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Private equity capital raising breaks $4bn for 2005-06

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... billion in new capital raisings in the 12 months to 30 June 2006. Thomson Financial, working with the Australian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (AVCAL), said, "Private equity activity in Australia surged with an increase in total investments ...

AVCAL awards for top private equity plays

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
Australia's best private equity and venture capital players were recognised last night at the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association's (AVCAL) awards presentations, with the list of winners including Pacific Equity Partners, Investec ...

QIC and eG Capital form strategic alliance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... bringing investments to market and assisting investors to find new opportunities. QBF, a $100 million closed end venture capital fund, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of QIC, Australia's eighth largest investment and funds manager responsible for over $50 ...

Southern Cross aims to invest early with VC fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
Southern Cross Venture Partners has launched a $200 million venture capital fund with a focus on early stage investments and propelling new Australian businesses on to the global stage. Southern Cross Venture Partners aims to leverage its strong existing ...

AVCAL calling for council members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) is calling for nominations for council members for 2007 and 2008, with elected members to be announced at the Annual General Meeting in Sydney a month after the annual AVCAL ...

Private equity cash cow keeps growing

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... cash rate." Opportunities and areas that would "knock the socks" off the sector in the future, said Ferris, are venture capital in drug and therapeutic start-ups along with alternative energy, which he said are inexpensive to seed. The future for private ...

Investors strike gold with LinQ

... January 2005. Donner said it is different from other resources-type funds because it behaves much like a late stage Venture Capital (VC) fund, which means the returns are potentially higher and in some cases, the fund will generate the deals or help ...

DB Capital earns $200m in venture cap deal

DB Capital Partners, together with a venture capital partner, ISS Group, has successfully completed the largest "public to private" scheme of arrangement in the Australian private equity market. The deal saw the venture capital partners turn around ...

MTAA Super invests in biotech JV

... executive officer and fund secretary of MTAA Super, reminded the market that MTAA Super is a long-term Australian venture capital, infrastructure and direct property investor. He believes it has the experience, track record and patient capital to undertake ...

VC funds growing faster than it can be allocated: ABS

The venture capital investment market increased 25 per cent during the 2004-05 financial year and now amounts to $11.2 billion, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest venture capital survey. Following the 20 per cent growth reported ...