Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

Australia's largest venture capital fund is under siege from critics who claim it is an unnecessary expense for a state government that has debts of around $126 billion.

A New Zealand private equity firm is to exit its investment in an Auckland-based skincare company with the business to be acquired by an Australian company.

A US-based private equity firm has exited an investment to the investee company's prior New Zealand investor.

A private equity-owned food distribution business is to be exited to an ASX-listed buyer at around $400 million.

A Melbourne growth capital firm says an overseas trade sale exit will generate a "terrific return" for its investors.

A growth investment in an Australian software-as-a-service business is to be exited to a NASDAQ-listed company.

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.