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Hostplus commits further to Australian VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
Hostplus has now invested more than $350 million in Australian venture capital initiatives, having made a significant investment in a seed-stage VC firm recently. Hostplus invested $85 million in Artesian, which provides a pre-screened funnel for more ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... data released by the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) in April, the Australian venture capital market is worth about $2.6 billion, with almost $224 million invested last financial year. Despite this, Australia ranked just ...

Walsh Bay Partners hires investment associate from First State Super

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... investment analyst. Prior to that, he was a research manager at Brookvine, a research analyst at the Australian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and an analyst at Credit Suisse. Walsh Bay Partners is a holistic advice firm targeted at high ...

PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... volatility while still able to generate alpha in order to achieve their overall investment objectives. Australian venture capital and private equity have generated strong returns over time, especially over the last 12 months, with many funds achieving ...

New SIV rules target smaller companies boost

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... federal government. To comply with an SIV, applicants will have to place at least $500,000 in eligible Australian venture capital or growth private equity funds that invest in start-up and small private companies. This is likely to increase to $1 million ...

Suspended SIV scheme raised $3bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... in our own country would not undertake such an unreasonable investment requirement?" he said. "The Australian venture capital and micro-cap sectors are very small. It would be difficult to find both the investment opportunities and the expertise, to ...

OneVentures Innovation and Growth fund raises $60m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Australian venture capital firm OneVentures has announced the first close of its Innovation and Growth Fund II after raising $60 million. The fund - which invests in healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, sensors and robotics ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... dashboard will be, has so far received only mixed responses. Yasser El-Ansary, chief executive of the Australian venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL), said, "The proposed new disclosure framework would not have delivered more meaningful information ...

OneVentures launches second fund for HNWs and instos

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Australian venture capital firm, OneVentures has launched the OneVentures Innovation and Growth Fund II, seeking to raise $100 million from institutional investors and high net worth (HNW) individuals over the next 12 months. The fund will invest in ...

Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... develop data tools to assist members using the information in a meaningful and useful manner." The Australian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association Limited (AVCAL) said full disclosure would compromise commercially sensitive information and ...