Jul 15, 2026 – 5.30pmLVP deal makers have made out like bandits at Southern Cross Media, set to pick off a portfolio of the media company’s venture assets, including burgeoning medical appointment booking platform HealthEngine.The move comes as new chief executive Rohan Lund seeks to simplify the merged Southern Cross Media and Seven West Media business, including collapsing the venture capital arm once known as Seven West Ventures. He’s also signed a new debt deal.Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Angira Bharadwaj is a co-editor of Street Talk. She covers IPOs, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and other breaking news in Australia’s capital markets. Previously, she covered financial services, state, and federal politics. Send tips to @angirab.60 on encrypted messaging platform Signal.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Private equity pounces on Seven Network owner’s five venture assets
Sources say LVP, formerly Liverpool Partners, has done well in the trade for companies including HealthEngine and InStitchu.
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