Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A global private equity buyout firm has dropped its interest in a $16 billion Australian listed company just a day after the company confirmed the approach.

A local early-stage venture investor has joined with a US firm to provide a further $65 million in growth capital to an Australian company that provides e-commerce fulfilment technology.

A US firm, which has backed similar ventures overseas, has led a $75 million Series A funding round for an Australian online used car sales platform that was only launched last year.

A Canadian pension fund's infrastructure investment arm is to become Australia's largest independent transmission towers company with the $950m acquisition of TPG Telecom's towers.

A growth capital firm has made a key addition to its retail platform acquiring a major youth apparel retail chain.

Technology billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has returned to the battle for control of power company AGL Energy, building a significant stake in the ASX-listed company.

A Sydney-based private equity firm has moved to almost full ownership of New Zealand's largest healthcare group Tāmaki Health.

Private equity may be behind acquisition offers made for listed church contributions management software company Pushpay.

Venture capital funding has been provided to a start-up that has devised a strategy and technology platform to provide individual investors with access to leading private equity funds globally.

An investment consortium led by a leading global buyout firm has made a $20 billion plus bid to acquire Australia's largest private hospitals operator.

A Melbourne early-stage venture capital firm has led a pre-seed fundraising round for a start-up which has established on online marketplace for auto repairs equipment and supplies.

New York and Sydney software-focused venture firms have led a $25 million funding round for a start-up that has developed a platform to fairly manage high demand e-commerce releases such as limited edition sneakers.

A US venture capital firm has led a $NZ22 million investment round in a New Zealand company that has developed technology to efficiently produce protein from plants.

ASX-listed fertility company Virtus Health has signed up to a revised $707 million bid from UK private equity firm CapVest Partners, $100 million more than local bidder BGH Capital initially offered in December.

Following the picks and shovels principle, a group of venture investors has backed an Australian start-up which has developed a digital management system which it hopes will become standard use for indoor horticulture businesses globally.