October 2021, Year 30 Issue No. 324

 

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New Funds & Fundraising

• $20.7bn global program will consider local opportunities
• Government funding committed to deep tech raising
• Partnership will target growth capital space
• Growth capital firm on track to raise $100m for first fund
• Second agri-fund raising likely to be brought forward
• Mid-market firm plans new growth capital fund
• Growth firm backs outsourced industrial maintenance
• Fundraising launched for pre-seed fund

Investment Activity

• US firm teams with locals in $1.37bn public-to-private bid
• Revised $23.6bn Sydney Airport bid likely to be recommended
• $1.3bn public-to-private bid withdrawn
• $3.2bn offer for software company withdrawn
• New investment boosts value of software business to $US40bn
• Capital raising lifts tech company valuation to $5.5bn
• Global firm to take stake in non-bank lender
• $100m US investment for care services technology
• US capital backs Europe push for Australian payments tech
• $100m capital raise confirms unicorn status
• Overseas investors back for-purpose brand
• Chinese firm set to acquire New Zealand pet food business
• New private capital backer for radiology business
• Conference technology attracts largest seed investment
• Venture funding for online businesses marketplace
• Government fund supports SME loans
• $US30m for Singapore elder care business to expand in Australia
• Impact investors back seaweed to plastics project
• Australian firm leads funding round for Indonesian tech company
• New Zealand firm leads scale-up round for insurance disruptor
• $5m for AI medical training technology
• $20m funding round for digital bank
• Funding will commercialise performance review technology
• $88m to broaden Singapore health tech's services
• $25m to scale up real estate agency disruptor
• Smaller business firm backs vet practices roll-up
• Venture firm sets up new technology plastics recycler
• Capital injection to help ‘reshape registries industry'
• Growth investment for learning management technology
• Coffee consolidation deal
• New backing for horticultural electronics
• Growth capital firm buys into strategy execution software
• US deep-tech funding for New Zealand desalination
• Joint venture acquires demolition recycling operation
• Listed company takes stake in disruptor
• Growth investors back card payments innovation
• US backing for locally developed prospecting technology
• Acquisition extends investee's IT security capabilities
• Venture firms back AI analysis of business data
• Venture firms back research literature search software
• SME investor leads air ambulance deal
• Clean energy incubator backs power source tracer
• Equities investors see gold in analysis technology

News

• EDITOR'S LETTER - Costs to listed companies of withdrawn bids
• Sovereign wealth fund to take on more risk

Performance

• Microsoft acquisition to generate strong return to early investors
• Electric bike company in line for US SPAC listing
• Grain growing company to be exited for close to $600m
• $1bn-plus deal will generate strong returns
• Venture investors retain large stakes as tech company lists
• Acquisition of trademark tech business will generate strong returns
• Agtech acquisition to generate excellent venture return

Informal Venture Capital

• Family offices back hazardous waste network plan

Investee News

• Locally produced solar cells set efficiency record
• New Zealand launch for invoicing and payments software

Features

• Private capital's time has arrived
• Rearview mirror

People Moves

• Venture capital firm seeks analyst

Conferences & Roundtables

• Coming Events