Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A Canadian investor is among current and new investors that have provided $11 million in an oversubscribed funding round for a Sydney-based agtech business.
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Commitments cut for state venture fund
12 May 2024 - News
Funding commitments for Australia's largest venture capital fund have effectively been cut in the Victorian state budget.
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Overseas investors have led a $168 million fundraising round for an Australian green hydrogen technology company.
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An ASX-listed intellectual property legal business has agreed to a private equity acquisition offer that values the company at $254 million.
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Venture firms are among investors that have provided $NZ2.3 million for a Wellington-based company that is offering online technology training.
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Early-stage funding down in New Zealand
09 May 2024 - News
The latest report on early-stage venture funding in New Zealand warns of the consequences for the wider economy if adequate funding cannot be maintained.
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A global buyout firm is to acquire ASX-listed Perpetual Group's wealth management and corporate trust businesses for $2.175 billion.
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A late-stage venture capital firm has launched a new investment vehicle and fine-tuned its investment model.
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Indian capital for Sydney tech start-up
06 May 2024 - Investment activity
An Indian venture capital firm has led a $3.85 million seed-funding round for a Sydney technology start-up.
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A fund manager that invests in emerging companies has invested $5 million in a Melbourne-based advertising creation technology company.
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Victoria is to make a $37 million venture capital investment to bring some of the operations of a US high-altitude balloon company to the state.
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National security ‘the strongest investment thematic’
05 May 2024 - News
National security is now the strongest investment thematic, even ahead of energy transition, according to a US-Australian advisory and investment firm.
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A state government has made a venture-backed real estate intelligence platform available to local councils.
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Growth firm backs emergency medicine
03 May 2024 - Investment activity
A growth investment firm has invested in a company which provides emergency medicine services to private hospitals.
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A technology-focused private equity firm is believed to have generated a strong return selling its stake in a bookings management software company to a US business operating in an adjacent space.
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New York firm recruits from Future Fund
01 May 2024 - People moves
A New York-based asset manager has recruited a senior Future Fund investor to represent it in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
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Venture backing for care robots
01 May 2024 - Investment activity
An early-stage venture capital firm has led a seed-funding round for a robotics and artificial intelligence company which is developing care robots for the elderly.
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A deep-tech venture capital firm has led a $10.5 million funding round for a company that has developed a technology that cuts costs and reduces pollution in textile production.
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An investee of an Australian life sciences venture capital firm has attracted strategic investment from a global pharmaceuticals business in a $38 million capital raising round.
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Government investment of close to a billion dollars has been committed to back development of a quantum computer in Australia.
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