CPE Capital

Tanarra is a diversified investment manager investing for superannuation funds, financial institutions and family offices across private and public equity, debt, venture capital and special situations; its venture activities include Tanarra Ventures and Tin Alley Ventures.

Launched in 2016, Investec Emerging Companies has been actively executing on its "Advise, Invest, Connect" strategy and pursuing its goal of becoming the pre-eminent strategic partner and trusted adviser to entrepreneurs and their emerging companies in Australia.

Lederer (Group) is an Australian-owned family business founded by Paul Lederer. It describes a property investment portfolio and a focus on creating communities within its buildings.

Backing great Australian start-ups is in our DNA. We are a team of investors, entrepreneurs and business leaders with a passion for building businesses and we have been successful in doing so. To date, Aura Group has been an integral part of the success stories of a number of local start-ups from a variety of sectors. These include Catapult Sports (global leader in wearable analytics), Finsure (Australia's fastest growing mortgage aggregator) and InStitchu (Australia's leading online provider of tailored menswear). The Aura Investment Doctrine has been shaped through the years of experience we have in this asset class both as founders and investors. It is a widely referenced document within our firm and has become our philosophy for the Venture Capital landscape. This Doctrine outlines key criteria that must be observed when identifying new opportunities and includes engaging with a proven concept, Identification of positive thematics, Deep assessment of the business environment, Ensuring a clear path to profitability and Partnering with a strong management team. If a company does not possess all of these characteristics we simply will not invest.

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).

Quadrant has a strong track record of partnering with management and other shareholders through our investment horizon. Our approach is to be collaborative, collective and arrive at decisions via consensus. We bring strategic and operational improvements skills from owning and investing in 59 companies as well as deep relationships with a range of stakeholders. We have significant experience in preparing businesses for exit and bring a successful track record in this regard. Quadrant has won a number of awards in recent years from various industry bodies and the companies that we have listed continue to deliver strong returns for investors. Quadrant was founded as Quadrant Capital in 1996 by Chris Hadley.

IFM Investors is one of Australia's leading investors, with a strong track record of investment across four key asset classes: debt investments, listed equities, infrastructure and private equity. With respect to private equity, IFM looks for minority or majority investments in Australian and New Zealand mid-market ($50m to $300m valuation) growth companies. IFM is sector agnostic, however particularly likes healthcare, consumer brands, technology and business services. IFM Investors is owned by 27 Australian superannuation funds.

Regal Partners Limited is an ASX-listed, specialist alternative investment manager providing investors with access to a diverse range of strategies covering hedge funds, private markets and real assets.

Our investment approach is designed to focus on opportunities the market may have overlooked, exploiting inefficiencies by identifying stocks that are temporarily misunderstood and fundamentally mispriced. Our funds target a range of strategies, from large and small capitalisation Australian equity, global long short to Australian market neutral and private equity. Our clients include Government, industry and corporate superannuation funds, international funds as well as individual investors via leading investment administration platforms and a growing number of financial advisors.

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.

BGH Capital is an Australian private equity firm founded in 2017. It focuses on buyout and growth investments across a range of industries in Australia and New Zealand.

CP2 is a specialist infrastructure investment manager and has been a global leader in infrastructure investing and asset management for 17 years. We invest in core infrastructure assets that provide secure, stable, inflation-protected cash flows over the long term, and often partners with like-minded investors such as sovereign wealth funds. CP2 focuses on specialist infrastructure; transport including roads, airport, railway, and ports; utilities including power, water, and communication; and social including health, schools, and law and order. The firm does not invest in generation assets, fringe infrastructure including car parks and satellites, externally managed vehicles, constructor or investment bank sponsored greenfield projects, and social infrastructure. The firm invests in both listed and unlisted opportunities.