Marinya Capital (John Fairfax Family)

Family Office Credit Individual Multi-Family Office Private Equity Est. 1987
USD 500M
Estimated FUM
Type
Family Office
HQ
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Founded
1987
Focus
Generalist

About

Marinya Capital is the family office of a branch of the Fairfax family (John B. Fairfax), who originally established Fairfax media, a large Australian media company. Marinya holds active property investments and a portfolio of investments into fund managers. Marinya Capital also makes direct private equity and venture capital investments into select opportunities.

Investment Focus

Focus Areas
Stages
LP into Funds Growth Seed Series A Series B
Focus
Generalist
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
Australia
Coverage
Country-focused
Regions
Oceania

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Office Presence
1 country
Australia
1 known office
Sydney, NSW, Australia (HQ)

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