Five V Capital

We are excited to announce that our portfolio company, Fat Zebra has acquired Pin Payments, an online payments provider focused on SMEs and software platforms. This marks Fat Zebra’s second acquisition since Five V's investment this year. Pin Payments has long been a trusted name in the Australian and New Zealand payments landscape, supporting over 13,000 businesses with secure, fast, and easy-to-use payment solutions. Their track record, spanning over a decade, in servicing the SME and platform markets perfectly complements Fat Zebra’s expertise. Together, Fat Zebra and Pin Payments are creating a comprehensive offering that meets the needs of businesses at every stage of growth. Pred Dragila, CEO of Fat Zebra, said “This strategic step will enhance our capabilities, expand our reach, and strengthen our commitment to helping businesses thrive in a digital-first world. We will now have the capabilities to help even more businesses on their payments journey, in a fast, secure and customisable way. Marking our second acquisition in less than 12 months, this is a huge milestone on our journey to becoming the leading domestic provider of payment solutions in Australia and New Zealand.” Congratulations to the Fat Zebra and Pin Payments team, and all those involved with the transaction. Chris Adams Sara Soldo Andrew Kilner

🎉To recap another exciting year at Five V Capital, we used #FiveVGPT to provide the highlights of 2024. We'd like to thank everyone involved and provide our best wishes for a safe and happy festive season. 📢 PS: We recommend sound on! 📢 #team #privateequity #growthequity #endofyear #2024recap #growth #entrepreneurship

Five V Capital is excited to introduce Marco Vissers as the newest member of our investment team. Marco’s most recent experience in Investment Banking at UBS and Credit Suisse saw him work across a range of buy-side and sell-side transactions, focused on the technology sector. Prior to this, Marco worked as an Equity Research Analyst at Credit Suisse, with a focus on financial institutions coverage. Welcome Marco! Feel free to contact Marco directly for a conversation.

Five V recently held our annual Investor Evenings across Sydney and Auckland. It was great to host our investors and portfolio executives across both offices, supporting our ongoing commitment to partnering with growth businesses across the Tasman region. Throughout the evenings we heard from several members of the Five V team and our investee companies: - Jon Evans from Cyclotek Pty Ltd spoke the importance of operational investment to scale an international radiopharmaceutical business; - Andrew Pears from Permaconn discussed how technology and team are at the heart of building a leading hardware and software platform for building safety; - Ben Teusse from Habit Health shared his journey building a multi-disciplinary care platform across New Zealand; and - Robbie Sampson and Tommy Heptinstall from OrbitRemit spoke on how technology investments have disrupted the traditional remittance market, allowing migrants to send money back home with ease and security. A big thank you to our investors for your continued support, and those who travelled from afar to make both nights a fantastic event. Adrian MacKenzie Srdjan Dangubic Murray Schnuriger #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #growth #investors #alignment #partnership #Australia #NewZealand

Five V Capital is proud to announce our exit of The APP Group to Bureau Veritas Group, the global leader in testing, inspection and certification. The APP Group will join Bureau Veritas’ global network of over 1,500 offices and 84,000 employees, building on their growth ambitions across the property and infrastructure sectors. This transaction marks a significant milestone for The APP Group following a successful four-year partnership that facilitated significant growth, business transformation and acquisitions. The APP Group is a trusted and reliable partner for Australia’s most complex property and infrastructure projects. In 2021 Five V Capital acquired a majority interest, partnering with its management team led by CEO Adam Castro. Since then, The APP Group has rapidly scaled to become a 500+ nationwide team, with flagship project engagements including the North East Link, West Gate Tunnel, Cross River Rail and Sydney Metro. The new partnership with Bureau Veritas will see The APP Group continue to expand its core Building and Infrastructure capabilities across Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region. Congratulations to the APP management team, and thank you to all parties supporting The APP Group with the transaction: Chris Stefanovski and team at MA Financial Group, Jacob Kahwaji and team at Clifford Chance, Jon Griffiths, Adam Pascoe at PwC Australia. Full press release in the comments below. Adam Castro Vanessa De Bono Dennis Finn Srdjan Dangubic Angus W. Elliott Whelan

Five V Capital is excited to introduce Ryley Lucas as the newest member of our investment team. Ryley’s experience includes advising on a number of transactions across industrials, technology, consumer and healthcare sectors at Deutsche Bank. Prior to this, he held a finance and operations-focused role with one of Australia’s leading hospitality businesses. Welcome Ryley! Feel free to contact Ryley directly for a conversation.

Penten and Amiosec have announced an intention to merge, creating the leading AUKUS cybersecurity technology firm. Both businesses have revolutionised secure communications of classified information for defence and critical enterprise. With 100% wholly owned and globally unique IP across software and hardware, the company is primed for continued growth in all Five Eyes markets. The merged business has over 300 employees that have created products in cryptography, secure mobility, network engineering and artificial intelligence. Huge congratulations to both teams. As an investor since 2021, Five V Capital is delighted to support the continued success of this exciting global technology platform.    Matthew Wilson Greg Barsby Sarah C. Bailey Justin England Elliott Whelan Matthew Coffey

VENTURE CAPITAL EXIT: We are delighted to share the news that VendorPanel, from our Five V Capital Venture Capital portfolio, has merged with Unimarket, a global source-to-pay procurement platform backed by Accel-KKR. Together they serve close to 450 customers across US, Canada, Australia and NZ, helping them achieve greater value, efficiency and innovation in procurement.  Big congratulations to James Leathem and the whole VendorPanel team on the achievements to date. We are excited for VendorPanel and Unimarket’s future growth and look forward to seeing their continued global success! Five V are proud to have been part of VendorPanel's journey since 2021, following our investment through Venture Capital Fund I. To read the full press release, see below. Ed Bigazzi Shaina Brown Chris Gillings Joyce Lu

Five V Capital is excited to introduce Monique Iannella as a new member of our investment team. Monique spent her career in New York, working on an array of investment and advisory deals across sectors including Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Financials, and Industrials. Prior to joining Five V, she worked at M3 Partners, JP Morgan, and National Australia Bank. Welcome Monique Iannella! Feel free to contact Monique directly for a conversation. #team #investment #growth #growthequity #privateequity #finance #entrepreneurship #fivevcapital #australia #newzealand #newyork #careers #hiring #welcome

Adrian MacKenzie recently featured on Emanuel Whybourne & Loehr's podcast to discuss Five V Capital's partnership-led approach to investing and opportunities we see in the Australian and New Zealand mid-market. Our flagship private equity fund (Fund V) has $770m of capital available to partner with leading founders and managers of fantastic growth businesses, and we welcome a chat with the team to learn more. Thank you to the EWL team for hosting us - podcast links below!