Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A specialist turnarounds private equity firm is close to achieving a significant partial exit.

A multi-family office has recruited an investment strategist who most recently worked as a consultant to the Future Fund.

An ASX-listed energy markets software company has rejected a $550 million-plus private equity backed acquisition offer.

A US-based firm that has been one of the largest investors in the Australian private capital sector over the last 30 years, has raised $6.80 billion for its latest global co-investment fund.

Individual investors have provided $5 million in a capital raising round which a start-up is using to commercialise a technology that can analyse breath to detect medical conditions.

An ASX-listed financial services company has rejected a third private equity acquisition offer but indicated it is prepared to povide access to some non-public information to help formulate an offer that reflects its valuation of the business.

A leading Australian venture capital firm has reported 30% growth across all its funds for the 2025-26 financial year.

A private equity bid for an ASX-listed financial services company has been increased by a further 2% to $2.6 billion.

A lower-mid-market private equity firm has taken a stake in an electrical contractor which is a major provider of cabling and other services to data centre development projects.

A long established New Zealand venture capital firm is nurturing a new source of investment funding, foreign individual sophisticated investors.

A US private equity firm has acquired a majority stake in an Australian budget gyms franchisor.

A mid-market private equity firm has acquired a national data centres network with expansion potential, mirroring an investment it successfully exited five years ago.

A start-up that uses technology to improve the home loan search process for home loan seekers, has attracted venture capital funding.

A potential acquirer has ended talks on an acquisition that had been estimated to provide a global private equity firm and institutional investors with a $3.9 billion exit.

A private capital firm has acquired a portfolio of venture assets from an ASX-listed company.

A global private capital firm has sweetened its bid for an ASX-listed financial services business.

A B2B software-focused venture capital firm has added a new partner to its leadership team.

A new defence technology fund has now raised more than $20 million primarily from high net-worth individual investors.

A leading university is reaching out to the venture capital industry and institutional investors seeking interest in creating a new vehicle to invest in companies spun out of its research programs.

The merger of a fuel supply company with a rival business is expected to boost exit potential for the private equity owner.