Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

Applications for grant funding from West Australian government financed health and medical innovation seed fund will soon close.

Venture capital funding has been provided to a start-up that has devised a strategy and technology platform to provide individual investors with access to leading private equity funds globally.

An early-stage venture capital firm has raised more than $40 million for its latest seed stage fund.

A private equity-backed infrastructure advisory and project management business is to widen its areas of expertise with the acquisition of a smaller business in the same space.

A federal government-sponsored growth fund has invested in software that guides the development of complex corporate technology systems.

An investment consortium led by a leading global buyout firm has made a $20 billion plus bid to acquire Australia's largest private hospitals operator.

A Melbourne early-stage venture capital firm has led a pre-seed fundraising round for a start-up which has established on online marketplace for auto repairs equipment and supplies.

A Sydney venture firm is seeking to raise $150 million for its second venture credit fund.

New York and Sydney software-focused venture firms have led a $25 million funding round for a start-up that has developed a platform to fairly manage high demand e-commerce releases such as limited edition sneakers.

A US venture capital firm has led a $NZ22 million investment round in a New Zealand company that has developed technology to efficiently produce protein from plants.

ASX-listed fertility company Virtus Health has signed up to a revised $707 million bid from UK private equity firm CapVest Partners, $100 million more than local bidder BGH Capital initially offered in December.

Following the picks and shovels principle, a group of venture investors has backed an Australian start-up which has developed a digital management system which it hopes will become standard use for indoor horticulture businesses globally.

A specialist US private equity firm has acquired a Brisbane-based aerospace components manufacturer.

A UK private equity firm has lifted its bid for an ASX-listed company to more than $707 million as it battles a well resourced local competitor.