Thorney Investments

Family Office Est. 1991
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USD 1.5B
Estimated FUM
Type
Family Office
HQ
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Founded
1991
Focus
Generalist Tech

About

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.

Investment Focus

Focus Areas
Stages
LP into Funds Growth Public / Listed Series A Series B
Focus
Generalist Tech
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
Australia
Coverage
Global
Regions
Oceania

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Office Presence
1 country
Australia
1 known office
Melbourne, VIC, Australia (HQ)

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