Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

Two investees of private equity firms are to be merged to create a dominant business services outsourcing company.

A fintech which plans to disrupt business banking has received substantial venture capital in its seed round.

A technology which will improve soil quality while sequestering carbon has received government and private funding.

A private equity-owned business has announced it will not re-start publishing eight magazines suspended because of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

A sustainability-focused private equity firm is to pay $46 million to acquire a leading winemaker out of administration.

Shares in a venture-backed company reached double their IPO price in first day trading on the ASX.

A planned new private equity firm could take more Australian retail brands into Asia.

A new private equity firm, which launched fundraising in Australia and greater China last year, has made its first investment.

Control of an alternative investments listed investment company is changing at last.

Technology to remotely detect damage to wind turbine blades has attracted venture capital funding.

A long-term investor has increased its stake in a listed company targeted for acquisition by a private equity firm.

A private equity firm’s new offer for a New Zealand listed company is $NZ22 million below its pre-coronavirus lockdown offer.

A consortium of individual investors has invested $2.2 million in a reg-tech start-up.

A multinational asset manager has launched a new Australian fund which gives access to global private equity focusing on small- and mid-cap companies.

An investment banking firm has exited its stake with the sale of a business process outsourcing company.

A New Zealand technology investment firm has made its second healthcare technology investment.

A German company has led a $6.84 million investment round in a Melbourne software business.

Bondholders are seeking to use takeovers law to overturn the sale of Virgin Australia.

A group of shareholders want a New Zealand listed company to try to negotiate a lower price deal rather than pursue legal action against a private equity firm which withdrew its acquisition offer.