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VC firm launches new credit fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
A $330 million Australian venture capital firm partnered with an Israeli venture lender to launch a $100 million dedicated credit fund. OneVentures has partnered with Viola Credit - a subsidiary of $3 billion Israeli technology investment group, Viola ...

Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... ASX-listed alternative investment manager has entered into non-binding term sheet with New York-based early stage venture capital firm Scout Ventures for a stake in a proposed US$50 million fund. Auctus Alternative Investments will acquire up to 10% ...

Quantifeed eyes Australian expansion with $13.5m raising

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
The fintech is looking to expand its B2B robo-advice business in Australia as a part of a $13.5 million venture capital raising announced today. The series B funding was led by Taiwanese giant Cathay Financial Holdings, with participation from US-based ...

Prospa postpones IPO after consultation with Macquarie, UBS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... board and existing shareholders, including major shareholders Entree Capital, Square Peg Capital, and AirTree Venture Capital, who had committed over $47m to the IPO. According to Prospa, the $47 million committed by the three investors was roughly half ...

Spaceship looks outside of superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... and has worked at Goldman Sachs in family office investing. After this, he moved to a fund investment role at a venture capital firm and said he started Spaceship to "help his friends." Spaceship has gone from employing eight people last year to about ...

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... solve important problems and distinguish themselves from competitors across large swathes of the market, according venture capital industry leaders on the panel. Venture capital and private equity will be the investment vehicle of choice because with ...

QIC wins $550m super fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... platform will provide Rest members with access to a range of international unlisted assets across private equity and venture capital. "In QIC, we sought out a like-minded approach to investment in growth assets and to further develop our existing investment ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... healthcare, entertainment and travel." Innovative China, Mio continued, will involve the government creating a venture capital or private equity-esque vehicle to "incubate companies in the new technology space, such as internet companies and high-end ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... invested. Commenting on the investment, Hostplus said Bugcrowd forms part of the super fund's growing $550 million venture capital portfolio which provides its 1.1 million members with exposure to exciting businesses, "rather than passively waiting for ...

Netwealth doubles managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... raised $750,000 in capital, including from other key investors such as ex-NAB group executive Steve Tucker and venture capital firm H2 Ventures.