Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Auckland firm exits healthcare business
19 May 2022 - Performance
An Auckland private equity firm has exited its stake in one of New Zealand's leading healthcare businesses to a global alternative assets manager.
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A venture-backed trades-focused online marketplace has been acquired for less than a quarter of its implied value six years ago.
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A private equity investee has been able to generate a substantial return of capital despite the company's operations being affected by COVID-19 restrictions.
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Investee companies to be combined in $450m deal
05 May 2022 - Performance
An Australian investee of a global private equity firm is to be exited to a US-based investee of the same firm but the deal has transparency with both the transaction value and the exited company's 2021 revenue disclosed.
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Australian venture capital investors are in line for returns of up to 20x investment resulting from the acquisition of an Australian-founded data technology company by a NASDAQ-listed company in the same space.
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Exit to return 8x initial investment
30 Mar 2022 - Performance
An acquisition by a Singtel subsidiary will return a Sydney private equity firm 8x its initial investment after only about two years.
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A retail private equity fund-of-funds manager that invests only in Australian and New Zealand investment firms has reported its average gross return on invested capital has increased from 3.1x to 4.3x since the beginning of the year.
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Private equity firm exits bus services business
20 Mar 2022 - Performance
A private equity firm has exited its investment in a New Zealand bus services business to Australia and New Zealand's largest private bus services operator.
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Seed fund achieves early profitable exit
15 Mar 2022 - Performance
A seed fund has achieved a profitable exit after little more than two years as a result of the acquisition of an electrical equipment monitoring company.
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An investment in a recruitment software business has been exited with the purchase of the business by a UK company.
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A majority stake in an Australian non-bank credit provider is believed to have been transferred from one global asset manager to another for more than $1.2 billion.
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Car share exit generates strong returns
20 Jan 2022 - Performance
The exit of a car-share start-up to a global business has provided strong returns to investors.
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New Zealand-developed film-making technology has again been acquired by a global company, generating strong returns for local investors.
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Travel business exited to US company
12 Jan 2022 - Performance
A travel business that offers some of Australia's best known outback and coastal experiences has been exited to a private equity-backed US company.
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A Sydney company that produces software that enables businesses to calculate their carbon emissions has been acquired by one of the world's largest technology businesses.
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A private equity-controlled ferries and trucking business has been exited to a global infrastructure fund.
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The ownership of a fast-growing construction industry supplies business has been transferred from one private equity firm to another.
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Motor racing investment finally exited
19 Dec 2021 - Performance
A private equity investment in motor racing has finally been exited after a challenging decade long hold period.
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A private equity firm is to exit an aged care business to a non-profit operator for an undisclosed sum believed to be around $700 million.
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Wealth manager to be acquired for $475m
15 Dec 2021 - Performance
A global private banking firm is to acquire an Australian wealth manager for $475m.
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