February 2022, Year 31 Issue No. 327

 

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New Funds & Fundraising

• First close for $3bn target new fund
• $700m Australian record venture fund
• Growth capital raising backed by clean energy investor
• Federal finance to cornerstone cleantech fund
• Early-stage venture firm raising first fund
• Search fund-of-funds reaches $10m first close

Investment Activity

• Casinos company in favour of $8.9bn offer
• Trade deal struck after private equity fails to step up
• Technology investor to take stake in the All Blacks
• Rival bid for listed IVF business
• $90m to develop customer research software
• $75m for groceries delivery start-up
• US firm leads $60m raising for online healthcare
• Acquisition banks on aviation industry recovery
• New investment in familiar sector
• Corporate carve-out delivers wealth management software
• Growth firm returns to radiology services sector
• Super and infrastructure funds to pay $1.2bn for port
• Silicon Valley firm leads $US70m AI funding
• Agricultural fund to acquire listed oyster business
• $20m growth capital for expense management software
• $44m to expand workforce management software
• Power company rejects $5bn take-private offer
• Growth fund targets medical research service
• $US32m overseas funding for New Zealand software
• Local capital for Vietnam digital banking company
• Impact fund backs consumer healthcare software
• Pension fund takes stake in helicopter business
• Renewable energy fund partners in $1bn deal
• $32m Series A funding for mapping technology
• Consortium backs international expansion of IVF services
• $US350 growth funding for software testing
• $35m funding round for business lender
• Super funds investor backs home equity retirement funding
• Software developer backed for global expansion
• Venture funding for crypto options platform
• Tech investors take stake in building sector software
• $7.5m to revolutionise freight forwarding
• US growth investor makes first down under foray
• $1.3m seed-funding for education tech
• Māori organisation takes stake in tech company
• $2.75m to develop new IVF technology
• Private equity in apple growing venture
• $9 for further development of online education platform
• Non-invasive patient monitoring gets venture backing
• $2.2m for teenage tech founders
• Family office invests in ‘death-tech' start-up
• Pre-seed funding for safety equipment management system
• Wellness app raises seed funding, targets Series A
• Pre-seed backing for software recruitment platform
• Indian venture funding for Sydney start-up

News

• EDITOR'S LETTER - Do stock markets affect private capital fundraising?
• Fund manager claims first carbon neutral portfolio
• More loan funding for Victorian start-ups
• Applicants selected for biomedical incubator

Performance

• Travel business exited to US company
• Ferries and trucking business exited to infrastructure fund
• Property deal generates substantial return
• New private equity owner for construction supplies business
• Emissions data business acquired by technology giant
• Car share exit generates strong returns
• Strong returns from film technology company sale

Features

• REARVIEW MIRROR

People Moves

• Head of private capital body to leave
• Mid-market firm recruits senior team member
• Super fund appoints new head of private markets

Conferences & Roundtables

• Coming Events