Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

Venture firms and a coal company have participated in a $9 million funding round for a start-up that is developing technology to use old mine shafts to store energy.

Australia's largest superannuation fund is to invest $2.2 billion in a US data centres company.

Macquarie Group's venture capital team has led a $10 million funding round for a Sydney business that helps develop new beauty industry products.

Additional funding has boosted an Australian quantum technology company's Series B investment round to $166 million.

A leading venture capital firm has led a $5 million seed funding round for a start-up that has developed AI-drivent customer support software that can carry out much more complicated tasks than conventional bots.

A growth investment firm has re-branded and made the final investment from its second fund in a media sales business.

A struggling ASX-listed software company, which is under offer from a US private equity firm, has now received a rival offer at more than double the price but in a much more complicated deal.

A global environmental foundation and an Australian energy utility company have jointly led a $17.5 million funding round for an Australian battery technology company.

A $5 million venture investment will be used to take a previously boot-strapped event bookings system software company into new markets.

A Melbourne venture firm has led a $5.1 million seed funding round for a company that offers an AI driven software platform for managing restaurants.

The board of an ASX-listed dental practices board is recommending shareholders to take no action on a renewed acquisition offer from a private equity firm.

Two New Zealand government backed environmental organisations have provided $NZ13.5 million in funding to a technology spin-out that is working to develop a vaccine that would reduce methane emissions from livestock.

A leading Australian venture capital firm has led a $60 million capital raising round for an eight-year-old technology-enabled debt collection company which became profitable this year.

Venture investors have provided $1.7 million in seed-funding to a start-up that has developed a livestock feed additive that it claims reduces methane emissions by up to 90%.

An Australian technology-focused private equity firm has shared in the acquisition of a human resources software business in Japan.

Venture capital investors have provided $3.5m in seed funding for a technology start-up which provides improved treasury management services to scale-up companies.