Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Defence 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.
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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.
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The 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.
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An Australian deep-tech venture firm has put back fund raising for a new fund until late this year or early next year.
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Bain 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.
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A successful seed-stage venture firm has formed a partnership with a crowdfunding platform to give wholesale investors low commitment access to its latest fund.
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A seed-stage investment firm backed by technolgy start-up founders has reached first-close on its second fund.
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A New Zealand superannuation fund manager has committed to back a Kiwi venture and growth capital investment firm.
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Members of a private equity team that have worked to invest on behalf of industry super funds have spun out their own investment firm.
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New 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.
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A 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.
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Fundraising has picked up for an early-stage defence sector investment vehicle which includes lethal technologies in its mandate.
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The 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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After years of operating on a deal-by-deal-basis, a Sydney-based lower mid-market private equity firm is raising its first fund.
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A new fund is seeking to raise capital to invest in decarbonisation technologies for hard-to-abate industries such as cement, steel and chemicals production.
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Investment syndicate turns to entrepreneurship through acquisition
30 Mar 2026 - New funds and fundraising
An investment syndicate that has invested more than $120 million in technology start-ups has widened its focus to also include the entrepreneurship through acquisiton segment.
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A pre-seed investment fund is well on the way to raising a $15 million-target second fund.
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An Australian institutional investor has cornerstoned a $250 million first close for an international debt fund for growth stage businesses.
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A private capital funds manager that was founded in Sydney 25 years ago has closed its latest global infrastructure secondaries fundraising at over $1.62 billion.
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A Singapore-based venture firm is offering credit investment to Australian and New Zealand growth stage technology companies.
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