The growth partner to some of Australia and New Zealand's leading companies, we invest in market-leading, innovative businesses in industries with strong tail-winds. We are scale enablers, working with our portfolio companies to grow, evolve and thrive in the markets they compete in. Providing both Private Equity and Venture Capital, our team of specialists and strategies allow us to draw on a range of unique insights and experiences that facilitate opportunities for long-term growth and success. With an unparalleled network across all sectors, geographies and stages of investment, we are not only aligned with the companies we back, but the Five V team are among the biggest investors in the funds we manage.
Growth and success go beyond just capability and funds. It is about trusted, long term partnerships with the people and businesses we invest in.
FIVE V UPDATE | INTRODUCING FIVE V NEW ZEALAND →
GrowthInspired
PrivateEquity
READ MOREWe choose to partner with Australia & New Zealand's highest quality founders, managers and businesses, while committing a significant portion of our own personal capital. We partner with businesses that demonstrate unique and differentiated capability in their specific niche, and that have a track-record of growth, delivering profitable success. We combine our breadth of experience with the founder's and manager's depth of expertise, and lean into our deep investor network to unlock significant value-creation initiatives. Our goal is to build on the best of the business today - through flexible capital solutions, enhanced strategic focus, amplified investment capability, technology-enablement and international impact. The results are market-leading, internationally competitive and sustainably scalable businesses.
We provide flexible capital for significant minority partnerships through to majority partnerships. Typically this equates to A$30-100 million of equity for a combination of sell-down and growth capital.
We are industry agnostic and invest across a broad range of industries that exhibit attractive end-market characteristics.
We invest in businesses with significant Australia and New Zealand presence, typically with global growth ambitions.
PRIVATE EQUITY / CURRENT PORTFOLIO
VIEW ALL →
PRIVATE EQUITY / EXITED PORTFOLIO
VIEW ALL →
VentureCapital
READ MOREWith real-world experience in startups and scale-ups, we empower our portfolio companies to pursue the ideas and thinking that propels them forward. As Series A and B-stage investors, we partner with startups that have reached product-market fit and are ready to scale. Beyond financial support, we enable our portfolio companies to scale by activating our diverse network and with strategic support.
We target an initial investment of $1M to $10M. With access to multiple pools of capital, we can invest up to $20M across multiple rounds to support our portfolio companies through their stages of growth.
Five V is a partner to QIC's Venture Capital Development Fund (VCDF) program which focusses on supporting the Queensland startup ecosystem. Being part of the VCDF program means that Five V can invest in more Queensland businesses and have greater reserves of capital to back our winners.
We invest in software companies powering the future of business (commonly referred to as B2B SaaS). Our focus on B2B SaaS is driven by our belief in the exceptional abilities of Australian entrepreneurs in this field. We are open to all industry sectors. We support founders pursuing large addressable markets, and creating products their business customers adore, whilst prioritising strong unit economics. Our investment strategy focuses on Australia and New Zealand, but we also invest in offshore opportunities where we have a differentiated perspective.
VENTURE CAPITAL / CURRENT PORTFOLIO
View ALL →
VENTURE CAPITAL / HISTORIC PORTFOLIO
View ALL →
Responsibilities & Community
We are proudly B-Corp certified, recognising our commitment to meeting a strong standard with respect to our Environmental, Social and Governance practices (“ESG”). Our constitution recognises our dual purpose to balance generating strong returns for our investments while also making a positive contribution to the environment and communities in which we operate. Our approach to integrating consideration of ESG factors in all areas of our business in is outlined in our Responsible Investment Policy which is a public document. We also believe in making a strong contribution to our community though donating funds and volunteering time with worthy community and environmental causes. We are proud members of "Pledge 1%” recognising our commitment to making a meaningful financial contribution to charitable causes each year. For more information on our ESG approach, community engagement and to access our Responsible Investment Policy, please click below.
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS (NON-EXHAUSTIVE)
