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Carlyle offers $197m for Australian debt collector

The Carlyle Group is bidding to acquire Pioneer Credit, a listed financial services provider specializing in consumer debt collection in the Australia and New Zealand markets, for an enterprise valuation of approximately A$288 million ($197 million).

  • Australasia
  • 06 December 2019
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Allegro acquires Australasian furniture retail portfolio

Allegro Funds has agreed to acquire a portfolio of Australian and New Zealand furniture and household goods brands – including Best & Less, Harris Scarfe, Postie, and Debenhams Australia – from South Africa-based retail holding company Steinhoff International.

  • Australasia
  • 20 November 2019
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Deal focus: BGH taps LP expertise for Australia, NZ dentistry deal

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is the sole LP co-investor in BGH Capital's acquisition of Abano Healthcare by virtue of its previous experience with dentistry chain assets

  • Australasia
  • 12 November 2019
Kirwood leads Series C for New Zealand fintech player

Kirwood Capital, a private equity firm that makes growth investments in Australia and New Zealand-based companies with global expansion prospects, has joined a NZ$25 million ($16 million) Series C round or digital lending platform Harmoney.

  • Australasia
  • 31 October 2019
Quadrant wins board approval for buyout of Australia's QMS Media

Quadrant Private Equity has agreed to buy Australian outdoor advertising business QMS Media Group for an enterprise valuation of A$571.6 million ($392 million) through a scheme of arrangement.

  • Australasia
  • 30 October 2019
New Zealand’s Fonterra exits pharma business to CVC

New Zealand dairy group Fonterra has agreed to sell its stake in DFE Pharma, a 50-50 joint venture with Royal FrieslandCampina of the Netherlands, to CVC Capital Partners for NZ$633 million ($398 million).

  • Australasia
  • 26 September 2019
New Zealand opens $200m VC scheme to private managers

New Zealand has opened a NZ$300 million ($199 million) government-backed venture capital scheme to applications from domestic and international private fund managers.

  • Australasia
  • 09 July 2019
CITIC Capital invests $20m in New Zealand travel business

CITIC Capital has invested NZ$30 million ($20 million) in Tourism Holdings, a New Zealand-listed travel services company that specializes in recreational vehicle rentals.

  • Australasia
  • 24 June 2019
Food tech: Irresistible recipes

Food technology is a virtually endless horizon of profound and unignorable investment imperatives mistaken as a niche category. Alternative protein is the first opportunity set to gain serious traction

  • Technology
  • 29 May 2019
New Zealand agtech player gets $6.7m

BioLumic, a New Zealand-based start-up that develops ultraviolet (UV) crop yield enhancement systems, has raised a $6.7 million Series A led by US agricultural technology VC firm Finistere Ventures.

  • Australasia
  • 20 May 2019
Direct Capital backs New Zealand engineering firm

New Zealand’s Direct Capital has made an investment of undisclosed size in local engineering consultancy Beca.

  • Australasia
  • 22 February 2019
New Zealand’s Direct Capital invests retirement village operator

New Zealand’s Direct Capital has acquired a minority stake in local retirement village operator Qestral Corporation for an undisclosed sum.

  • Australasia
  • 15 February 2019
New Zealand's Enterprise Angels launches third fund

Enterprise Angels, a New Zealand angel investor network that focuses on domestic IT, agriculture, food, horticulture, life science and biotech companies, has launched its third early-stage VC fund.

  • Australasia
  • 11 February 2019
Australia's Healthscope agrees $3.17b Brookfield bid

Australia-listed hospital operator Healthscope has agreed to a take-private offer by Brookfield Asset Management that values the company at A$4.38 billion ($3.17 billion) on an equity basis, rejecting a competing offer from a consortium led by BGH Capital.

  • Australasia
  • 02 February 2019
Australia's Next Capital to buy NZ Bus from Infratil

Australian mid-market buyout firm Next Capital has agreed to buy NZ Bus, a local bus service operator in New Zealand, from infrastructure investment manager Infratil.

  • Australasia
  • 27 December 2018
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AVCJ Awards 2018: Responsible Investment: Manuka Health

The transformation of Manuka Health from loosely run family affair into professional segment leader helped organize a cottage industry into big business

  • Australasia
  • 18 December 2018
PEP-backed Intellihub acquires New Zealand smart meter business

Intellihub Group, an Australian smart meter company formed earlier this year by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) and Landis+Gyr, has acquired the metering data and service business of New Zealand power supplier Mercury for NZ$270 million ($185 million).

  • Australasia
  • 18 December 2018
NZ Super appoints Stephen Gilmore as CIO

New Zealand Superannuation Fund has named Stephen Gilmore (pictured), who was most recently chief investment strategist with Australia’s Future Fund, as its new CIO.

  • Australasia
  • 12 December 2018
New Zealand's Trade Me agrees to Apax acquisition

New Zealand e-commerce company Trade Me has agreed to be 100% acquired by Apax Partners at an enterprise value of NZ$2.7 billion ($1.89 billion) one week after receiving a similar proposal from Hellman & Friedman.

  • Australasia
  • 12 December 2018
Hellman & Friedman makes $1.8b bid for NZ online marketplace

Hellman & Friedman has submitted a bid to acquire 100% of New Zealand-listed online auction and e-commerce company Trade Me for NZ$2.6 billion ($1.8 billion).

  • Australasia
  • 05 December 2018
Crescent agrees $112m carve-out of Australia's Viridian Glass

Crescent Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Viridian Glass, a maker of float glass based in Australia and New Zealand, from building products manufacturer CSR for A$155 million ($112 million).

  • Australasia
  • 28 November 2018
Deal focus: Investors bring new lift to Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab's latest funding round is aimed at helping the New Zealand-founded company grow into new markets and target new business opportunities

  • Australasia
  • 22 November 2018
Blackbird joins $7m round for New Zealand's Sunfed

Blackbird Ventures has joined a NZ$10 million ($7 million) funding round for Sunfed Meats, a New Zealand-based company that specializes in meat-like vegetarian foodstuffs.

  • Australasia
  • 20 November 2018
Australia's Future Fund leads $140m round for Rocket Lab

Australia’s Future Fund has led a $140 million Series E round for Rocket Lab, a US-based space technology company that operates primarily in New Zealand.

  • North America
  • 16 November 2018
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