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Future Group, family offices back US$100m AI-focused fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... firm has over $1.2 billion assets under management. It also links up with US investors such as Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and Spark Capital to invest in Australian tech, and scale domestic companies in the US and other markets. Future Group executive ...

Life insurers enhance domestic violence response

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... journey, the guidance suggests. The industry guidance was developed in collaboration with social enterprise Flequity Ventures and the Independent Collective of Survivors, who advised on lived experiences with life insurance and financial safety by design ...

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... is exiting the asset manager. Wiedman is responsible for BlackRock's commercial relationships, partnerships, and joint ventures with financial institutions and investors globally, as well as capital formation in private markets. Wiedman also oversees ...

Stamford Capital Investments launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... opportunistic fund is targeting 15% IRR net and is sourcing national investments including real estate-backed equity and joint ventures, preferred equity, and first and second mortgage debt. Operating as a closed-end unit trust, CPF4 has a 2.5-year investment ...

QIC backs analytics platform with $2m investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
QIC Ventures has pledged $2 million in seed round funding to Accoil Analytics, a product engagement analytics platform for B2B companies. Accoil provides services to collect and organise customer behaviours to help companies better understand their ...

QIC backs Virescent Ventures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has invested in Virescent Ventures' new climate technology fund, helping take its first close to about $125 million. QIC joins Westpac and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) in backing Fund II, which ...

Mutual Trust adds three partners

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... deploy their capital to expand their businesses, employ people, build infrastructure, invest in innovation, back start-up ventures and give thoughtfully and strategically to charities," he said. Since the union of Mutual Trust and The Myer Family Company ...

ART, Perennial back debt collection fintech

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... at large, and supporting people around the world with a better experience managing debt," Foreman said. Second Quarter Ventures is also purchasing shares from "angel investors" and early employees to participate, the company added. "While our vision ...

Powerhouse Ventures to acquire Aliwa

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
Powerhouse Ventures (PVL) is set to take over Aliwa Funds Management in a bid to expand into micro-cap investing. The ASX-listed firm entered a binding agreement with Aliwa for a consideration of $500,000 made upfront in an all-scrip deal at $0.04 per ...

Cairns resurfaces at Associate Global Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... 2018. He is currently an independent non-executive director in the holding companies of La Trobe Financial and Folklore Ventures. AGP chair Nerida Campbell said: "We are delighted to welcome Brett to the board of AGP, given his long and distinguished ...