Ellerston JAADE Growth Fund

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.

Fairfax Digital Ventures is part of Fairfax Media, a leading multi-platform media company in Australasia. Fairfax Digital Ventures invests in early and growth stage internet based companies. Its current portfolio includes businesses in digital publishing, online dating, weather services, e-health, online education, subscription video-on-demand, online jobs search and online tenders. Digital Ventures welcomes approaches from companies with proven traction seeking investment funds (either through cash or investment-in-kind through advertising) to expand their existing business in Australia, or seeking assistance to launch a proven overseas business model locally in Australia.

Little Argas is an investment accelerator related to Flight Center, the Australian-based travel agency. We invest in post-launch tech, with investment size ranging from $50k up to $500k, with potential for follow-on investment. We usually invest alongside other investors and we can either lead, or follow other leading investors. More specifically, we are looking to invest in companies where we can add significant value around our core sectors of expertise. We are particularly interested in creative ideas where the opportunity falls into one of the following: travel experience, travel retailing, corporate travel, youth and student, certain non travel sectors like financial and health. Flight Centre brought discounted airfares to the Australian market over 30 years ago, and since then we have continued to be quite entrepreneurial as a company. The launch of our travel startup investment arm is part of an exciting plan for our future. Our goal is to work with our partners to nurture new business ideas and fast track travel start-up companies incorporating areas of our DNA. We want to be the destination of choice for a wide range of travel and technology start-ups. Through business partnerships, sponsorship, investment and mentoring, we are investing in the future of our business. We are excited about the prospect of working with business founders to create the next wave of business success stories.

Apex Capital is an investment firm which provides venture capital to exceptional founders who are revolutionising the financial services landscape. We have a strong track record of successfully establishing, investing in and growing businesses that have sought to provide innovative products and services to the financial services sector. Our entrepreneurial backgrounds give us a unique perspective on what it takes to start and scale a business in financial services.

Marinya Capital is an Australian single-family office associated with John B. Fairfax’s branch of the Fairfax family, making property investments and allocating capital to external fund managers.

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).

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 over 25 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.