Pacific Equity Partners

Private Equity Est. 1998
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≈AUD 19B
Firm FUM
Assets under management, stated by PEP website, 2025 · source
Type
Private Equity
HQ
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Founded
1998
Last fundraise
2025 (AUD 3.2B)

About

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.

Strategies

Buyout
Generalist strategy
Growth Equity
Generalist strategy
Private Credit
Generalist strategy

Investment Focus

Investment size
USD 40M - USD 500M

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

Investment Stages
Stages
Growth
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
Australia
Coverage
Country-focused
Regions
Oceania

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
Sydney, NSW, Australia
More investors with offices in Sydney
Office Presence
1 country
Australia
1 known office
Sydney, NSW, Australia (HQ)

Fundraising

Pacific Equity Partners PEP Fund VII
2025
AUD 3.2B
source
Pacific Equity Partners PEP Fund VI
2020
AUD 2.5B
source
Pacific Equity Partners PEP Fund V
2015
AUD 2.1B
source
Pacific Equity Partners PEP Fund IV
2008
AUD 2.7B
source
Pacific Equity Partners Fund III
2006
AUD 1.3B
source

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