Direct Capital Private Equity

Direct Capital is a private equity manager established in 1994. Today Direct Capital remains owned and managed by three of its founding directors, Ross George, Mark Hutton and Bill Kermode. The team has grown to 13 investment professionals, who together have 110 years of private equity experience. Direct Capital seeks to be a pre-eminent provider of equity capital to Australasian businesses lacking ready access to the stock market, with a focus on increasing shareholder wealth in private companies, and assisting shareholders to release value.

Hugh Cotterill

Director

Andrew Frankham

Director and CFO

Ross George

Managing Director

Freddy Greenslade

Investment Manager

Chris Hickey

Investment Manager

Mark Robert Hutton

Founding Director

Heath Kerr

Director

Gavin Lonergan

Director

Chris Wills

Investment Director

Jonathan Wong

Investment Director

4 past transactions

Beca

Private Equity Round in 2019
Beca is in its field, providing consultancy services across key sectors including Advisory, Building, Industrial, Transport and Infrastructure, and Water.

Momentum Energy

Venture Round in 2008
Momentum Energy is an energy retailer based in Victoria, Australia retailing electricity to customers in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. Momentum provides the retail services for electricity supplied to the Bass Strait Islands on behalf of Hydro Tasmania and also retails natural gas in Victoria. The company is wholly owned by Hydro Tasmania, the largest renewable energy generator in Australia.

Enprise Solutions

Venture Round in 2006
Enprise Solutions Ltd is a software development company specializing in SAP Business One solutions, based in Auckland, New Zealand. The company develops a variety of add-on modules aimed at enhancing business operations, including a centralized job management system for job costing, which allows businesses to create customer quotes and manage resources, time, staff, and materials on a project basis. Other products include solutions for web-based timesheet entry, service management, banking data interfaces, and tools for importing journal data into SAP Business One. Enprise Solutions also offers purchase requisition systems and automated invoicing solutions. The company sells and supports its software through a global reseller network, providing essential tools for financial management, enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management. Founded in 2002, Enprise Solutions is recognized for its commitment to improving operational efficiency for businesses across various industries.

GFG Group

Venture Round in 2005
GFG Group is a supplier of consumer electronic payments software and card payment solutions. GFG has provided applications, systems integration and IT managed services to customers in 40 countries.