Current Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Journal

May 2018, Year 27 Issue No. 286

 

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New Funds & Fundraising

• Local manager wins $550m global mandate from super fund
• New Zealand firm raises $NZ250m new fund
• New Zealand regional incubator raises second seed fund
• New corporate venture operation links with accelerator

Investment Activity

• Chinese consortium in $800m vitamins company deal
• Global firm in $508m corporate carve-out
• Local firm in $2.25bn coal mine deal
• Turnaround firm offers $100m for fashion brands
• Sydney firm in $53m corporate carve-out deal
• Credit investor takes control of listed surfwear business
• €2bn deal for Melbourne-based global infrastructure firm
• US private equity buys NSW agricultural properties
• Government funding for Parkinson's disease device
• $2.8m for global expansion of online video technology company
• Sovereign wealth fund invests in orthopaedic implants
• Telehealth platform to use $1m raising for expansion
• $8m raised for cloud-based HR software business
• Venture firm invests in smartphone medical device
• $1m raised by female-oriented online jobs platform
• Private equity group buys retail chain out of administration

News

• EDITOR'S LETTER - Right time for exit focus?
• Leading firm decides against raising new fund
• Super funds may form their own agriculture investment vehicle
• Listed fund manager says share price undervalues its investments
• New Zealand early stage venture funding hits $NZ86m new peak

Performance

• Managing director replaced at under siege listed alternatives manager
• Sale of iconic brand returns investors more than $NZ110m
• $400m food production sale and lease-back deal
• Infant formula manufacturer exited to Chinese trade buyer
• Listed alternatives fund exits agricultural investment

Informal Venture Capital

• $55m in federal funding for new Digital Health CRC
• Grant funding to develop improved online health checks

Investee News

• Chief executive of infrastructure consultancy sacked
• Co-chief executives of food company to step down
• Agritech start-up signs US customers

Features

• REARVIEW MIRROR

People Moves

• Sovereign wealth fund seeks chief technology officer
• Super fund appoints new chief executive
• Global asset manager recruits deal-maker from rival
• Industry super funds head resigns to join investment firm
• Asset manager's local head to take on regional role
• Venture veteran joins board of drug development company
• Equities fund manager appoints venture capitalist to its board
• M&A insurance broker opens South Africa office
• New local head for global asset management firm

Conferences & Roundtables

• Coming Events