Ascentro Capital Partners

The Todd Family of New Zealand traces its origins to 1884 when Charles Todd set up a wool export operation in Central Otago. Today, Todd Corporation is one of the most successful New Zealand conglomerates, and it and other parts of the Todd Family remain one of the most active investors in New Zealand. There are two major elements to the Todd family's business operations. The first is Todd Corporation. The second is a family investment vehicle managed by external fund managers. Todd Corporation has diverse interests including substantial investments in Energy (primarily direct stakes in New Zealand gas fields), Mining, Property (urban land development) and Healthcare (Integria). Todd Capital has investments in areas as diverse as media, agriculture, retirement villages and telecommunications.

Blackbird is an Australia and New Zealand venture capital firm backing ambitious technology companies from the earliest stages through later growth. It invests across software, deep tech, climate, fintech, health and other technology-led sectors, with portfolio companies including Canva, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, Zoox and Halter.

Accel-KKR is a mid-market investment firm focused on software and tech-enabled services, investing through buyout, growth-capital, credit, and secondary strategies.

Grok Ventures is the private investing vehicle of Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian and one of Australia's most successful technology entrepreneurs. Grok Ventures invests in fast-growing technology-enabled businesses with world-class management teams who are solving big problems. Grok particularly likes food and energy companies. We have private, patient, long-term capital, with the flexibility to participate from early-stage or seed financing through to late stage funding rounds (although we prefer to be involved earlier).

TDM Growth Partners (formerly TDM Asset Management) is a private investment firm that manages funds for a select group of families who share our long-term investment philosophy. TDM invests in both public and private companies with attractive growth profiles run by outstanding management teams. TDM has offices in Sydney and New York, and focuses primarily on those geographies, however we also invest in other developed markets. TDM Growth Partners has a highly focused, long-term approach, with no more than 15 investments. We look for growth, proven business models and track records, low leverage, durable competitive advantages, management teams who think and act like owners, and a strong company culture. When we invest, we hold for at least 5 years. Our ability to provide patient capital to businesses is underpinned by clients who share our long-term investment philosophy. We believe this approach provides a significant advantage compared to most other investors.

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is the largest private equity firm in Australia and New Zealand. PEP invests through buyouts and growth capital into a wide range of industries including industrial services, energy, consumer products, entertainment and financial services. PEP prefers to invest in companies with major operations in Australia or New Zealand and with Enterprise Values between A$200m and A$1bn. It typically invests for between three and six years. PEP was founded in 1998 by senior Australian partners of the leading strategy consulting firm Bain & Co.