Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Growth capital firm on track to raise $100m for first fund
12 Sep 2021 - New funds and fundraising
A growth capital firm which targets making $10 million to $20 million patient investments, is on track to raise $100 million for its first fund.
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A new very early-stage venture capital firm has been formed out of a Melbourne start-up advisory business.
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A specialist New Zealand agri-fund private equity manager is likely to start raising capital for a new fund little more than a year after raising its first fund.
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First Australian impact venture capital firm raises second fund in four weeks.
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An early-stage venture capital firm has achieve a $15 million first close for its initial fund.
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Second growth fund raises $530m
01 Sep 2021 - New funds and fundraising
A new growth fund has raised $530 million and is expected to move quickly to make its first investment from a strong deal pipeline.
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An Auckland venture capital firm is stepping up investment in technology companies targeting export markets after reaching a well above target first close for its latest fund.
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Federal funding of nearly $20 million has been committed to developing a globally competitive digital health industry in Australia.
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An ASX-listed company is to spin-out its investments business which is then planned to quickly raise $460 million for new investments.
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A community-based early stage venture capital fund has reached a $10 million first close in just five months.
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$947m raised for timberland fund
11 Aug 2021 - New funds and fundraising
A private capital fund of nearly a billion dollars has been raised to invest in global timber land including in Australia and New Zealand.
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A female founder focused venture firm which is seeking opportunities in Australia as well as the US, is nearing a first close for its initial fund.
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A trans-Pacific venture fund has completed a first close at $129 million and made its first investment.
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Impact fund nears first close, invests in digital healthcare
23 Jul 2021 - New funds and fundraising
A new Queensland-based impact investment consortium has invested in a digital health technology company as it nears first close for an initial fund.
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A start-up developer has begun fundraising for a venture capital fund that will invest in the technology businesses it helps entrepreneurs create.
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An Auckland venture firm has raised a $NZ75 million fund to help bridge the growth capital funding gap faced by expanding New Zealand technology companies.
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A retail fund targeting pre-IPO investments is seeking to raise up $200 million.
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A New Zealand private equity firm is expecting to close its second fund at its hard cap of $NZ100 million.
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A new corporate lender has completed a first close for its initial fund.
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A listed microcap fund manager is raising a new private equity-focused retail fund.
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