Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A defence technology venture capital fund has achieved unconditional registration as a tax-advantaged Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership.
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Quinbrook Infrastructure is no longer represented on the board of the company set up to realise Mike Cannon-Brookes plan to supply solar power from the Northern Territory to Singapore via an undersea cable.
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Life sciences firm sets the bar for 2025 venture fundraising
25 Jul 2025 - New funds and fundraising
A life sciences firm has raised the largest venture capital fund in Australia so far this year, largely as a result of federal government funding.
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Fund Finance Issues will be the topic of a panel discussion at the next Private Capital Breakfast to be held in Sydney on Thursday, 31 July.
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An Australian firm that specialises in investing in real assets technology has contributed to a $20 million capital raising round for a UK company that claims its coatings can improve the performance of overhead power lines by up to 30%
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A firm private equity offer of $3.3bn has sent the shares of ASX-listed wealth management company Insignia Group up 12%.
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Investee company to offload division for $70m
21 Jul 2025 - Performance
A health services business, in which two private equity firms are invested, has agreed to sell its elder care services unit for $70 million.
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A growth investment firm has invested in an auto body repair industry software company which is planning to enter the UK market.
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Fundraising has been launched for an Australian wine and beverages innovation investment fund.
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Criicism from an unsuccessful applicant has raises questions on how successful ten years of government funding has been in developing a substantial Australian medical innovation commercialisation industry.
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A leading Australian venture capital firm has confirmed it has contributed to a record $US2 billion seed funding round for a start-up founded by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati.
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PwC Australia divests division to private equity-backed business
18 Jul 2025 - Investment activity
A private equity-backed global business has acquired the restructuring services division of a leading professional services firm.
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An Auckland-based seed fund has reached first close and made its first investment.
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A US firm has led a $23 mllion capital raising round for a Sydney advertising technology company that provides a platform on which brands and publishers work together to promote products.
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The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in fund management accounting will be one of the topics to be discussed by an industry panel at the next Private Capital Breakfast.
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A Sydney-based debt collection technology company which is backed by a number of Austrailan venture capital firms, has made a further US strategic acquisition.
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A listed technology advisory business is planning to acquire a technolgy co-working spaces provider for $5.5 million.
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$200m debt funding for divorce loans start-up
14 Jul 2025 - News
A listed financial services company is to provide a $200 million debt warehouse facility to a start-up that provides up-front financing for people who are unable to raise legal fees for divorce proceedings.
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A super fund is to exit an agriculture business it has built up over seven years to a global private investment firm.
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An ASX-listed building services company has agreed to be acquired by private equity for $1.3 billion.
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