Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Mega $18.4bn bid in doubt
25 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
An $18.4 billion offer for an ASX- listed energy company is in doubt after a twice renewed period of due diligence expired without the parties making any announcement.
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Bill Gates' fund invests in Australian climate change abatement technology.
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A software billionaire has acquired and privatised an ASX-listed data security company spending $43.5 million on the acquisition.
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The technology investment arm of a major oil company has committed $20 to a Sydney-based clean energy technology company.
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Tech founders have backed a seed-funding round for an app that enables retail investors to make small climate change impact investments.
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A private equity consortium has been given just one extra week to complete due diligence on a mega $18.4 billion energy company bid.
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Telstra invests in on-farm connectivity
13 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
Telstra and Graincorp have led a $12 million funding round to commercialise technology designed to improve internet connectivity on farms.
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$34m in equity capital has been provided to a company currently carrying out human clinical trials for needle-free vaccine delivery.
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A healthcare specialist private equity firm has made its second investment in a clinical trials business, following a strong trend of the last 10 years.
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Global software company Salesforce has invested in a Melbourne IT testing technology company
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Rival bidders for an ASX-listed software company have now sought intervention by the Takeovers Panel.
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A family office has provided most of an expansion capital raising for a business that provides vending machines for healthy food at large industrial facilities.
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New approach to robo-taxi concept
06 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
A leading venture firm has led a funding round for an early-stage technology company founded by an entrepreneur it backed in its first fund.
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Intervention sought on $526m deal
06 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
A Sydney private equity firm has sought intervention by the Takeovers Panel to gain it due diligence access to an acquisition that appears close to agreement with a rival bidder at $526 million.
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Due diligence has been extended for an $18.4 billion private capital consortium offer for a major power company.
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$4m seed funding for cloud training
05 Jan 2023 - Investment activity
Venture investors have provided $4 million in seed funding for an Australian company that is providing cloud technology training internationally.
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A growth fund has invested in three cloud services IT companies.
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A Sydney private equity firm is to acquire one of Australia's leading department store businesses for a fraction of the price the current owner paid in 2014.
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A private equity firm is to acquire a 25% stake in a mobile phone communications technology company from a listed company.
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A private equity firm has withdrawn its $514 million proposal to acquire a listed software company saying it is working on an alternative proposal.
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