Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

Two leading Australian venture capital firms are to sell down some of their stakes in one of their most successful investments, online graphic design tools company Canva.

Crowd funding investors will lose most of their investments while a return will go to a seed fund in a planned acquisition of a Sydney technology company by a NASDAQ-listed business.

A start-up which developed software which provides robotic grippers with a sense of touch has failed to raise follow-on funding and is to be liquidated.

Two family offices have sold one of Australia's largest networks of convenience stores and service stations for $1.71 billion.

A majority stake in a venture capital-backed sports livestreaming technology company has been exited in a trade deal to an Italy-based company.

A mid-market private equity firm is to exit its majority stake in an Adelaide founded software company in a deal which values the company at more than $1.6bn.

The slide of the ASX into correction territory has resulted in plans for IPOs being put on the backburner which may not be unwelcome for some private capital investors.

The ASX listing of a childcare centres operator has provided private equity investors with a strong return.

A Sydney private equity firm is to exit most of its stake in a portfolio of residential communities in a deal that values the business at more than $1 billion.

A resources private equity firm is to exit its majority stake in an ASX-listed coal company.

Employees will share in the returns when a global private equity firm exits a Sydney-based environmental markets firm.

A venture capital-backed commercial food supplies online platform has been acquired by a larger competitor with new investors backing further expansion of the business.

A leading US-based private equity firm is to exit its controlling stake in Australia's second largest pubs, bars and restaurants business to an Asian regional private equity firm in what is believed to be a $1.4 billion deal.

An international private equity firm is to exit an Australian insurance company in what has been reported to be a $700 million sale to a global business.

Shares in one of Australia's leading technology companies are to be sold on a reduced valuation.

Uncertainty in gaining Russian regulatory approval has resulted in a $900m exit of a mining software company being abandoned.

The exit of the last asset from a $2.1 billion buyout fund has resulted in a 2x return to investors.