Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
The independent management company for Victoria's new $2 billion technology commercialisation fund is seeking applications for senior roles and has made its first investment.
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A private equity firm which started fundraising with a target of $750 million for a main fund and $150 million for side-car vehicles has announced a first close at $600 million.
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European firm backs aged-care software
22 Nov 2021 - Investment activity
A major European private equity firm has taken a minority stake in a locally developed software platform for managing aged care services.
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$9.3bn new offer for casinos operator
21 Nov 2021 - Investment activity
A new bid for Crown puts the casino company in an awkward position. Blackstone's offer is only modestly higher than an offer rejected in June but, unlike then, there doesn't appear to be a rival waiting in the wings.
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A consortium of private equity investors is to exit most of its stake in a cancer care business in a deal believed to value the business at around $2.5 billion.
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A healthcare specialist private equity firm has made its first control transaction buying into a leading pharmacy management software business.
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CSIRO has entered into a five-year multi-million-dollar partnership with Google to cooperate on commercialising scientific discoveries.
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Local venture firms are backing the global aspirations of a Sydney-based commercial electric bike company.
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Bank-backed software company to list on NZX
16 Nov 2021 - Performance
A software company which says it integrates the separate streams of communication in import/export transactions, is to list on the NZX just three years after it was founded.
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An Auckland start-up that provides grocery items direct to customers has received venture backing.
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An impact investment firm has taken a stake in a business that provides payment plans for private school fees.
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Visual effects technologies used in movies such as Lord of the Rings and Avatar are to be acquired as part of a $2.216 billion deal.
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A venture-backed tech company has put on hold its plans to list on the ASX before the Christmas-New Year holiday period.
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Shares in a private equity-backed company closed more than 6% down after their first day of trading on the ASX.
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A global private equity firm's $2.88 bid for a listed company has been complicated by a European syndicate making an $86.5 million bid for part of the business.
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Incubator will step up biotech commercialisation
11 Nov 2021 - News
A federal government-funded biotech incubator is to be launched next year as a first step to increase levels of commercialisation in the sector.
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Investment in a medical trials company will be used to grow the business organically and through acquisitions.
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A company that offers a digital system for keeping compliance records of heavy vehicle maintenance has taken the place of two other SaaS investments in an evergreen fund.
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Victorian start-up awards
10 Nov 2021 - News
Nominations have opened for new awards for Victorian start-ups.
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A venture-backed technology company has listed on the ASX with its shares rising 39% over first day trading.
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