Current Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Journal

March 2019, Year 28 Issue No. 295

 

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New Funds & Fundraising

• Leading buyout manager plans $300m growth fund
• Early stage venture firm raises $35m second fund
• $45m raised for emerging companies fund
• $US40m sought to take New Zealand tech companies to the US
• Global corporate venturer establishes Australian fund
• Venture veteran raises $US200m to invest in ‘frontier technologies'
• Latest raisings add more than $US10bn to Asian region dry power
• Investment company raising corporate debt fund
• Global private equity firm backs local asset finance fund

Investment Activity

• Interloper disturbs anticipated smooth $2 billion takeover
• $2.09bn public-to-private deal still to be finalised
• Shareholders agree to $675m take-private deal
• Experienced retail investor to enter new category
• Joint investment will back expansion of radiology clinics network
• European firm to invest in $US2.51bn divestment by ASX-listed company
• US-based firm makes bolt-on acquisition in Australia for New Zealand investee
• $4.8m investment round for video content provider
• $US20m funding for video production platform
• Venture firm leads $3.5m customer communications raising
• Technology investor backs social impact measurement software
• Investment will accelerate retirement village developments
• Incubator stepping up investment in artificial intelligence
• Business leaders back New Zealand artificial intelligence company
• Backing to be sought for South African copper project

News

• EDITOR'S LETTER - Venture capital needs more investment
• Substantial step-up planned for direct private equity investment
• Listed alternatives manager loses mandate
• Sydney tech hub to be anchored by high profile tenant
• Corporate credit firm opens New Zealand office
• Satellite communications company seeking new capital
• New state government start-up grants program
• Suicide prevention start-up plans capital raising
• New funding round for Victoria's start-up ecosytem
• Law firm backs law tech start-up hub
• Researchers to help develop northern Australia aquaculture plan
• New Brisbane private investment firm

Performance

• Japanese trade buyer provides $574m exit for food industry business
• Alternatives manager hopes to renegotiate debt covenants
• Fund returns more than 40 per cent a year over 10 years
• Private markets drive strong returns for sovereign wealth fund

Informal Venture Capital

• $9m in grant funding for energy storage project

Investee News

• Space technology company links with US counterpart

Features

• Buy-and-build: Powerful strategy, hard to pull off
• REARVIEW MIRROR

People Moves

• Sovereign wealth fund appoints new head of private equity
• Global firm to step up local direct private equity investments
• Adelaide universities doubling down on commercialisation
• Accelerator leaders stepping down
• Internal candidate selected to lead super fund
• New chief investment officer for defined-benefit super fund
• Investment management firm appoints strategy and policy director
• Sydney-founded alternative assets manager opens Seoul office
• Returned expat adds to law firm's private equity experience
• Institutional bank recruits director, acquisition finance

Conferences & Roundtables

• Coming Events