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Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... financial services group Findex and the National Farmers' Federation is progressing toward the launch of a $10 million venture capital fund. The fund, created by joint venture SproutX and supported by Artesian Venture Partners, will invest in agriculture ...

Hostplus tripling venture capital exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Industry superannuation fund Hostplus is committing $400 million to venture capital over the next five years with a portion likely to be invested before year's end. The move will triple Hostplus' current investment in venture capital and will add to ...

First clean energy seed fund launched

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... water and waste." The seed fund is currently seeking registration with Innovation Australia as an early stage venture capital limited partnership (ESVCLP) to provide investors with tax free returns and be compliant with the Significant Investor Visa ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... get the Australian economy going again. For Australia, there is probably a need to concentrate in areas such as venture capital and private businesses to develop new industries and new technologies, to help make Australia great in a few areas." Comegys ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... infrastructure. The investment team has been finding opportunistic returns in its private equity portfolio predominantly in venture capital and early stage investments, benefitting particularly from the innovation and disruption stories across many industrial ...

Sowerby to support Queensland startup drive in new role

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... opportunities and seeing them commercialised. "This is an outstanding appointment that will help Queensland attract more venture capital and turn ideas into businesses and jobs." An evaluation panel commissioned by the Queensland Government selected ...

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 ...

New board members at Sunsuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... the University of Southern Queensland, Harvey was a partner at CM Capital Investments, an institutionally backed venture capital company focused on the biotechnology, life sciences, telecommunications, information technology and renewable energy sectors. ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association is calling for a fast-tracked limited partnership vehicle to encourage foreign investment into high-growth businesses. The limited partnership would be part of wider national policy that ...

PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Australian private equity and venture capital funds recorded a net-of-fees return of 18.4% in 2015, according to the latest data from the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) and Cambridge Associates. The CA Australia Index ...