| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.09.2022 | solarZero Announces Acquisition by BlackRock Real Assets | solarZero, New Zealand’s leading provider of solar, battery storage and energy services, announced today that a fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets has agreed to acquire the company . New Zealand is currently leading Asia Pacific’s clean ... |
| - | December 2013 | The outlook for the New Zealand economy remains positive with economists predicting GDP growth in the 3-4% range for 2014 driven by strong terms of trade with buoyant dairy prices, the forthcoming Christchurch rebuild and improving general ... |
| - | ARANZ Geo secures investment funding from Pencarrow to accelerate global growth | ARANZ Geo is a world leader in the visualisation and interpretation of geological sciences for the mining, hydrogeology and geothermal industries. ARANZ Geo is well known as the developer of Leapfrog 3D geological modelling solutions. The C... |
| - | March 2015 | New Zealand’s economy is continuing to exhibit strong growth particularly in comparison to Australia which has caused the exchange rate to rise to near parity against the Australian dollar for the first time in 42 years. While lower dairy p... |
| - | Pencarrow IV Fund acquires Digiweb Holdings | Pencarrow has invested in Digiweb to acquire the company and support its acquisition of Web Drive to create a leading New Zealand domain name and web hosting business. |
| - | RedShield wins the NZ Hi-Tech Award 2020 for Emerging Hi-Tech Company of the Year | |
| - | solarcity selected as Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer | 21 September 2017 - New Zealand's leading solar energy service company, solarcity, is pleased to announce it has been selected as a Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer.
Tesla Powerwall will be integrated into the company's solarZero energy ... |
| - | December 2016 | Full Market updates and Quarterly reports are available for Limited partners in our Investors Section. |
| - | September 2016 | New Zealand has one of the strongest performing economies in the western world with current year-on-year GDP growth of 3.6% driven by particularly strong growth in construction and tourism along with strong inbound migration. Growth is expe... |
| - | solarcity awarded R&D funding to accelerate clean energy | Auckland, 17 July 2019 – solarcity, New Zealand’s leading solar power company has been awarded a Research & Development grant by Callaghan Innovation to help accelerate its revolutionary new service, solarZero. |
| - | June 2015 | The most recent quarter has seen some interesting economic developments both within NZ and further afield. Probably the single most important development from a NZ perspective has been the precipitous fall in dairy product prices over the q... |
| - | June 2016 | In response to the most unexpected Brexit result, there was the initial high market volatility with significant downward movements in the pound and sharemarkets. However the financial markets very quickly stabilised and recovered their pre-... |
| - | RedShield appoints Cybersecurity veteran as board director | RedShield, specialists in web application shielding, has announced the appointment of industry thought-leader Kate Kuehn as a board director. |
| - | March 2014 | The New Zealand economy continues to perform strongly with the medium term outlook for GDP growth being 3% or more which augurs well for confidence in investment markets. Growth is broad-based with both high consumer and business confidence... |
| - | Leading global coffee company JDE conditionally acquires BrewGroup | The combined business will become New Zealand’s number one player in both coffee and tea. Netherlands-based JDE has over 260 years of history with brands such as Moccona, Jacobs, Piazza Doro and L’Or capsules. JDE New Zealand and BrewGroup ... |
| - | World-class entrepreneur joins ARANZ Geo Board of Directors | Scott Houston joins ARANZ Geo’s Board of Directors as company focuses on pushing innovation boundaries and global expansion |
| - | RedShield wins Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the Year | The 2020 Hi-Tech Awards were held last week with Serko claiming the win in the PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year category. |
| - | Equity investment sweetens plans for yoghurt maker | Yoghurt maker The Collective is to launch its products in Europe and expand "massively" in the UK after Pencarrow Private Equity took a 39 per cent stake in the Auckland-based company. |
| - | NZ Super Fund and private equity investments | Pencarrow Private Equity is featured in an article by the NZ Herald regarding investments made by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. |
