Current Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Journal

September 2017, Year 26 Issue No. 279

 

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New Funds & Fundraising

• New Zealand fund raises additional $NZ2m plus
• Venture firm seeks to raise initial $100m fund
• $US60m sought for smart cities venture fund

Investment Activity

• Interest in listed telecommunications provider evaporates
• Listed company accepts private equity bid
• China-based venture firm leads $16m local investment
• Consortium takes majority stake in adventure travel business
• Chinese private equity firm to acquire listed company
• Competition concerns over planned stationery acquisition
• US firm takes stake in New Zealand funds manager
• $83m now invested in quantum computing company
• Fund acquires Australia's largest wind farm project
• Agronomy technology company raises $8m in IPO
• $7m funding for human resources add-on services
• Pocket money business raises $2.5m
• $10m funding for internet of things network
• Investment committed to wealth advisory expansion
• Competition watchdog concerned about proposed merger
• Venture firm invests in crypto-currency services

News

• EDITOR'S LETTER - Wider exposure makes sense
• LaunchVic severs ties with 500 Startups, seeks alternative
• Proposed structure for corporate collective investment vehicles
• Off-market trades and overseas listings concern regulator
• ASIC to continue to use local analytics software
• Partnership to develop innovation precincts
• New medical research institute added to investment network
• New NSW regional accelerator program
• Investment firm offers alternative to private equity

Performance

• Venture firms reduce stakes in technology company listing
• Mining services contractor exited to listed company
• Corporate acquisition provides exit from mining camps business
• Managing director of listed IP investment company resigns

Informal Venture Capital

• Angel group sidecar fund achieves $10m first close
• Gas detector business raises on both sides of the Tasman
• US investor takes stake in New Zealand craft brewer

Investee News

• Listed company achieves significant restructuring progress
• Mortgage search business upgrades broker feedback
• Fintech start-up partners with major accountancy firm

Features

• CO-WORKING - DOES IT WORK?
• REARVIEW MIRROR

People Moves

• Venture role for former Australia Post head
• Wesfarmers recruits private equity executive
• New partners and senior executive for new firm
• Family office recruits new chief executive
• Super fund seeks environmental activist

Conferences & Roundtables

• Coming Events