Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
An impact investment firm is seeking to raise $50 million for a growth investment fund.
Full storyAirTree Ventures has led a $4 million pre-seed funding round backing a repeat founder returning to a business model he knows well.
Full storyA US-based global investment firm has led a $25 million investment round in a Sydney pet food company.
Full storyPrivate capital giant plans local expansion
09 Jun 2023 - News
The world's largest private capital business is planning to expand its range of strategies in Australia.
Full storyTurnaround specialist to exit pizza chain
08 Jun 2023 - Performance
A turnaround specialist private equity firm is to exit a pizza chain to a leading US quick service restaurants business.
Full storyThe board of an ASX-listed aged-care homes company is supporting a revised nearly $827 million private equity offer for the business.
Full storyThe Queensland state government is seeking proposals for it to invest in venture capital funds to boost the state's start-up and venture capital ecosystem.
Full storyA new $600m fund raised by a leading firm will go against the current standard private equity practice of investing only in majority stakes; it will take minority stakes in growing companies.
Full storyCleantech accelerator launched in regional centre
06 Jun 2023 - News
A venture capital and accelerator firm that has to date focused on climate change and food security has launched a cleantech accelerator.
Full storyThe latest investment by a Brisbane growth capital firm bets on the transition to renewable energy resulting in strong growth in demand for equipment used to build and maintain electricity networks.
Full storyA venture capital firm, which includes medical technology as a key area of investment, has committed $15 million to back a drug development team whose previous company was acquired by a major global pharma business.
Full storyGoogle's venture capital firm has led a $US15 million funding round for an online shopping mobile phone app launched by three US-based Australians.
Full storyNew bid lifts investor’s potential return
03 Jun 2023 - Performance
A new bid for a listed investee company has lifted the potential payout for a growth capital firm.
Full storyA hardware-focused venture capital firm has completed a $15 million first close for its initial fund.
Full storyA business once regarded as one of Australia's most successful private equity-backed success stories has filed for bankruptcy in the US.
Full storyA local venture capital firm has led a $50 million capital raising for an Australian company which claims to be the world leader in satellite minerals prospecting.
Full storyAn Australian venture capital firm has led a funding round for an Indian payments technology company that is already backed by several prominent US venture firms.
Full storyAn ASX-listed business software company has confirmed it received an acquisition offer from a US private equity firm earlier this year.
Full storyVenture backing of $2.2 million has been provided to a start-up that has developed technology to simplify procurement processes in highly regulated sectors.
Full storyThe plan to supply Australian solar energy to Singapore via a 4,200-kilometre undersea cable is back on with a consortium led by Mike Cannon-Brookes' Grok Ventures to acquire Sun Cable out of administration.
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