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Despite pleas from the sector, the federal treasurer has given no indication that he is prepared to reconsider plans to double the tax on the "carry" of private capital fund managers.

A private investment fund that has its largest investment in ASX listing flop Firmus remains confident of the AI factories business and has tipped it will pursue a future listing on the US NASDAQ exchange.

A deep-tech venture capital firm has promoted a healthcare sector specialist to partner as it broadens its senior team ahead of moving into fundraising for its fourth fund.

Two venture capital firms have invested in a $5.3 milllion seed round for a start-up that has developed AI-powered software to pick up, in real time, fraud and errors in payments.

Funds under management by Australian family offices have grown to at least $323 billion making up a significant proportion of the nation's private investment capital.

The competition regulator has approved the cut-price acquisiton of an Australian-owned superannuation admininstration technology company by a foreign-owned competitor.

New Zealand private capital firms have contributed to a first institutional capital raising by a North Island founded start-up that has already won defence forces contracts in the UK and New Zealand.

An Auckland private equity firm is backing a Sydney company which is focusing on recovering and recycling waste as an alternative to sending it to landfill.

An ASX-listed company has agreed to provide initial due diligence access to a US-based private equity suitor after the firm lifted its offer to $2.134 billion.

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.

ASX-listed petroleum fuels business Ampol is to pay $225 million to acquire a leading privately-owned electrical vehicle charging business.

A due diligence company used by leading Australian private equity firms has been acquired by a big four commercial services firm.

A Sydney private equity firm is to exit its long-held stake in a New Zealand health care business with the company to be sold to investors including an Auckland private equity firm.

A venture firm has led a $6 million investment round in a company that is building a market for software that manages image-based data on the condition of physical infrastructure.

A private equity firm has invested in the merger of a technology investee with a consulting firm that specialises in cybersecurity protection.

Land-lease communities operator Ingenia (ASX: INA) is considering a further revised private capital acquisition offer which imposes a tight time limit on conditional agreement.

A private capital-backed international clinical trials business is to acquire an Australian bioanalytic research business for $160 million.

A Sydney venture capital firm has contributed to a $US200 million funding round for a US space tech company.