Straight Bat is an income oriented private equity fund that plays the long game. We invest in mature, robust, profitable, medium sized Australian businesses for slightly old fashioned reasons – income, wealth preservation and sustainable capital growth.

Harris Capital was established in 2016 as the private investment office for the Harris family group. The Melbourne-based family traces its origins back to the founding of Flight Centre travel group, which is now one of the largest travel companies in the world with total transaction value exceeding $20bn annually.

Antler is a startup generator and early-stage VC that enables the world’s most brilliant and determined people to build global businesses from the ground up

HPS Tech provides advanced manufacturing engineering technology to the food and beverage industry.

RPM Hire provides traffic management equipment hire solutions throughout Australia, with branches in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart.

ProviCo (Protein Vitamin Company) manufactures functional dairy ingredients & specialised dairy nutrition products that are supplied into the domestic and international markets.

Toner Group is a multi-service trade group, providing plumbing and electrical services within the domestic, commercial and maintenance markets across Metropolitan Melbourne.

W+K is Australia's largest specialist insurance law firm, focussed on insurance, risk management and dispute resolution – the business is structured to reflect client product lines and they service all policy types in every market sector. Reflecting the sophisticated market they serve, they also have strong capabilities in the areas of law that complement insurance law, including class action defence, D&O litigation and media law.

Red Smoke Alarms provides Australia's best smoke alarms to electrical wholesalers and retailers. Innovative and high quality, Red are the only brand with a 10 year warranty across all products.

Australia's leading manufacturer of upcycled rubber flooring products for residential and commercial applications including children's play grounds, school and sports surfaces, gym mats, commercial flooring and anti-fatigue matting. Manufactured from recycled rubber car tyres, using state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, A1 Rubber's products reduce landfill, avoid further CO2 production, reduce environmental impact and produce economically responsible products.

Kase is a specialist insurance building group providing insurance repairs, property restoration and emergency make-safe services.

Jaxsta is the world’s biggest database of official music credits – that is, credits that are sourced directly from the official owners of that data such as record labels, publishers and industry associations. Jaxsta recently acquired Vampr. Vampr is the number one social platform helping creatives and artists find people to collaborate with, create new music and monetize their work - an essential network that grows with you every step of your journey. Jaxsta recently launched Vinyl.com - "A vinyl-hunter's dream" - Billboard Vinyl records for all occasions, from late nights to laid-back Sundays. ASX: JXT

6clicks is the leading AI-powered Governance, Rick Management and Compliance (GRC) SaaS platform for businesses and advisors

Streetscope measures safety by producing context-aware, actionable insights that improve the safety of fleets, speed up the development of ADAS and autonomous mobility, using the Streetscope Collision Hazard Measure (SHM) based on the concept of near-misses, incorporating ‍proximity (separation distance) and motion (relative speed).

Fortress is the ultimate games culture and experiences company, creating awe-inspiring destinations.The first venue of its kind, Fortress Melbourne is a multi-level complex spanning over 2,500 square metres. Home to 100s of playable devices and interactive experiences.

Lumachain is a Supply Chain SaaS Platform applying cutting edge technology including RFID, blockchain and AI to illuminate, transform and provide traceability at every step of the food production journey.

Songtradr is the world’s largest B2B music company, delivering the only full-stack solution for all business music needs.

Entrepreneur and early-stage investor

KareInn develops digital technology to improve the quality of life for older generations in residential and domiciliary care. Their mobile app coordinates care across multiple care homes for owners, carers, families and regulators.

Libryo is a LegalTech SaaS Platform enables any person, working in any organisation, to understand the legal obligations in any situation. Libryo was sold to ERM Group in Dec 2022

Mining automation instrumentation - in-process instrumentation to measure suspended solids density in hard-ore mineral recovery processes.

Brava Home is an IoT and domestic automation company that integrates technology and design to enable joyful experiences in the home. Sold to Midleby in Jan 2020

Investor in York's most unique and centrally located Boutique Hotel - www.judgescourt.co.uk. Sold in a trade sale in 2019.

aiPod is an Idealab company developing City Integrated Autonomous Mobility - small self driving vehicles that integrate with public transit, city traffic sensors and software systems for cities to manage new mobility.

Forward Partners is a London based early stage VC with an active investment model supercharging start-ups from idea, through seed to Series A.

500 Startups is an early-stage venture fund and seed accelerator

Repositive is the world's first global marketplace for genomics data. One day every genomics researcher will connect via Repositive.

Seedcamp is a First Round Fund and has invested in over 200 pre-seed and seed stage startups.

healthbox360 provides Health Department (CQC) approved digital health transformation programs, that combine doctors, nutrition, fitness, stress and sleep, to change patients lifestyle habits and manage their long term health outcomes.

BorrowMyDoggy is building the world's largest collaborative sharing community of dog owners and dog lovers.

Contract laboratory providing services to the Food, Pharmaceutical, Water and Environmental Industries. Sold to ALS (ASX:ALQ) in 2011.

Idealab and Mohr Davidow funded startup developing metrology technologies for the semiconductor industry.

Idealab is an early stage technology incubator.

Imagination Entertainment developed interactive media titles in Television, Radio and Online.

Banking JV in Australia between Capital One and South African Bank - Nedcor

Citysearch.com is a local city guide that went to IPO in 1998 and is now part of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI).

Business and Strategy Consultants

Investment Banking and Corporate Finance Analyst for M&A and IPO transactions.