Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 321 - 330 of 441 results for "Venture Capital"

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... will be the first superannuation fund to benefit from Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement after announcing a venture capital investment partnership with H2 Ventures today. The super fund expects to deploy about $250 million for technology innovation ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... across CSIRO, government agencies, the business and higher education sectors. The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) said Australia's lack of a comprehensive long term innovation strategy in recent years has resulted in ...

La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Australia. Chosen by a judging panel of industry experts including former State Super chief executive Lyn Gearing, venture capital investor and philanthropist Daniel Petre, PwC executive chairman of family business David Smorgan and La Trobe Financial ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Sovereign wealth funds are leading investment in the Australian private equity and venture capital industry, contributing 26% of new fundraising in the past financial year. Not only did overseas investors jump on Australian entrepreneurs in 2015, they ...

Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... have never seen the amount of capital that is around this year and going into 2016. Not only in domestic capital, venture capital and private equity; but also international capital is coming to our shores," he said. "They're coming in with large capital ...

Investment under microscope at ASFA conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... Jollie said. "These could include looking at climate change, sustainability themes, innovation in debt markets and venture capital and fintech." He added historical risk management frameworks rely heavily on neoclassical economics and modern portfolio ...

Prime Value launches SIV fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... investors to allocate a minimum of $1.5 million to ASX-listed emerging company funds, and a minimum $500,000 in venture capital funds. The fund will follow a similar investment strategy to the high conviction Prime Value Opportunities Fund, which has ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... separated by the government in 2005. Blue Sky Private Equity was established in July 2006 as a private equity, venture capital and unlisted property business. Sowerby got his second huge piece of luck after deciding to take the Private Equity and Venture ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The success of technology start-ups and Australia's maturing venture capital sector are driving superannuation funds to reconsider VC as an asset class. In September, First State Super and Hostplus invested $110 million and $35 million respectively ...

Blue Sky scratches head lice from portfolio

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital has exited a head lice treatment company after it entered into a $278 million commercial agreement with Indian-based Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Blue Sky invested in Hatchtech in 2013 as part of a $12 million syndicate of Australian ...