Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

An ASX-listed company has agreed to pay $377 million to acquire a hazardous materials handling contractor from two private equity firms.

An Auckland-based venture capital-backed computer components testing business is to be acquired by a US listed company.

Two Australian investment firms are to sell down shares worth $52 million in a a company that sells high-end bikes and bike parts online.

A private capital-backed supplier of beer kegs has been placed in voluntary recievership after a lender declined to extend further credit to the business.

A mining software business is to be exited for $1.31 billion 18 months after a previously agreed sale of the business for $900 million was called off.

A specialist technology private equity firm has exited its investment in a superannuation payments software company to a consortium led by a global investor.

A venture backed electic bikes company is in receivership with the company and/or its assets for sale.

An Australian growth capital firm has sold its investment in a pricing and rebates software platform to a US company which claims global leadership in the rebates management technology space.

A Sydney retailing software company that raised $60 million in venture capital has been acquired out of receivership by a US business.

A private equity firm has exited an education management software company to an international education business.

A lower mid-market private equity firm has reported returning $625 million to investors in 2024, largely as a result of one successful exit.

​​​​​​​Administrators are urgently seeking a buyer for the assets of a company which offers artificial intelligence (AI) powered technolgy for retail supply chain management.

A growth investment is to be exited at 10x annual earnings after a hold period of less than four years.

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.

A Sydney private equity buyout firm is to exit its majority stake in a building products manufacturer to an international building products supplier.

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.