Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

A new $600m fund raised by a leading firm will go against the current standard private equity practice of investing only in majority stakes; it will take minority stakes in growing companies.

A hardware-focused venture capital firm has completed a $15 million first close for its initial fund.

An impact venture capital firm has raised more than $45 million for its third fund.

One of Australia's leading private equity firms is fundraising for a very different new strategy.

New Zealand's largest venture capital firm has raised a $NZ202 million growth fund despite challenging fundraising conditions.

Federal government funding has been committed to a billion dollar-plus private equity fund that includes emissions reduction in its mandate.

$500 million is being sought for a fund which will acquire farmland for crop production and biodiversity improvement.

A growth capital firm targeting an initial $150 million fund has reached a first close of $55 million.

A Sydney-based firm is to jointly manage a new Apple-backed fund that will focus on removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while generating financial returns for investors.

A very early-stage venture firm is seeking to raise $20 million for a fund that will provide follow-on funding for some of the most successful of its current investee companies.

A Sydney-based private equity firm has closed its seventh buyout fund at $1 billion.

$37 million has been raised for a new West Australian venture capital fund.

The federal government-financed Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested a further $25 million in Australia's first fixed income corporate focused green bonds fund.

A New Zealand Venture firm has launched fundraising for its second growth capital fund.

A new pre-seed investment firm has raised $5 million for its first fund.

New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund has committed $US100 million to an investment vehicle which will invest in climate change mitigation.

A new Auckland-based early-stage venture capital firm has raised $NZ6 million for an initial fund.

Latest infrastructure secondaries fund has $2bn target and will seek to invest in energy transition assets.

An industry super fund has committed a further $289 million to a specialist for purpose private equity program lifting its allocation to $651 million.