Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Fast-food chain to list on ASX
01 Jun 2024 - Performance
The ASX float of a fast-food chain will enable major shareholders to begin selling down their stakes.
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Exit anticipated for equipment hire business
27 May 2024 - Performance
A mid-market growth capital firm is reportedly close to exiting its first investment in an overseas trade sale.
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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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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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$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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$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 New Zealand private equity firm is to exit its investment in an Auckland-based skincare company with the business to be acquired by an Australian company.
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US-based firm makes exit to prior NZ investor
29 Feb 2024 - Performance
A US-based private equity firm has exited an investment to the investee company's prior New Zealand investor.
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A $2.77 billion acquisition of one of its US investee companies will generate a substantial return for an Australian and US venture firm.
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An investee of a state government-backed business investment fund is in receivership.
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A private equity-owned food distribution business is to be exited to an ASX-listed buyer at around $400 million.
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Soft serve generates ‘terrific return’
05 Feb 2024 - Performance
A Melbourne growth capital firm says an overseas trade sale exit will generate a "terrific return" for its investors.
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A growth investment in an Australian software-as-a-service business is to be exited to a NASDAQ-listed company.
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Two leading Australian venture capital firms are to sell down some of their stakes in one of their most successful investments, online graphic design tools company Canva.
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The founder of a telehealth business has stepped back from the chief executive role with the company to now seek a professional for the role.
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Mid-market firm exits beauty products
19 Jan 2024 - Performance
A mid-market private equity firm has exited a beauty products company it has owned for nearly ten years.
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Crowd funding investors will lose most of their investments while a return will go to a seed fund in a planned acquisition of a Sydney technology company by a NASDAQ-listed business.
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Robotics start-up to be liquidated
18 Jan 2024 - Performance
A start-up which developed software which provides robotic grippers with a sense of touch has failed to raise follow-on funding and is to be liquidated.
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Two family offices have sold one of Australia's largest networks of convenience stores and service stations for $1.71 billion.
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A majority stake in a venture capital-backed sports livestreaming technology company has been exited in a trade deal to an Italy-based company.
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