| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.12.2022 | Quadrant partners with Cevo, Arinco & D6 Consulting | QUADRANT GROWTH FUND PARTNERS WITH LEADING NEW ZEALAND CYBER SECURITY SPECIALISTS
QUANTUM SECURITY SERVICES, ZX SECURITY, AND HELIX SECURITY SERVICES
• Three leading cyber security specialist providers to over 200 enterprise and government ... |
| 08.12.2022 | Quadrant has partnered with Aidacare, a leading Australian healthcare distributor, to accelerate the growth of the business in domestic and international markets. | |
| 11.08.2020 | Quadrant Growth Fund and Quad Lock Partner to Accelerate Growth | |
| 11.02.2020 | Quadrant Growth Fund to Acquire ARQ Group Enterprise | The Quadrant Growth Fund (“Quadrant”) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Arq Group Enterprise (“Arq Enterprise”) business from Arq Group Limited (ASX:ARQ) for a price of $35 million. Quadrant will partner in the acquisition with t... |
| 17.09.2019 | Quadrant Growth Fund to Acquire a Majority Interest in Adore Beauty | The Quadrant Growth Fund (“Quadrant”) has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority interest in leading online beauty retailer Adore Beauty. Quadrant is partnering in the acquisition with the founders of the business, Kate Morris and ... |
| 09.09.2019 | Quadrant Growth Fund to Acquire a Majority Interest in Modibodi | The Quadrant Growth Fund (“Quadrant”) has made a major investment in Modibodi, who are a leading Australian designer, developer and provider of sustainable personal hygiene apparel for periods, incontinence, perspiration and pregnancy. Quad... |
| 05.09.2019 | Quadrant Growth Fund to Acquire a Majority Interest in Love To Dream | |
| 05.07.2019 | Quadrant Growth Fund to Acquire Graysonline | The Quadrant Growth Fund (“Quadrant”) has entered into an agreement to acquire the GraysOnline (“Grays”) and AreYouSelling businesses from Eclipx Corporation Limited (“Eclipx”) for a price of $60 million. Quadrant will partner in the acquis... |
| 31.12.2018 | Critical infrastructure for the heart of the nation | Greg Boorer and Ken Lowe took a leap of faith when they founded Canberra Data Centres (CDC) in 2007. The demand was there, but the government’s risk aversion was a major impediment. |
| 19.07.2018 | Media Announcement RPG Jul 18 | ROCKPOOL PAYROLL AUDIT |
| 06.07.2018 | Quadrant eyes 20pc growth with Junior Adventures after-school care buyout | Photo: Advent Partner's Brad Lynch, JAG CFO Chris Twible, Quadrant Private Equity managing partner Marcus Darville and JAG CEO Sinead Ryan. Elke Meitzel
by Simon Evans
The No.2 player in the after-school care market in Australia is eyeing a... |
| 20.12.2017 | The Entertainment and Education Group Acquires Ardent’s Bowling and Entertainment Division | - |
| 24.10.2017 | QUADRANT AGREES TO DIVEST THE REAL PETFOOD COMPANY | MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
QUADRANT AGREES TO DIVEST THE REAL PETFOOD COMPANY (“TRPC”)
Quadrant Private Equity (“Quadrant”) has entered into an agreement to divest its majority interest in TRPC (formerly VIP Petfoods) to a consortium of investors a... |
| 19.05.2017 | Burson (now Bapcor) Case Study | Darryl Abotomey thought he was heading for retirement when he got a call from Garry Johnson—the founder of Burson Auto Parts—in 2011. Darryl had just finished four years in a leadership role at rival car parts operator Repco, and thought he... |
| 23.11.2016 | Quadrant Private Equity buys into Sydney car dealer Peter Warren | Private equity firm Quadrant has bought a large chunk of the Peter Warren Automotive Group which generates $1 billion in revenue annually from nine vehicle retailing outlets in Sydney and the Gold Coast, as corporate activity accelerates in... |
| 15.11.2016 | Quadrant Private Equity cruises into $300m Australian tourism play | Quadrant Private Equity has made a $300 million bet on the Australian tourism industry, buying three "experiential tourism" companies to create the Experience Australia Group.
