Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News

Private equity may be behind acquisition offers made for listed church contributions management software company Pushpay.

Applications for grant funding from West Australian government financed health and medical innovation seed fund will soon close.

Venture capital funding has been provided to a start-up that has devised a strategy and technology platform to provide individual investors with access to leading private equity funds globally.

An early-stage venture capital firm has raised more than $40 million for its latest seed stage fund.

A private equity-backed infrastructure advisory and project management business is to widen its areas of expertise with the acquisition of a smaller business in the same space.

A federal government-sponsored growth fund has invested in software that guides the development of complex corporate technology systems.

An investment consortium led by a leading global buyout firm has made a $20 billion plus bid to acquire Australia's largest private hospitals operator.

A Melbourne early-stage venture capital firm has led a pre-seed fundraising round for a start-up which has established on online marketplace for auto repairs equipment and supplies.

A Sydney venture firm is seeking to raise $150 million for its second venture credit fund.

New York and Sydney software-focused venture firms have led a $25 million funding round for a start-up that has developed a platform to fairly manage high demand e-commerce releases such as limited edition sneakers.

A US venture capital firm has led a $NZ22 million investment round in a New Zealand company that has developed technology to efficiently produce protein from plants.

ASX-listed fertility company Virtus Health has signed up to a revised $707 million bid from UK private equity firm CapVest Partners, $100 million more than local bidder BGH Capital initially offered in December.

Following the picks and shovels principle, a group of venture investors has backed an Australian start-up which has developed a digital management system which it hopes will become standard use for indoor horticulture businesses globally.

A specialist US private equity firm has acquired a Brisbane-based aerospace components manufacturer.