| - | Bentley Systems Enters into $1.05 Billion Agreement to Acquire Seequent, Global Leader in 3D Modeling Software for the Geosciences | Seequent’s future direction and success has been recognised through a new partnership that will see Seequent become part of the Bentley Systems group of companies. International infrastructure engineering software company, Bentley Systems I... |
| - | VF Corporation to acquire 100% of Icebreaker Limited | We are delighted to announce that Pencarrow Private Equity (“Pencarrow” or the “Fund”) has accepted an offer by VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) to acquire 100% of Icebreaker Limited. |
| - | New Zealand Green Investment Finance invests in solarZero to accelerate the growth of solar and battery deployment | New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF) has invested $10 million in solar energy services company solarZero, to support the growth of the company. |
| - | Nigel Bingham presents at AVCJ | Nigel Bingham is presenting at the 10th annual AVCJ Australia and New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Forum being held in Sydney on 6-8 March 2013. |
| - | December 2014 | Equity markets, particularly in New Zealand and the US, were relatively strong during the quarter rising by between 5% and 7% though there was also a high level of volatility which belies a general level of nervousness about the level of va... |
| - | ARANZ Geo Continues Geothermal Focus | CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – September 20, 2017 – ARANZ Geo, developer of Leapfrog® 3D geological modelling, has released Leapfrog Geothermal 3.4. The release is the second phase in a major development programme to provide a unified sub-surface solut... |
| - | Mix Limited, from part-time whim to leading beauty products firm | An article written by Karyn Scherer for the NBR published 7th January 2020. |
| - | Seequent and Murray & Co win M&A transaction of the year | CHRISTCHURCH, NZ, 23 May, 2019 - Seequent, a world leader in the development of 3D geological modelling and visual data science software, and New Zealand investment bank Murray & Co were named winners of the Chapman Tripp – M&A Tran... |
| - | Pencarrow V Investment Fund LP invests in New Zealand Frost Fans | Pencarrow Private Equity is pleased to announce that Pencarrow V Investment Fund LP has acquired a 75% stake in New Zealand Frost Fans (NZFF). |
| - | MMC appoint two new independent directors | A press release from MMC published 3rd July 2020. |
| - | RedShield Security raises NZ$14m to drive revenue growth and accelerate product innovation | RedShield, a world leading web application and API protection company, has raised NZ$14m of capital funding from lead investor Pencarrow (a NZ private equity firm) and existing shareholder, Sage Technologies. |
| - | Seequent announces growth equity investment with Accel-KKR | CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – September 5, 2018 – Seequent (formerly ARANZ Geo), a world leader in visual data science, today announced it has closed a growth equity investment agreement with Accel-KKR, a leading Silicon Valley technology focused priv... |
| - | 'It's an arms race': The Kiwi cyber firm that shielded Biden's home state during 2020 election | The 2020 US Presidential Election had the highest voter turnout in 120 years. |
| - | solarcity and Westpac NZ Collaboration Wins INFINZ Award | - |
| - | September 2015 | In the most recent quarter, the dairy prices appear to have stabilised and partially reversed their decline from the previous quarter, resulting in a slight firming of the New Zealand dollars. There appears to be a divergence emerging acros... |
| - | MMC acquisition of Aegis | Auckland-headquartered fund administration firm MMC has emerged as the surprise winner in the battle for the ASB-owned investment platform Aegis. |
| - | Pencarrow V Investment Fund LP invests in Avanti Finance Limited | Pencarrow Private Equity is pleased to announce that Pencarrow V Investment Fund LP (Fund V) has acquired a ~9.2% stake in Avanti Finance Limited (Avanti or the Company). |
| - | solarcity Raises NZ$5 Million Capital | SolarCity New Zealand Limited ("SolarCity") today announced the completion of a NZ$5m capital raising with Pencarrow Private Equity, to fund its expansion strategy across New Zealand and the Pacific. |
| - | Solarcity new CEO appointment | Neil Cowie appointed CEO of New Zealand’s leading solar power company |
| - | Seequent wins Buyouts Insider International Deal of the Year | Shaun Maloney from Seequent and Tom Barnds from AKKR talk through the journey which led to Bentley Systems acquisition of Seequent in June 2021. |
| - | Adding value through private equity | ARANZ Geo (AGL) is a unique software business which started out making a diagnostic aid for wound care before being adapted for use by Weta Workshop technicians to generate some of the extraordinary animations in the Lord of the Rings film ... |
