Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Building fit-out company acquired
23 Apr 2024 - Investment activity
An Australia-wide building fit-out company has been acquired by private equity.
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A fund-of-funds manager that invests in lower to mid-market Australian private equity firms is capital raising for a new fund.
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Corporate venture fund recruits investor
22 Apr 2024 - People moves
Woolworths Group's corporate venture capital and growth capital arm has recruited a lead investor.
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A New Zealand deep tech venture fund manager is seeking commitments from local and Australian high net worth individual investors for its fourth fund.
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The Queensland state government is offering scale-up grants to female founders of technology companies.
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An impact investment firm has led an add-on syndicate investment into New Zealand's currently largest solar farm.
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The NSW government has announced funding for biotech companies along with cuts to the program from which the funding is to be provided.
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A New York venture capital firm that focuses on climate technology has led a $5.3 million seed round for a Tasmanian company that offers software to account for carbon emissions.
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Existing investors have supported the raising of additional funds for a company that has developed a special alloy which can be used to store energy as heat.
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More tech company revaluations still to come
15 Apr 2024 - News
Tech companies that have failed to gain traction when they have taken products to market have been revalued down by investors and more will follow.
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Venture capital deals at five-year low
14 Apr 2024 - News
The number of Australian venture capital deals completed in the first three months of 2024 was the lowest in five years.
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Woolworths has launched a global venture capital fund alongside four overseas supermarkets businesses.
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Global investment firm exits to local player
11 Apr 2024 - Performance
A global private investment firm has exited its stake in an accounting services and wealth management business to a Sydney private equity firm.
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An ASX-listed internet safety company has knocked back a $468 million offer from a US buyout firm.
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A US financial sector investment firm has led a $108 million investment round in an Australian technology company seeking to disrupt the insurance sector.
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$2.43bn secondary sale of Canva shares
08 Apr 2024 - Performance
Most of the $2.43bn worth of Canva sales sold in a secondary market sale in March came from past and present employees.
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A struggling ASX-listed company has described a $1.284 billion private equity offer as disappointing and made it clear it would consider offers from other parties.
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Commercial taste test for cultured meat
07 Apr 2024 - Investee news
A venture-backed cultured meat company is to launch its first commercial product served at a leading Singapore restaurant.
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$2bn venture fund under siege
07 Apr 2024 - Performance
Australia's largest venture capital fund is under siege from critics who claim it is an unnecessary expense for a state government that has debts of around $126 billion.
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A private equity firm is to take a 50% stake in an agricultural engineering business.
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