Advent Private Capital
Primary Contacts
Rupert Harrington, Managing Director
Robert Radcliffe-Smith, Executive Director
Tel: +61 3 9690 9566
Who we are
In June 2009 Melbourne’s Advent Private Capital celebrated its 25th anniversary as a private equity fund manager making us Australia’s longest running private equity firm.
We are an experienced manager and partner having made more than 90 individual investments and our investment staff collectively have 86 years in the private equity industry. Advent has weathered market downturns as well as cyclical upturns: from the '87 stock market crash - to the 90's recession - to the dotcom shakeout - to the recent global financial crisis.
Currently Advent has A$445 million in funds under management and is currently investing its fifth fund, Advent V, a A$300 million fund raised in December 2006.
Landmark investments in Advent's history include:
- Primary Healthcare: now one of Australia's largest medical service providers;
- Ayers Rock Resort: the iconic Northern Territory hotel complex;
- Cochlear: developer of the bionic ear;
- Sydney Aquarium: the renowned themed attraction in Sydney Harbour;
- Vision Systems: producer of the laser airborne depth sounder;
- Taverner Hotel Group: a consolidator of leading hotels;
- Sleepmaster: Australia's foremost manufacturer of bedroom products; and
- ACIL: a market leader in foreign aid project management.
Advent's current stable of investments including – GenesisCare, IPG, ISIS, Locker Group, Regency Media, SCADA Group, Securepay, Trivantage, TR and UGM - demonstrate Advent's continued focus on leading Australian mid-market businesses with excellent management teams.
We are looking for profitable, middle market private companies with enterprise values from $50 million up to $200 million. We are happy to take both majority and minority (min. 30%) shareholdings in companies.