Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
UK-based firm to make largest Australian exit
10 Dec 2024 - Performance
A UK-based private equity firm is to achieve its largest Australian exit to date agreeing to sell its majority stake in a waste service business to a global private equity firm in a deal that values the business at more than $1 billion.
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Exit helps firm return $625m to investors
09 Dec 2024 - Performance
A lower mid-market private equity firm has reported returning $625 million to investors in 2024, largely as a result of one successful exit.
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A private equity firm is to exit its stake in an agricultural supplies and services company with the business to be acquired for $475 million by an ASX-listed company.
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Venture-backed AI company in receivership
15 Nov 2024 - Performance
Administrators are urgently seeking a buyer for the assets of a company which offers artificial intelligence (AI) powered technolgy for retail supply chain management.
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Growth investment to be exited at 10x earnings
12 Nov 2024 - Performance
A growth investment is to be exited at 10x annual earnings after a hold period of less than four years.
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A mid-market private equity firm is to exit its majority stake in a construction sector advisory business with the acquisition of the company by an international business.
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An overseas acquisition of a portfolio company has generated a New Zealand venture capital firm its biggest return to date.
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A Sydney private equity buyout firm is to exit its majority stake in a building products manufacturer to an international building products supplier.
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A US growth capital firm has exited a Melbourne-based software company for a value speculated to be as high as $700 million to a global investment firm that still sees plenty of opportunity to add value.
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A rapidly growing technology company has reported quarterly revenue up nearly 20% but also a more than 61% increase in its negative earnings figure.
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A fintech start-up, launched less than 18 months ago, has been acquired by a UK company which recently entered the Australian market.
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Venture capital investee in administration
15 Oct 2024 - Performance
A drone delivery company in which at least six venture capital firms have invested has been placed in voluntary administration.
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A leading private equity firm has abandoned its investment in a business that operates some of Sydney's most famous restaurants.
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Companies owned by private equity firms are more likely to default on loans than other higher risk borrowers, Moody's Ratings has reported.
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Merger provides strong return for venture firm
11 Oct 2024 - Performance
A Sydney venture capital firm is to receive a substantial return from the merger of a Melbourne-based procurement software business with an Auckland-based rival.
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A venture-backed software company is to be acquired by a larger company in the business software space.
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Private equity stake in airline to be reduced
01 Oct 2024 - Performance
Bain Capital plans to reduce its investment in airline Virgin Australia, by selling a 25% stake to Qatar Airways.
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An Australian family office has joined with a global asset management firm to take a majority stake in Queensland Airports.
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A buyer has been found for a venture-backed superannuation fintech which had been expected to seek a new round of funding when backing for loss-making early stage tech businesses evaporated two years ago.
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A private equity firm has sold its remaining stake of just over 30% in an ASX-listed pathology services company.
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