Current Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Journal

February 2020, Year 29 Issue No. 305

 

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New Funds & Fundraising

• European manager seeking to raise $US14.75bn fund
• Global fund-of-funds raises $US2.61bn
• Singapore venture team to consider our market
• Secondaries firm well on way to $US9bn fund
• Secondaries firm well on way to $US9bn fund
• Singapore late stage venture fund raises $US250m
• Global firm targeting $350m for local fund
• US venture firm passes $US800m in secondaries raising
• Individual investors sought for private equity fund
• Individual investors sought for private equity fund
• Private credit fund targets investment from wholesale investors

Investment Activity

• Competing bids for theme parks and cinemas business
• European firm in $NZ1.5bn public-to-private bid
• Mining investor in $300m gold mine purchase
• Locally developed software attracts US investment
• Debt collector to be acquired in public to private deal
• $29m first funding round for healthcare AI
• Turnaround firm acquires rail assets company
• Cash injection enables courier business to restructure
• Local venture firm backs Singapore e-scooter company
• Local venture firm backs Singapore e-scooter company
• Online commerce technology attracts $20m
• $NZ7m for VoIP mobile technology
• Federal loan for West Australian fertiliser plant
• Sovereign wealth fund-backed partnership buys hotel
• Shareholders vote in favour of takeover
• Angels back power transmission monitoring start-up
• Largest US investment in Australian cyber security

News

• EDITOR'S LETTER - Deal maker's retirement expected to be short
• Research finds funds-of-funds outperform secondaries
• New Zealand pathology business for sale
• Retail private equity offering planned
• New Brisbane-based growth capital firm
• Australian Investment Council Gala Dinner
• Industry super fund changes its name
• Private markets research firm to open Australian office
• Asian regional firm's local track record

Performance

• Partial sell-down of venture fund confirms 57 per cent IRR
• $100m-plus investment creates new unicorn
• Turnaround firm exits business after tripling EBITDA
• Listing success for growth investor-backed fintech
• Overseas exit for venture-backed learning technology
• Software listing enables venture firms to sell down
• Partial exit generates $NZ30m for New Zealand firm
• Buy-now pay-later company plans to list
• AI video analytics company lists

Informal Venture Capital

• Angel investors back online legal start-up
• Venture firm founders back environmental funding marketplace

Investee News

• Edtech planning new capital raise for rapid scale-up
• Global pharmaceutical company backs locally funded research
• Global pharmaceutical company backs locally funded research
• Satellite connection devices in mass production
• Space technology start-up plans substantial fundraising
• Precision engineering company wins export award

Features

• REARVIEW MIRROR

People Moves

• Super funds investor recruits head of sovereign wealth fund
• Head of unlisted assets promoted to super fund's executive team
• Super fund chief executive to step down
• Industry super fund's new chief investment officer
• Investment role changes at industry super funds
• Alternative assets manager appoints head of distribution

Conferences & Roundtables

• Coming Events