Direct Capital
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Direct Capital is a New Zealand private equity firm that invests in mid-market private companies in New Zealand and Australia. It has been investing since 1994 and typically invests between $30m and $100m of equity in expansion, succession, and pre-IPO situations.
Direct Capital is a private equity firm headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, founded in 1994. It invests directly in companies, from growth to buyout. Its stated cheque size is $30 - $100m.
“Direct Capital invests in the New Zealand and Australian mid-market private company sector in expansion, succession and pre-IPO situations.”
— Direct Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Private equity
- Headquarters
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Invests in
- New Zealand, Australia
- Cheque size
- $30 - $100m
- Founded
- 1994
Team, as Direct Capital publishes it
- Paddy Carter Investment Manager
- Rosalie Conroy Head of Finance & ESG
- Hugh Cotterill Managing Partner
- Ben Crosland Investment Manager
- Andrew Frankham Partner & CFO
- Ross George Executive Chair
- Sam Gouverneur Investment Analyst
- Freddy Greenslade Investment Director
- Chris Hickey Investment Director
- Kirsty Keen Finance Executive
- Heath Kerr Managing Partner
- Gavin Lonergan Non-Executive Director
Names and roles exactly as listed on directcapital.co.nz. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Direct Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.directcapital.co.nz/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status, confidence
- https://www.directcapital.co.nz/aboutfounded, people
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