Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
The US federal government has extended protection to all depositors in collapsed tech sector lender Silicon Valley Bank.
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Venture investors are to profitably exit a fintech start-up with a specialist payments provider to take a controlling stake in the business.
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An Australian private equity firm and a US partner will have to quickly come up with a revised offer if they are to resurrect a deal shareholders rejected last week.
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A global private markets firm has opened an Australia and New Zealand office in Sydney and recruited an experienced local investor relations professional.
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$NZ60m to ramp up e-waste recycling
08 Mar 2023 - Investment activity
A Sydney private equity firm has led a $NZ60 million funding round that will ramp up the extraction of precious metals from e-waste.
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A US-based buyout firm has made a preliminary $1.82 billion bid for a listed funeral services business.
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Target changes recommendation on bid
07 Mar 2023 - Investment activity
An improved offer has persuaded a listed software company to switch its recommendation in favour of a technology specialist private equity firm.
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Break-up expected for failed transport business
05 Mar 2023 - Performance
Some assets of a failed private equity-backed transport and logistics business are expected to be sold separately as receivers seek to realise returns for creditors.
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Listed law firm to be acquired
25 Feb 2023 - Investment activity
An ASX-listed law firm is to be acquired by private equity.
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Global investors are backing a New Zealand-based green hydrogen company.
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A Sydney venture capital firm's first investment in a fast-growing online accounting platform has led a $35 million funding round.
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Dealmaker shifts firms
07 Feb 2023 - People moves
A dealmaker who led investments in a couple of significant Australian healthcare businesses for a global firm has joined a leading Australia private equity firm.
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A South African venture capital firm has led a $12 million Series B funding round for a wholesale food supplies marketplace.
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Industry PhD Program delivery partners
29 Jan 2023 - News
A consortium of three organisations has been selected to deliver the new National Industry PhD program for the federal department of education.
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An ASX-listed company has finally offered to provide a private equity firm with due diligence after five months of talks.
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An Adelaide-based cancer treatment technology company has secured a further $11 million in funding including $8 million in private capital led by an overseas strategic investor.
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A technology specialist private equity firm has taken a stake in a Brisbane software company which it says offers a 'best in class' real estate product.
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Meat subscriptions business targets direct grocery customers
26 Jan 2023 - Informal venture capital
The customer list of a failed direct delivery groceries business is to be used to market direct to customer meat subscriptions.
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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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Listed market corrections over the last 12 months have not been all bad for private markets, according to the chairman of a global private markets investment firm.
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