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Bain set for $630m buyout of Australia's Estia Health

Bain Capital has won board approval to acquire Australia-listed aged care provider Estia Health through a scheme of implementation that gives the business an enterprise value of approximately AUD 959m (USD 630m).

  • Australasia
  • 07 August 2023
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Australia's Future Fund appoints new CIO

Australia’s Future Fund has promoted Ben Samild to CIO, filling a vacancy created more than a year ago with the departure of Sue Brake.

  • Australasia
  • 07 August 2023
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L Catterton exits Australia’s Seafolly

L Catterton Asia has sold Australian swimwear brand Seafolly to an unidentified Asian strategic buyer in a deal that values the company at AUD 70m (USD 46m).

  • Australasia
  • 04 August 2023
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Australia's Five V opens New Zealand office

Australia’s Five V Capital, which is active across growth, buyouts, and venture, has launched a New Zealand office and confirmed three hires for the country team.

  • Australasia
  • 04 August 2023
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Deal focus: Change at the margins for Proterra Asia

Proterra Asia has been investing in food and agriculture across the region for 13 years. This will continue, regardless of tweaks in management entity ownership and fund structure

  • GPs
  • 02 August 2023
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Australian mining tech start-up Plotlogic raises $28m

Australian mining technology start-up Plotlogic has raised a USD 28m Series B round led by US impact investor Galvanize Climate Solutions and Schneider Electric’s SE Ventures.

  • Australasia
  • 01 August 2023
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US sports, media-focused GP backs Australia's PMY Group

Bluestone Equity Partners, a US private equity firm specialising in sports and media, has made an investment of undisclosed size in Australia’s PMY Group, an IT provider for stadiums and arenas.

  • Australasia
  • 31 July 2023
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Australia GP stakes investor Pacific Current gets buyout offer

Pacific Current Group, a listed Australian asset manager that takes economic interests in third-party investment managers, has become the subject of a bidding war between two industry peers.

  • Australasia
  • 28 July 2023
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Weekly digest - July 26 2023

  • Region
  • 26 July 2023
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Australia's Main Sequence hits $305m first close on Fund III

Australian deep tech VC firm Main Sequence has reached a AUD 450m (USD 305m) first close on its third fund, bringing overall funds under management to about AUD 1bn.

  • Australasia
  • 26 July 2023
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Asia deal financing: A selective market

Regional buyout activity is weak but leveraged loans are available for the right kind of target – in Japan, Korea, Australia, and beyond – and with a suitably customised structure

  • North Asia
  • 26 July 2023
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Deal focus: Glow chooses B2B supplier for debut deal

Australia’s Glow Capital Partners took its time finding a maiden investment that ticked all the boxes of its consumer and brands strategy. This involved edging slightly down the supply chain

  • Australasia
  • 26 July 2023
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Australia's Silicon Quantum Computing raises $34m

Australian quantum computing company Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) has raised a AUD 50m (USD 34m) Series A round featuring Telstra, falling short of a AUD 130m target.

  • Australasia
  • 25 July 2023
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Australia's Five V buys security alarm connectivity business

Australia’s Five V Capital has acquired a majority position in Permaconn, a locally based equipment supplier for the security alarm and smart home markets.

  • Australasia
  • 25 July 2023
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Australia's River Capital targets UK cake shop chain

River Capital, an Australian investment firm that owns speciality cake retailer The Cheesecake Shop, has been rebuffed by the board of UK-based Cake Box Holdings after submitting a buyout offer for the listed company.

  • Australasia
  • 21 July 2023
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Australia’s Glow buys clothing brand in debut deal

Australia’s Glow Capital has agreed its debut deal, acquiring 51% of Cargo Crew, a local workplace clothing brand specialising in restaurant uniforms.

  • Australasia
  • 19 July 2023
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Creature comforts: Why PE likes pet care

Private equity investors have long championed the resilient characteristics of pet care globally. The pandemic helped solidify a similar value proposition in Asia

  • Australasia
  • 19 July 2023
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Fund focus: Australia’s Next thrives under the radar

Next Capital claims to have relatively free rein in Australia’s underpenetrated lower middle market. Dedication to the opportunity set underpinned a painless fundraising process for its latest vehicle

  • Australasia
  • 19 July 2023
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Australia cybersecurity training platform getes $50m Series C

Paladin Capital Group, a US-based specialist investor in cyber solutions and infrastructure, has led a USD 50m Series C for Australia-founded Secure Code Warrior, a security training platform aimed at coders.

  • Australasia
  • 14 July 2023
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Australia's Next Capital closes Fund V on $251m

Australia’s Next Capital has closed its fifth lower middle market buyout fund with AUD 375m (USD 251m) in commitments, beating a target of AUD 350m.

  • Australasia
  • 12 July 2023
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Partners Group recruits Australia private equity head

Partners Group has appointed Toby Mannock, previously an investment banker at ANZ, as a managing director and head of private equity in Australia.

  • Australasia
  • 12 July 2023
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Australia climate investor Wollemi Capital raises $147m

Wollemi Capital, an Australia-based investment firm that targets climate-related businesses globally, has raised AUD 220m (USD 147m) in Series A funding anchored by Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).

  • Australasia
  • 11 July 2023
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US GP backs Australia skin tanning products brand

Gauge Capital, a US private equity firm with experience in the Australian health and beauty space, has invested in local tanning cream brand Loving Tan. Financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Australasia
  • 06 July 2023
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