Direct Capital

The Team

Investment Partners


Advent International Advent International is one of the largest and most experienced international private equity groups. Its coverage is the broadest of any private equity house with offices and affiliates in 25 countries across Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Since its inception, Advent has invested in over 500 companies in 35 countries. Of these, over 125 portfolio companies have floated on 20 exchanges around the world.	3i 3i is a world leader in venture capital and private equity, bringing capital, knowledge and connections to the creation and development of businesses around the world. It invests in a wide range of opportunities from start-ups to buy-outs and buy-ins, focusing on businesses with high growth potential and strong management. 3i invests in businesses across three continents through local investment teams in Europe, Asia Pacific and the USA.

Inventages Inventages is a leading global venture capital manager with more than €1 billion under management in life sciences, with a focus on prevention, nutrition and wellness. With offices in Nassau, Geneva and Auckland, inventages invests worldwide in equity from seed stage to private equity. Inventages has direct access to top management of global pharma and food companies, and also advises on merger, acquisition, and licensing deals. The inventages principals have outstanding investment, merger and acquisition, and industry track records.	Craigs Investment Partners Craigs Investment Partners is one of New Zealand’s largest NZX participant investment advisory firms, with 17 branches throughout New Zealand, approximately 110 Investment Advisors and $4.5 billion in funds under management and administration. Craigs Investment Partners is 100% owned by senior employees of the firm. The Craigs Investment Partners Investment Banking team brings together individuals from the multi-award winning ABN AMRO New Zealand Investment Banking team and the small to medium sized business focus of the Craigs Investment Partners investment banking team. Individuals in the team have advised on some of New Zealand’s largest and most complex industry-shaping transactions, including the privatisation of Contact Energy and Vector (the two largest New Zealand IPOs in the past 10 years) and the acquisitions of EnviroWaste, MediaWorks and Yellow Pages (the largest leveraged buy-out in New Zealand history).