Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A listed software company has conditionally recommended shareholders vote in favour of a US private equity firm's offer which is well below an earlier indicative offer in June.
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A private equity-backed Canadian company appears well placed to acquire a Melbourne-founded ASX-listed software company.
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Sharemarket trading is indicating an $18.4 billion privatisation of an energy company is likely to go ahead.
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A new long-term investment fund backed by superannuation funds is to make a first investment in a diagnostic imaging business.
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One of Australia's largest private equity firms is negotiating to acquire a listed technology company, floated by another private equity firm three years ago.
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$2.3m for product manager software
08 Nov 2022 - Investment activity
Leading venture firms have provided $2.3 million in seed-funding for a start-up that is developing software to help guide technology product managers.
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A $44m investment round in a company that produces plant-derived fats for alternative proteins has been led by a Hong Kong investment firm.
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A plastics recycling company that uses enzymes to break down plastics into core molecules, has raised a $54 million Series A funding round.
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The Asian arm of a major European private markets investment firm has joined forces with a local hedge fund manager to bid for one of Australia's longest established financial services companies.
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A Canadian software company, backed by a global private equity firm, has jumped ahead of a local private equity firm in a battle to acquire an ASX-listed company.
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New bid for listed software company
30 Oct 2022 - Investment activity
A technology-focused private equity firm has made a new bid for an ASX-listed software company.
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$NZ3m for zinc recycling pilot project
29 Oct 2022 - Investment activity
An Auckland venture firm has led a $NZ3 million funding round for an early-stage technology company which is developing a pilot plant for its new zinc recycling technology.
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A US private equity firm is back as a significant shareholder in a company it financed prior to listing on the ASX in 2015.
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An emerging companies fund has invested $10 million in a wealth management business.
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An early-stage venture firm has invested $3 million in a quantum technology start-up spun out of research at the University of Queensland.
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First investments from defence fund
16 Oct 2022 - Investment activity
A new fund set up to invest in defence innovation has made its first two investments.
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US online gaming investors have taken stakes in a Sydney internet media company that focuses on the sector.
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A leading US venture capital firm has revived interest in acquiring an ASX-listed software company.
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A $US100 million funding round has maintained the $US5.5 billion valuation set for an Australian fintech before this year's tech sector market correction.
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A global asset management firm has committed $795 million to a New Zealand-founded company that has developed technology that can convert carbon emissions into jet fuel.
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