Latest Private Equity & Venture Capital News
A growth capital investor has made a strategic investment in a Brisbane-based software company with global ambitions.
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Two venture capital firms have led a $6.15 million funding round in a software company that offers software to manage procurement in construction projects.
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Tesla chair Robyn Denholm is among individual investors who have backed a Melbourne alternative "leather" start-up.
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A growth investment in an Australian software-as-a-service business is to be exited to a NASDAQ-listed company.
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A venture backed company has launched a first product made from plastic produced from seaweed.
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A Netherlands water specialist venture capital firm is to back a Sydney technology company as it seeks to enter the US market.
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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.
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US firm invests $15m in sunscreen brand
25 Jan 2024 - Investment activity
A New York private equity firm has invested $15 million for a stake in an Australian sunscreen brand.
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The founder of a telehealth business has stepped back from the chief executive role with the company to now seek a professional for the role.
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A resources sector investment firm has taken a stake in a decarbonisation start-up that is commercialising modular gas from biowaste systems.
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$64 million has been raised to further develop a drug which tests indicate can counter peanut allergy without risk of triggering an allergic reaction.
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Sovereign wealth fund reduces private equity exposure
23 Jan 2024 - News
Private equity has slipped to third spot among the asset classes in which the Future Fund is invested.
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CSIRO to help healthcare technology developers
22 Jan 2024 - News
CSIRO is offering free R&D training for selected developers of digital health and medical technologies.
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Payments tech company raises $15m
21 Jan 2024 - Investment activity
A tech company that has developed software that links new payments technologies to banks' core payments systems is believed to have raised $15 million in new investment.
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Mid-market firm exits beauty products
19 Jan 2024 - Performance
A mid-market private equity firm has exited a beauty products company it has owned for nearly ten years.
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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.
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Robotics start-up to be liquidated
18 Jan 2024 - Performance
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.
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A banks-backed growth fund has invested in a company that sells specialist sun protection clothing.
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Venture-backed fintech spins out US business
16 Jan 2024 - Investee news
A Sydney-based real estate financing fintech has spun out a US business which has been promised debt funding of more than $48 million.
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Chief executive of online broker stands down
15 Jan 2024 - News
The chief executive of an online stockbroker backed by US investment firms has stood down.
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