Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
Growth firm backs emergency medicine
03 May 2024 - Investment activity
A growth investment firm has invested in a company which provides emergency medicine services to private hospitals.
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Venture backing for care robots
01 May 2024 - Investment activity
An early-stage venture capital firm has led a seed-funding round for a robotics and artificial intelligence company which is developing care robots for the elderly.
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A deep-tech venture capital firm has led a $10.5 million funding round for a company that has developed a technology that cuts costs and reduces pollution in textile production.
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An investee of an Australian life sciences venture capital firm has attracted strategic investment from a global pharmaceuticals business in a $38 million capital raising round.
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Government investment of close to a billion dollars has been committed to back development of a quantum computer in Australia.
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An ASX-listed listed dental practices business appears set to be acquired by a smaller private equity-owned business.
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Diversity analytics start-up raises $6m
28 Apr 2024 - Investment activity
A software platform that analyses diversity within organisations has raised funding of $6 million.
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The Victorian state government has led a funding round for low-cost production of a material used to clean up contamination.
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New Zealand's largest private equity firm is planning an international clean-up for its most recent retail products investment.
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Mid-market firm takes stake in designer furniture supplier.
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The Victorian state government has contributed to a $50 million-plus fundraising round for commercialisation of solar power and water energy storage technology.
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Building fit-out company acquired
23 Apr 2024 - Investment activity
An Australia-wide building fit-out company has been acquired by private equity.
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An impact investment firm has led an add-on syndicate investment into New Zealand's currently largest solar farm.
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A New York venture capital firm that focuses on climate technology has led a $5.3 million seed round for a Tasmanian company that offers software to account for carbon emissions.
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Existing investors have supported the raising of additional funds for a company that has developed a special alloy which can be used to store energy as heat.
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An ASX-listed internet safety company has knocked back a $468 million offer from a US buyout firm.
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A US financial sector investment firm has led a $108 million investment round in an Australian technology company seeking to disrupt the insurance sector.
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A struggling ASX-listed company has described a $1.284 billion private equity offer as disappointing and made it clear it would consider offers from other parties.
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A private equity firm is to take a 50% stake in an agricultural engineering business.
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A European firm has joined with local venture firms to back a start-up which has developed an online platform designed to minimise fraud under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
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