| - | ARANZ Geo announces company name change to Seequent, reflects vision for the future | CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – November 2, 2017 - ARANZ Geo announced today that the company is changing its name to Seequent. The name change and rebrand reflects the company’s expansion into a broader range of global industries and markets. |
| - | solarcity teams up with Vodafone to transform Kiwi houses into smart homes | - |
| - | June 2014 | During the last quarter, the New Zealand economy and markets continued to perform strongly with New Zealand set to be one of the fastest growing economies in the OECD this year. Key drivers of growth continue to be the Canterbury rebuild, d... |
| - | September 2014 | Over the past quarter sentiment in financial markets and the general economy has flattened compared to the relative buoyancy over the previous 12 months. While GDP growth is beginning to peak in New Zealand, the economy is still expected to... |
| - | solarcity wins top innovation and leadership awards | Auckland - 27 November 2017. solarcity, the nation’s leading solar energy services company, won the top innovation award and its founder, Andrew Booth, was named Industry Person of the Year at the at the annual conference for the Sustainabl... |
| - | solarzero Features in Transpower's Distributed Energy Resources Report | Click the link below to read the full report |
| - | BeGroup acquires second site | BeGroup, Pencarrow’s aged care investment, was successful in a tender to acquire an additional site in Remuera - the now closed Rawhiti Bowling Club. |
| - | ARANZ Geo recognised for global success | ARANZ Geo Limited, a recognised world leader in the visualisation and interpretation of geological sciences, has been named as a finalist in the 2014 Champion Canterbury Awards in the Global Operator category. |
| - | Seequent named Supreme Winner | CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – November 9, 2018 - Seequent, a global leader in the development of visual data science software and collaborative technologies, has won the Supreme Award at the 2018 New Zealand International Business Awards, after earlie... |
| - | NZVCA Growth Capital Deals of the Year | Successful investments by two private equity firms in Icebreaker and HealthLink won awards from the New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (NZVCA) as the best deals of the year at its annual conference in Queenstown (tod... |
| - | Joint Venture between Oji Fibre Solutions and Netlogix | Article by Andrew Bevin, published in National Business Review Monday 3rd December 2018 |
| - | New-look and feel for MMC as Aegis era ends | Investment News |
| - | Seequent acquires Geosoft: Merger of Leapfrog and Geosoft brands creates subsurface geoscience and modelling powerhouse | CHRISTCHURCH, NZ and TORONTO, Canada – 13 November, 2018 – Seequent, a world leader in visual data science, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Geosoft, a Canadian geoscience software company headquartered in Toronto with ... |
| - | December 2015 | The most recent quarter continued to see interesting economic developments around the globe. The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates from zero for the first time in around seven years and the Chinese economy continued to slow. With the... |
| - | Pencarrow V Fund closes at hard cap of $250 million | MEDIA RELEASE |
| - | June 2017 | During the past quarter there was some good news for the neoliberal economic establishment with the resounding win of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential and parliamentary elections, a counter to the rise of populism, with its impact... |
| - | Local private equity investor partners with MMC | NZ private equity investor, Pencarrow, has taken a 50 per cent stake in Auckland-based fund administration firm MMC via a new investment vehicle.
In a deal confirmed last week, the Pencarrow Bridge Fund completed its first investment with t... |
| - | MMC new CEO appointment | The fast-growing Auckland fund administration business, MMC, has hired a new chief executive officer amid a senior level restructure that will see a co-founder step down from day-to-day duties. |
| - | MMC investment in Invsta | MMC has followed up its surprise purchase of the ASB-owned Aegis investment platform early in October by taking a small slice of Auckland-based fintech firm, Invsta. |
| - | Rishworth sale announcement | Through the AMP Pencarrow Fund (Fund III), Pencarrow Private Equity is pleased to have accepted an offer to acquire Rishworth Aviation by Empresaria Group plc, a LSE-listed international specialist staffing group. Rishworth will add to Empr... |
| - | MMC hires first CFO | MMC has hired Jacky Hollingsworth as its inaugural chief financial officer (CFO). |