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Australia's Potentia contests Nitro merger plan

Potentia Capital has appealed a decision by Australia’s Takeovers Panel not to intervene in a situation that has seen Nitro Software repeatedly rebuff acquisition proposals made by the private equity firm.

  • Australasia
  • 27 January 2023
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Reefknot leads Series A for Singapore logistics player Locad

Singapore-based logistics service provider Locad has raised USD 11m in Series A funding led by Reefknot Investments, which is supported by Temasek Holdings and supply chain giant Kuehne + Nagel.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 19 January 2023
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4Q analysis: Who wants China?

Pan-regional GPs get traction by highlighting their Asia ex-China credentials; buyouts rebound as growth capital – and China – continue to recede; India impresses with bumper exit proceeds

  • Greater China
  • 18 January 2023
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Labour shortages: Tales from north and south

Australia and Japan are facing extreme labour shortages. In the former, GPs can survive on policy support and emergency manoeuvres. In the latter, fundamental strategy shifts are a more immediate imperative

  • Australasia
  • 17 January 2023
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Deal focus: Anchorage gets Aussie icon for a song

Anchorage Capital Partners has acquired David Jones, a longstanding and beloved Australian department store chain, for one-fourth the cost of recent renovation work at a single location

  • Australasia
  • 11 January 2023
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ICG invests in Korea's Big Mama Seafood

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has announced a second deal in three weeks from its fourth Asia fund – which closed last year on USD 1.1bn – with a commitment of undisclosed size to Korea-based Big Mama Seafood.

  • North Asia
  • 10 January 2023
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Australia's PEP ups target for latest secure assets fund

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has increased the target for its second Australia and New Zealand-focused secure assets fund to AUD 1.4bn (USD 949m), while pursuing a deal that would round off Fund I and fall into Fund II.

  • Australasia
  • 06 January 2023
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Australia's Potentia backs telecoms technology player

Australia’s Potentia Capital has paid AUD 66.3m (USD 44.9m) for a 25% stake in Soprano Design, a local mobile messaging technology provider that counts Telstra and AT&T as its carrier partners.

  • Australasia
  • 04 January 2023
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Quadrant buys Australian healthcare equipment supplier

Quadrant Private Equity has bought a majority interest in Aidacare, an Australia-based distributor of healthcare equipment, with a view to supporting domestic and international growth.

  • Australasia
  • 31 December 2022
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Anchorage buys Australian department store chain David Jones

Anchorage Capital Partners has agreed to buy Australian department store chain David Jones from South Africa-listed Woolworths Holdings (WHL).

  • Australasia
  • 26 December 2022
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Australia’s Heal Partners closes debut fund on $137m

Australia’s Heal Partners, a health, education, and lifestyle-focused venture capital firm, has closed its first fund on AUD 200m (USD 137m). The target was AUD 100m.

  • Australasia
  • 18 December 2022
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Weekly digest - December 15 2022

  • Region
  • 15 December 2022
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2023 preview: Australia PE

Market pressures on Australian businesses, including an increasingly serious labour shortage, are a challenge and opportunity for domestic private equity. So is China, but in less discernible ways

  • Australasia
  • 14 December 2022
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Australia's Potentia pursues two technology take-privates

Australia-based specialist B2B technology investor Potentia Capital appears to be continuing its pursuit of two listed companies – Nitro Software and Tyro Payments – despite several rejections.

  • Australasia
  • 13 December 2022
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Hillhouse buys Australia CRO George Clinical

Hillhouse Capital has agreed to buy George Clinical, an Australia-based clinical research organisation (CRO) with a global footprint, for an undisclosed sum.

  • Australasia
  • 12 December 2022
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Square Peg, Wellington back Australia's Rokt at $2.4b valuation

Square Peg Capital and Wellington Management have led a AUD 750m (USD 501m) investment in Australian e-commerce marketing technology provider Rokt at a valuation of USD 2.4bn.

  • Australasia
  • 08 December 2022
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LP appetite for Asia weakens - survey

Institutional investor interest in Asia has fallen significantly over the past two years, according to a survey conducted by Probitas Partners, with pan-regional funds, venture capital, and single country-focused funds among the least popular strategies...

  • LPs
  • 08 December 2022
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Thoma Bravo raises $32b for deployment in software

Thoma Bravo, a specialist investor in software companies, has closed its latest set of buyout funds with more than USD 32.4bn in commitments. This compares to USD 22.8bn in the previous vintage.

  • North America
  • 08 December 2022
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Weekly digest - December 07 2022

  • Region
  • 07 December 2022
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Australian needle-free vaccine start-up raises $23m

OneVentures and UniQuest have led a AUD 34m (USD 23m) funding round for Vaxxas, an Australia-based biotechnology company running clinical programmes that include a needle-free COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

  • Australasia
  • 07 December 2022
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Deal focus: Prosperity7 widens mandate with Australia’s Vow

Prosperity7 Ventures has well and truly escaped its energy sector roots, leading a hefty early-stage round for Australia’s Vow, a company making cell-cultured meat with a twist

  • Australasia
  • 06 December 2022
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Superfunds top-up Series B for Australia's Morse Micro

Five Australian superannuation funds have backed a AUD 30m (USD 20.4m) investment in local Wi-Fi chipmaker Morse Micro, extending a recent Series B round to AUD 170m.

  • Australasia
  • 01 December 2022
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AirTree, Greycroft back Australia's FrankieOne

Australia’s AirTree Ventures and US-based Greycroft have led a AUD 23m (USD 15.5m) investment in Melbourne-based fraud prevention platform FrankieOne, lifting its Series A round to AUD 45.7m.

  • Australasia
  • 01 December 2022
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Weekly digest - November 30 2022

  • Region
  • 30 November 2022
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