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News page from growth investor Sundance Growth listing investments in five software companies, three portfolio acquisitions, and the $125 million close of its maiden fund, reached at its cap within about a month.
Innovation Victoria launches, merging Breakthrough Victoria and LaunchVic; Geoff Tarrant chairs the board, Monique Conheady deputises and Rod Bristow is CEO; Tarrant co-founded Payapps, bought by Autodesk in 2024.
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Breakthrough Victoria's page announces Innovation Victoria, a new Victorian entity combining Breakthrough Victoria and LaunchVic from early July, with Rod Bristow as CEO, existing programs and investments continuing and both chairs stepping down.
Skalata Ventures unveils its rebrand to A Tall Order, restating its first-cheque AI investing thesis with cheques up to A$1M and announcing that its Fund III is now raising.
Venture firm Skalata rebrands itself as Tall Order, a first-money-in backer of AI-native operators, and invites investors into Fund III, citing top-quartile performance of its two earlier funds.
Quadrant Private Equity is about to complete its biggest-ever buyout fund, a $1.24 billion raise; the piece notes rival PEP's $2.5 billion close and recalls Quadrant's sales of APM and QScan.
Hedge fund firm Schonfeld is reported to be targeting a new quantitative vehicle of around a billion dollars, described alongside its existing multi-strategy platform, past performance and recent job cuts. Nothing is stated as committed.
Blackstone has finished gathering $8bn for its latest commercial property debt vehicle, BREDS V, which will buy loans and originate new ones spanning North America, Europe and Australia as banks retreat from property lending.
Brookfield posted record third-quarter results, finalised a $20bn transition fund, agreed to buy the rest of Oaktree, completed its Angel Oak purchase, and won approval to take over insurer Just Group.
Advent International has finished raising its tenth flagship buyout fund, GPE X, hitting a $25 billion hard cap in under six months; with Advent Tech II, combined commitments top $30 billion.
GI Partners wrapped the initial raise for its tech and science real estate fund, gathering $1.45 billion in commitments above its hard cap to buy data centre and life science properties in US markets.
A year after its previous flagship vehicle hit an $11bn ceiling, Apax Partners is chasing a bigger fund, while US pension minutes reveal new commitments and the firm moves to take control of Alcumus.
Biotech Cincera Therapeutics debuts with A$7 million in committed venture backing provided by the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund.
Playground Global has gathered $410m for a fresh pool of capital aimed at speeding scientific and deep-technology ventures toward real-world impact.
Denteric, a biotech spun out of an oral health research program, has raised $14 million for a gum disease vaccine, in a round led by the Biomedical Translation Fund with CSL also taking part.
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NEA is reportedly raising close to $7bn split between an early-stage fund and a growth fund, abandoning its longtime single multistage fund approach, according to the piece.
Axion founder Daniel First announces a $37 million Series B with Salesforce Ventures leading, lifting total raised to $64 million, and describes the company's AI platform for resolving product quality issues in manufacturing.
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Hayfin's fourth direct lending vehicle has gathered more than its $6.6 billion target from backers including a San Antonio pension fund, with total capital expected near its €7 billion cap by year end.
ABN AMRO's Sustainable Impact Fund has committed US$27.5 million to Think Better Group, an Online Brands Group portfolio company, to fuel growth and further ESG brand acquisitions.
Sustainable-brands platform Think Better Group has acquired reusable nappy company Econaps, started in Byron Bay in 2013 by Kyla Geen. Econaps joins TBG's portfolio alongside Ecoriginals, which TBG earlier backed.
Brisbane logistics software startup Explorate, started in 2016 by Conor Hagan and Alex Ewart, has raised $7.5 million as it aims to grow into a major freight technology player like WiseTech.
SurfStitch listed on the ASX after buying Billabong's stake and Swell.com for about $35m and Quiksilver's Surfdome for $45m; its IPO and pre-IPO raising drew several prominent fund managers.
Online Brands Group highlights that its portfolio company Dog by Dr. Lisa has introduced a subscription giving dog owners round-the-clock remote vet consultations plus member perks.
Two multinationals, Amcor and Mondelēz, have committed money to Licella to advance its planned Melbourne plastics recycling plant, while publisher Online Brands Group notes its existing stake in the recycling technology firm.
Online Brands Group's post celebrates The Memo, a parenting retailer, which has banked A$20m from Pier 12 Capital and gained Australian Financial Review coverage, with expansion planned for new stores.
SurfStitch raised $50 million to fund its $23.7 million purchase of Surf Hardware International, pushing its market value past Billabong's. The Sydney-born retailer listed the prior December at $214 million.
Outdoor leisure brand Business & Pleasure Co. has landed US$16m from Silas Capital to fuel growth, with early backer Online Brands Group continuing alongside founders Ollie Edwards and Lachlan Leckie.
Square Peg has closed two new funds, Fund 4 and Opportunities Fund 2, with Hostplus, AustralianSuper and Roc Partners backing again; investments already made include Kula and Supabase.
Skalata Ventures has rebranded as Tall Order, an early-stage backer of AI founders, and says fundraising for its third fund is underway.
Skalata Ventures unveils a rebrand to Tall Order and pitches its first-cheque AI investing focus, saying Fund III is being raised; no committed amount or portfolio news appears.
Payment firm Paypa Plane says Mastercard, Cuscal, Sprint Ventures and Queensland's Business Investment Fund joined its $10 million Series A, with QIC managing the investment and Commonwealth Bank and Tyro already backing it.
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MyGig's press page records its A$1 million pre-seed funding round with Artesian, Hostplus, Co Ventures and Aussie Angels, alongside company facts, its founder, and media contacts.
Airtree's resource hub listing founder guides; its index announces Fund V, a $650 million vehicle with a $250 million seed fund and a $400 million growth fund.
AFR's driverless-car topic hub: NRF puts $30m into Melbourne maker Applied EV, alongside Waymo's Sydney robotaxi plans, Uber's robotaxi spend, union demands and a progressing Mycar sale.
Opinion piece by Prime100's co-founder arguing planned CGT changes penalise local angel investors and could deter the private growth capital that scaled her pet food business.
AI consultancy V2 AI opens in Western Australia with three senior hires - Richard Allen, Derek Bingham and Holly Dean - while its chief executive flags AI governance as the key challenge for enterprise deployments.
Galileo Ventures reflects on backing Relevance AI from its VectorAI origins, recalling its seed and Series A rounds and celebrating the company's newly announced Series B.
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Investible's pitch page for its third early-stage fund courts prospective investors and outlines plans to back dozens of tech companies across stages.
AFR healthcare and fitness section roundup: Early Bird raised $2 million led by Hyper Ventures; Resmed sold MatrixCare; Radiopharm seeks $16 million; plus Mayne Pharma, Healthscope, Sigma and policy stories.
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AFR's Media & Marketing section roundup: Joe Aston's Rampart has raised $2.3m from five backers and TEG has locked in roughly $100m of fresh bank debt, alongside media policy, court and personality stories.
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Design software company Canva has acquired Melbourne adtech firm Doohly for $30 million, a deal that hands windfalls to the startup's founders and shareholders Skalata Ventures and Archangel Ventures.
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Skalata's profile of portfolio company Strength by Numbers, whose AxIT hardware measures strength for health professionals, covering the four founders' backgrounds and the two investments Skalata made in 2021 and 2022.
AirTree's blog index page listing guides and essays on AI, culture, and company building, including the firm's announcement of a 650 million dollar fifth fund split between seed and growth vehicles.