month before final close.

A $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.

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.

A long established New Zealand venture capital firm is nurturing a new source of investment funding, foreign individual sophisticated investors.

A new defence technology fund has now raised more than $20 million primarily from high net-worth individual investors.

A 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.

An Australian deep-tech venture firm has put back fund raising for a new fund until late this year or early next year.

A seed-stage investment firm backed by technolgy start-up founders has reached first-close on its second fund.

A New Zealand superannuation fund manager has committed to back a Kiwi venture and growth capital investment firm.

Members of a private equity team that have worked to invest on behalf of industry super funds have spun out their own investment firm.