Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Listed law firm to be acquired
25 Feb 2023 - Investment activity
An ASX-listed law firm is to be acquired by private equity.
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Global investors are backing a New Zealand-based green hydrogen company.
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A Sydney venture capital firm's first investment in a fast-growing online accounting platform has led a $35 million funding round.
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Dealmaker shifts firms
07 Feb 2023 - People moves
A dealmaker who led investments in a couple of significant Australian healthcare businesses for a global firm has joined a leading Australia private equity firm.
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A South African venture capital firm has led a $12 million Series B funding round for a wholesale food supplies marketplace.
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Industry PhD Program delivery partners
29 Jan 2023 - News
A consortium of three organisations has been selected to deliver the new National Industry PhD program for the federal department of education.
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An ASX-listed company has finally offered to provide a private equity firm with due diligence after five months of talks.
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An Adelaide-based cancer treatment technology company has secured a further $11 million in funding including $8 million in private capital led by an overseas strategic investor.
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A technology specialist private equity firm has taken a stake in a Brisbane software company which it says offers a 'best in class' real estate product.
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Meat subscriptions business targets direct grocery customers
26 Jan 2023 - Informal venture capital
The customer list of a failed direct delivery groceries business is to be used to market direct to customer meat subscriptions.
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Mega $18.4bn bid in doubt
25 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
An $18.4 billion offer for an ASX- listed energy company is in doubt after a twice renewed period of due diligence expired without the parties making any announcement.
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Listed market corrections over the last 12 months have not been all bad for private markets, according to the chairman of a global private markets investment firm.
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An online platform that enables mining workers to share information about the equipment they use has received most of its $3 million in seed-funding from mining industry executives.
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Bill Gates' fund invests in Australian climate change abatement technology.
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New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund has committed $US100 million to an investment vehicle which will invest in climate change mitigation.
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The US Department of Defense has granted more than $6 million to support development by an Australian company of a drug to protect against respiratory viruses.
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A software billionaire has acquired and privatised an ASX-listed data security company spending $43.5 million on the acquisition.
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New venture firm raises $NZ6m
20 Jan 2023 - New funds and fundraising
A new Auckland-based early-stage venture capital firm has raised $NZ6 million for an initial fund.
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The technology investment arm of a major oil company has committed $20 to a Sydney-based clean energy technology company.
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The NSW government has allocated $40 million to a new Biosciences Fund that will provide backing for entrepreneurs and early-stage ventures in priority sectors.
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