BBRC Capital

Family Office Private Equity Est. 1980
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USD 500M
Estimated FUM
Type
Family Office
HQ
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Founded
1980
Focus
Consumer Brands · Consumer

About

BBRC (aka Brett Blundy Retail Capital) primarily targets ventures across global consumer and retail, property and agriculture. BBRC was founded in 1980 as a private investment vehicle of Brett Blundy, and has since completed a number of high-profile transactions and exits including Bras N Things, Aventus, Lovisa and Adairs. BBRC has offices in New York and Sydney

Strategies

Buyout
Growth Equity
Public Equity

Investment Focus

Sources

Profile sources

  1. bbrcpe.com — Consumer Brands, Consumer

Investment Criteria

Investment size
USD 10M - USD 75M

Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.

Investment Stages
Stages
Growth Public
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
Australia New Zealand United States
Coverage
Country-focused
Regions
Oceania North America

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Office Presence
2 countries
Australia United States
2 known offices
Sydney, NSW, Australia (HQ)
New York, NY, United States

Deals & Activity

Tracked Deals
11
Most common deal types
Unknown (6) Growth (4) Public (1)
Deals by domain
Consumer 4
Recent tracked deals
Dissh
Growth - 2024
Psychobunny
2022 - Consumer
Planttherapy
Growth - 2018
Hot8yoga
Growth - 2018
Brasnthings
2013 - Consumer
Lovisa
2010
Honeybirdette
2006
Universalstore
1999 - Consumer

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