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Telstra acquires Blue Sky fund assets

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
A Blue Sky Private Equity fund has sold its majority share of a business to Telstra. The business, Readify, was founded in 2002 and provides large Australian companies with custom software development, deployment and consulting services. Blue Sky provided ...

Blue Sky announces $66 million equity raising

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has announced it will conduct a $66.8 million equity raising. The initiative consists of a $30 million placement to institutional, professional and sophisticated investors at $6.50 per share and an accelerated non-renounceable ...

Blue Sky takes alternatives to the next level

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Blue Sky Capital Venture has invested in US plus-size fashion brand ELOQUII as part of a $19.8m series B funding round. The $19.8m ($15m USD) Series B funding is financed by Blue Sky Venture Capital, Wildcat Capital Management, Greycroft Partners, Daher ...

Blue Sky funds Australian wine venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Blue Sky Venture Capital has financed the first capital raise for wine website Vinomofo, committing $25 million to support overseas growth for the Australian business. The capital raise coincides with Vinomofo launching its business lite model to six ...

Kim Morison joins Blue Sky Alternative Investments board

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has appointed Kim Morison to the organisation's board. Morrison joined the company in 2010 and is the managing director of Blue Sky's Real Assets business with responsibilities across the company's assets portfolios ...

Blue Sky and Goldman Sachs partner for student accommodation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments' property subsidiary Blue Sky Private Real Estate will form a $1 billion student accommodation joint venture with leading global investment firm Goldman Sachs. The partnership aims to build a portfolio of 5000 to 10,000 ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lifted its half year net profit after tax to $4.4 million, up 69% on the first half of FY15. The company also grew its revenue 44% to $23.8 million. The company now expects its underlying NPAT for the year ending ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital is launching a new $200 million venture capital (VC) fund targeted at institutional investors to invest in later-stage deals in Australia and overseas. VC fundraising in Australia increased to $368 million last financial year ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... chilly English Channel might seem a far cry from running an alternative investment business out of sunny Brisbane, but Blue Sky founder and managing director Mark Sowerby reveals the process behind each is not all that different. On Saturday 8 August ...

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 ...