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Australia cybersecurity start-up raises $20m

Australian cybersecurity start-up Fivecast has closed a USD 20m Series A round led by Ten Eleven Ventures, a US-based specialist in cybersecurity.

  • Australasia
  • 12 April 2023
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Australia's QIC acquires 50% stake in smart metre business

Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), an Australian sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in New Zealand-listed Vector Metering at an enterprise valuation of NZD 2.5bn (USD 1.6bn).

  • Australasia
  • 06 April 2023
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Quadrant completes New Zealand cybersecurity roll-up

Quadrant Private Equity has invested in New Zealand-based cybersecurity providers Quantum Security Services, ZX Security, and Helix Security Services with a view to supporting expansion into new geographies and service offerings.

  • Australasia
  • 04 April 2023
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Bessemer leads Series C for New Zealand’s Halter

Bessemer Venture Partners has led a NZD 85m (USD 53.3m) Series C round for New Zealand’s Halter, a start-up that makes solar-powered collars for managing cow herds with an app.

  • Australasia
  • 31 March 2023
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GP profile: Square Peg Capital

Square Peg Capital came of age at the same time as the Australian and Southeast Asian VC ecosystems, straddling the two with a toehold in Israel. The idea was to think big, not get big. It’s doing both

  • Australasia
  • 28 March 2023
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Affinity recruits Australia head, re-hires executive from Quadrant

Affinity Equity Partners has strengthened its coverage of Australia and New Zealand with the recruitment of Nick Speer from The Riverside Company as a partner and local team leader and the rehiring of Mark Chudek from Quadrant Private Equity.

  • Australasia
  • 24 March 2023
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Asia PE compensation set for downward adjustment in 2023

Compensation for private equity professionals at most levels of seniority in Asia Pacific continued its upward trend in 2022 despite a weaker economic outlook and a slowdown in deal flow, but executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles expects some kind...

  • GPs
  • 21 March 2023
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Australia's Potentia wins majority shareholder approval for Nitro bid

Potentia Capital has secured support from more than half of Nitro Software’s shareholders for a take-private bid that values the listed Australian company at up to approximately AUD 552m (USD 370m).

  • Australasia
  • 20 March 2023
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GPs double down on value creation to maintain returns - AVCJ Forum

Private equity investors must find more operational levers to pull as LPs seek the same if not higher returns from the asset class despite more challenging economic conditions.

  • Australasia
  • 17 March 2023
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Australian HNWIs want more PE exposure, but obstacles remain - AVCJ Forum

Private equity may not be proven in the eyes of Australia’s high net worth investors, most of whom haven’t been exposed to the asset class across multiple cycles, but it earned wider recognition last year as public equities and fixed income struggled.

  • Australasia
  • 16 March 2023
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Australian GPs look to retain spirit of entrepreneurship - AVCJ Forum

The combination of personalities and skillsets that characterised the first generation of Australian private equity is unlikely to be repeated, but GPs are still looking for ways to capture elements of entrepreneurialism even as the industry becomes more...

  • Australasia
  • 13 March 2023
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Adams Street establishes Australia presence

Adams Street Partners has opened an office in Sydney, which will be led by Shaun Thomas, an investor relations principal who joined the firm last November.

  • Australasia
  • 13 March 2023
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Australian LPs get tough on unlisted valuations - AVCJ Forum

Australian LPs are facing more scrutiny as to how they value unlisted assets, prompting several superannuation funds to establish independent valuation teams that operate separately from private equity investment professionals.

  • Australasia
  • 10 March 2023
Macquarie leads $99m round for Australia IT provider Orro

Macquarie Capital has led a AUD 150m (USD 99m) investment in Orro Group, an Australian enterprise IT services provider set up by local private equity firms Liverpool Partners and Parc Capital.

  • Australasia
  • 09 March 2023
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TPG targets $1.2b Australia funeral services take-private

TPG Capital has submitted a buyout offer for Invocare, a listed Australian provider of funeral services and operator of memorial parks and crematoria, that values the company at approximately AUD 1.8bn (USD 1.2bn).

  • Australasia
  • 07 March 2023
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AVCJ Australia & New Zealand Forum 2023 special issue

  • Australasia
  • 06 March 2023
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BGH, Sixth Street's PushPay buyout bid set to fall short

New Zealand and Australia-listed payments business PushPay has announced that its NZD 1.54bn (USD 933m) acquisition by BGH Capital and Sixth Street Partners will not proceed based on proxy votes already received.

  • Australasia
  • 03 March 2023
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Q&A: Aware Super’s Damien Webb

Damien Webb, deputy CIO and head of international at Australia’s Aware Super, on opening offices overseas, internalising asset management, and opportunities at the nexus of PE and infrastructure

  • Australasia
  • 02 March 2023
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New Zealand electronic waste start-up gets $37m

New Zealand’s Mint Innovation, a precious metals refiner that salvages electronic waste, has raised NZD 60m (USD 37m) in Series C funding featuring Australian PE firm Liverpool Partners.

  • Australasia
  • 01 March 2023
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Asia co-investment: Gun-shy LPs?

Overallocation, risk aversion, and troubleshooting existing deals have prompted some LPs to pull back from co-investment in Asia. Others are willing to step in, but the market is selective

  • Australasia
  • 01 March 2023
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Q&A: Blackbird Ventures’ Rick Baker

Rick Baker, co-founder of Australia’s Blackbird Ventures, on pricing adjustments in the tech space, fundraising and secondaries, valuing unicorns, and the rise of ChatGPT

  • Australasia
  • 01 March 2023
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Allegro agrees take-private of Australian law firm

Allegro Funds has agreed to acquire Slater & Gordon, a Melbourne-headquartered law firm that trades on the Australian Securities Exchange, at a price that equates to a market capitalisation of around AUD 77.6m (USD 52.3m).

  • Australasia
  • 27 February 2023
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AVCJ Awards 2022: Fundraising of the Year – Mid Cap: Potentia Capital

For Australia’s Potentia Capital, the beauty of its sophomore fundraise was not that it took four months, but that it took two years. Putting out feelers well before the official launch created buzz

  • Australasia
  • 24 February 2023
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Potentia makes improved buyout offer for Australia's Nitro

Potentia Capital has submitted a new bid for Nitro Software that values the listed Australian business at approximately AUD 532.3m and eclipses a competing offer from a strategic investor.

  • Australasia
  • 24 February 2023
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