Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

An Australian life science investment firm has participated in a $61 million funding round for a UK company developing new drugs for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

A major European private capital firm, with overseas experience in the space, has acquired Australia and New Zealand's largest provider of veterinary services for more than $1 billion.

A global investor consortium's $18.7 billion proposal to take private Australia's largest electricity provider has been conditionally approved by the competition regulator.

An early-stage venture capital firm that only invests in businesses with at least one female founder has closed its first fund at $13.5 million.

A growth capital fund backed by leading trading banks has taken a stake in a skincare business with overseas expansion ambitions.

Strategic investors have provided $US18 million to a New Zealand technology company that has developed a process to produce graphite for batteries from waste timber.

A new Perth-based early-stage venture capital firm has raised an additional $8 million to boost its initial fund to $45 million.

A project to develop the largest battery storage facility in Queensland has been acquired for a sustainable investments fund.

A new investor has helped lift a funding round for a digital twin technology company to $38 million.

A global private equity buyout firm has acquired an infrastructure investment business with investments in Australia.

A growth capital funded IT services company has made a strategic acquisition to increase the use of artificial intelligence and automation in its business operations software.

Macquarie Bank has contributed to a $30 million debt and equity package for a growing provider of financing to equipment distribution channels.

A US venture capital firm has led a $36 million investment round in an Australian company that has developed an alternative to using helicopters in stringing power lines between transmission towers.

Australia's sovereign wealth fund The Future Fund re-allocated $60 billion worth of assets over 2022-23 as it focused on the challenges of inflation and markets volatility.

A resources private equity firm is to exit its majority stake in an ASX-listed coal company.