Ellerston Capital

Ellerston Capital is a Sydney-based specialist investment manager that has managed money since 2002, majority-owned by its principals and employees. Its strategies span Australian, global and Asian equities, long-short equity, private assets and private equity, plus a Significant Investor Visa fund. Ellerston Ventures, its first fund dedicated to private companies, launched in 2016 as an Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership. Its team has invested privately since 1999, including early-stage Seek and Carsales investments. A Special Opportunities Platform, launched in 2011, offers deal-by-deal co-investment in unlisted Australian businesses. Portfolio companies include Attain Health Tech, Genero, Literacy Planet, Friendsurance, Ansarada and Intelledox. Co-investments include hipages, Deals Direct and Temando, while its Pre-IPO fund backed BWX, Bellamy's and Murray River Organics. Focus areas include technology, software, e-commerce and health care. Ellerston Ventures focuses on leads with strong management teams and businesses, and its investment team stays actively involved in managing growth and helping founders. Across the firm, the aim is to identify outstanding ideas and build portfolios that perform over the long term.