Current Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Journal

October 2024, Year 33 Issue No. 357

 

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New Funds & Fundraising

• Global firm backs Australian life sciences real estate fund
• $325m targeted for smaller businesses growth fund
• $NZ300m raised for mid-market growth capital and buyouts
• New Melboune-based growth capital firm launched
• Growth capital firm seeks $50m plus for initial fund
• Venture firm raising from sophisticated investors
• $2.4m in government support for new venture funds

Investment Activity

• Medical imaging business to be acquired for $965m
• Largest initial investment made at ‘inflection point'
• Shareholders in listed dental business advised to take no action on bid
• Venture firm leads $60m growth round
• Technology-focused firm shares in Japanese acquisition
• Swedish firm takes stake in medical technology company
• Seed-funding round boosted to $32.6m
• New bidder more than doubles offer price
• Buy and build firm makes two platform investments
• Clean energy investors double down on battery recycling technology
• National security fund invests in specialist boat builder
• Growth fund takes stake in manufacturing technology
• Venture firm leads investment in real estate software
• Growth fund backs electronic waste recycler
• $3.5m seed-funding for treasury technology
• Support for methane-reducing stock feed additive
• AI-specialist leads $1.35m round in legaltech start-up

News

• EDITOR'S LETTER - More transparency sought for private equity debt
• Mid-market firm to launch new strategies
• Perth firm advising on $10bn green ammonia capital raising
• Australia-Asia tech dialogue proposed
• New multi-family office targeting ultra-high net-worth sector

Performance

• Private equity stake in airline to be reduced
• Global investors to acquire data centres in $23.5bn deal
• Family office takes stake in Queensland Airports
• Listed company reports sale of private equity stake
• Local markets may gain from Future Fund's altered stance
• Buyer found for venture-backed superannuation fintech

Investee News

• UK coal mining project back to square one
• Growth fund investee makes cross-Tasman acquisition
• Software company to acquire customer's billing software
• Quantum developer selected for German defence project
• US government to fund needle-free vaccination clinical trial
• Robo adviser adds $150m to assets under management

Features

• Access international private equity education
• Rearview mirror

People Moves

• Super firm recruits private equity head
• UNPRI appoints regional policy head

Conferences & Roundtables

• Coming Events