Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A fund-of-funds investment firm that invests in Australian growth private equity funds has reached first close on a $250 million-target fifth fund.
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Should Australia develop semiconductor manufacturing?
23 Sep 2022 - News
Recent events have raised the question of whether the Australian federal government should back development of a local semiconductor manufacturing industry.
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A prominent technology entrepreneur is raising an early-stage venture capital fund with the backing of some well-resourced individual investors.
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A growth capital firm has taken stakes in two associated Sydney-based businesses, an engineering consultancy and a software business which focuses on estimating technology for the construction sector.
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$15 million in Australian and overseas venture capital is to be used to commercialise thermal sensing technology developed in Sydney.
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Listed car dealership exited
21 Sep 2022 - Performance
A private equity firm has exited its remaining stake in a car dealership business it floated on the ASX last year.
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A technology platform that links farmers with insurance brokers who will provide extreme weather events cover has received venture capital backing.
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The target of stalled $20 billion-plus public-to-private acquisition negotiations has been told to lower its price expectation.
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A workplace wellbeing platform has attracted $35 million in investment to develop its services in Australia and New Zealand and explore offshore markets.
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Investing for Growth Awards
19 Sep 2022 - News
Successful private capital deals of the last 12 months have been recognised by the Australian Investment Council in a live presentation at the council's annual conference on the Gold Coast.
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Local turn-around investment firms have led a debt for equity swap deal that has seen a global private equity firm exit a COVID-19 hit business.
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A move to create a new force in Australian prepared foods has generated exits for two Australian private equity firms.
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An ASX-listed company has defied its largest shareholder - and mooted private capital acquirer - by committing nearly $3 billion to a US investment.
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One of Australia's best-funded venture capital firms has raised a $500 million third fund in volatile market conditions.
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An early-stage venture capital firm has raised an over-subscribed $140 million for its third fund.
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A local acquisition by a US company has generated a return for a venture firm that specialises in B2B software.
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Technology developed by a venture-backed start-up is being used to operate an online sales platform for Australia's largest fish market.
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An ASX-listed toll roads investor has now been waiting three months to learn whether it will receive a take-private offer.
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An Australian entrepreneur who has founded a number of digital businesses is fundraising for an early-stage venture capital fund.
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Fundraising has been launched for a private equity fund that will invest only in businesses targeting reduction of carbon emissions.
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