Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
$10m sought for regional female-led businesses impact fund
08 Apr 2025 - New funds and fundraising
A Sydney-based social purpose organisation has launched fundraising for a $10 million impact fund which will guarantee loans to small businesses, mostly female-led, in Asia-Pacific countries.
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A venture firm has led a $7.5 million funding round for a company that has developed software that enables energy utilities to monitor the electricity grid in real-time.
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A venture capital firm set up by two sports stars has raised $25 million for its first fund supported by around 100 current and former athletes.
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A private equity firm is to exit its majority stake in a hydraulics enginering business to another private equity firm.
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UK firm acquires fashion brands
06 Apr 2025 - Investment activity
A UK special situations investment firm has acquired two long-established Australian women's fashion brands.
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A venture capital firm has taken court action to try to recover $10.4 million it invested in a software company.
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A global electrical infrastructure business has acquired a Sydney company that specialises in supplying datacentre infrastructure.
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A growth capital investment firm has taken a majority stake in Australia's largest specialist audit firm for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs).
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A Canadian investment firm is to pay $US66 million for a majority stake in a New Zealand company that produces DJ software.
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The NSW Labor government has released a policy document which it plans to follow to retain the state's leading position in the technology start-up sector.
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Federal government support for quantum computing has continued with the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation leadng a $20 million funding round for a company that is developing quantum cybersecurity.
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A private capital-backed infrastructure contractor is anticipating increasing work in Tasmania.
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A smaller businesses fund is nearing a final close after already making two investments.
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A responsible investment-focused private equity firm has announced plans for a long-duration energy storage investment platform.
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A Sydney-based fund manager has set up a private equity vehicle for high-net-worth individual investors.
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$US1.1bn timberland fund raised
29 Mar 2025 - New funds and fundraising
A Sydney-founded private capital firm has closed a $US1.1 billion timberland fund, one of the largest ever raised in the sector.
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A US firm is nearing completion of a $NZ100m-plus investment in a New Zealand wealth management company.
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A Melbourne technology scale-up company has been placed in administration in the wake of an investor alleging it misrepresented its financial position.
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New raising revalues government quantum investment
27 Mar 2025 - News
New capital is being raised for a quantum computer developer well above the valuation at which the Australian and Queensland goverments invested last year.
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A US growth capital firm has invested $445 million to acquire a majority stake in a Sydney-based software company.
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