Paspaley Family

Thorney Investments is one of Australia's most successful private investment groups. Thorney was founded by Alex Waislitz and invests in a variety of listed and unlisted opportunities in Australia and the United States. As a private investing vehicle / family office, Thorney Investments has a lot of flexibility in its investment strategies. A large part of this strategy has involved investments in small (typically sub A$200 million market cap), high-growth businesses listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Since 2013, Thorney also has separate funds open to other investments including Thorney Opportunities (listed on the ASX) and Thorney Technologies. Thorney was founded in 1991 when Richard Pratt, founder of Amcor (the world's leading packaging company), seeded Alex Waislitz with $1.15 million of investment capital.

The Todd Family of New Zealand traces its origins to 1884 when Charles Todd set up a wool export operation in Central Otago. Today, Todd Corporation is one of the most successful New Zealand conglomerates, and it and other parts of the Todd Family remain one of the most active investors in New Zealand. There are two major elements to the Todd family's business operations. The first is Todd Corporation. The second is a family investment vehicle managed by external fund managers. Todd Corporation has diverse interests including substantial investments in Energy (primarily direct stakes in New Zealand gas fields), Mining, Property (urban land development) and Healthcare (Integria). Todd Capital has investments in areas as diverse as media, agriculture, retirement villages and telecommunications.

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Tozer and Co is the family office investing vehicle of Craig and David Tozer. Craig and David Tozer are experienced investors, advisors and managers. We look at a wide range of investments, from early stage venture capital through to distressed and turnaround situations. We frequently partner with other investors.

The Cooper Family Office manages the investments of the Cooper Family of Florida. The Cooper Family Office invests globally in hedge funds, private equity and venture funds, in addition to direct investments in operating companies and other private opportunities, including real estate. We also invest in certain early and later stage startup ventures, and will, on occasion, invest seed capital with new managers. We also co-invest extensively with other family offices. The Cooper Family Office was formed by Howard Cooper, who primarily generated his wealth from stock trading.

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).