Quadrant started with The Ghan and Indian Pacific owne... |
| 19.08.2016 | Quadrant Private Equity investors rush to $980m raising | Quadrant Private Equity has confirmed its status as one of Australia's most in-demand private equity managers, after it scaled back bids from some investors to raise a $980 million fund in record time. The Sydney-based private equity firm, ... |
| 19.08.2016 | Quadrant Private Equity to acquire Fitness First from Oaktree | Quadrant Private Equity has snapped up gym chain Fitness First and will transform one of the country's best known fitness brands to ensure it is not caught napping again by new trends sweeping the $2 billion gym industry.
The acquisition, f... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant sells out of retirement village owner Summerset | Quadrant Private Equity has sold its last piece of New Zealand retirement village owner Summerset Group in a block trade through four brokers. |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant wins CFO Award for Virtus Health | On 31 October 2013 Quadrant Private Equity was announced as the winner of Private Equity Exit of the Year at the 2013 Financial Review CFO Awards held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney. The award recognises the successful IPO of Virtus Heal... |
| 14.03.2016 | Private Equity in the Spotlight | Private equity firms, thrust into the public eye by the 1989 book and film adaptation of Barbarians at the Gate, are on heightened alert as hedge funds increasingly eye distressed debt in the secondary market, destabilising refinancing and ... |
| 14.03.2016 | Expands the Quadrant Team | - |
| 14.03.2016 | Acquires Hunter IVF and Fertility Gold Coast | In March 2011, Virtus Health completed the acquisition of Hunter IVF, the Hunter region’s leading Newcastle based fertility care business.
In July 2011, Virtus completed the acquisition of Fertility Gold Coast, the leading fertility care bu... |
| 14.03.2016 | iSentia set for $408m market cap | Media monitoring business iSentia will have a market capitalisation of $408 million when it lists on the Australian Securities Exchange next month. |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant wins NZVCA Award for Summerset | The New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (NZVCA) has announced the winner of the NZVCA award that recognises outstanding performance in the private equity industry. |
| 14.03.2016 | Successful IPO of Kathmandu | In November 2009, Quadrant successfully divested its investment in Kathmandu via an Initial Public Offering in both Australia and New Zealand. Since acquisition in mid 2006, Kathmandu generated significant revenue and earnings growth from a... |
| 14.03.2016 | Continues to Invest and Strengthen Portfolio | Quadrant continues to seek attractive investment opportunities and has successfully completed three new investments during the past nine months.
Since raising the $500m QPE No.2 fund in April 2007, Quadrant has invested approximately $300m ... |
| 14.03.2016 | Burson Auto Parts lists on ASX | Burson Auto Parts (ASX Code: BAP) successfully listed on the ASX on 24 April 2014. |
| 14.03.2016 | Acquires Melbourne IVF | In November 2008, Quadrant investee, IVF Australia acquired Melbourne IVF, a leading Victorian based fertility care business, doubling the size of the group. Melbourne IVF presented a synergistic acquisition opportunity with a group of like... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Private Equity keen on Icon Cancer Care | Quadrant Private Equity is weighing a significant investment in Icon Cancer Care, Australia's largest provider of assistance to oncology patients. |
| 14.03.2016 | New Team Addition | Marcus Darville
We are delighted to announce that Marcus Darville has joined the Quadrant team. Marcus has been in the Private Equity industry for over fourteen years. He commenced his career in the UK with NatWest Ventures before joining t... |
| 14.03.2016 | $500m fund over 40% invested | Since raising $500m for Quadrant Private Equity No. 2 in April 2007, Quadrant has invested over $200m of equity in three investments:
Quick Service Restaurants: Comprising the Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treat brands, the business conti... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant To Buy Super A-Mart | Quadrant Private Equity has bailed out furniture retailer Super A-Mart and Barbeques Galore in a deal with owners Ironbridge Capital worth about $500 million. |
| 14.03.2016 | Quick Service Restaurants Acquires Oporto | Quadrant backed Quick Services Restaurants Pty Limited (the owner of Red Rooster and Chicken Treat) has acquired the Oporto Portuguese Chicken and Burger Chain for $60 million. The acquisition will increase store distribution to 540 outlets... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Invests in City Farmers | Quadrant Private Equity has made a $93 million investment in City Farmers, a specialty retailer of pet food, supplies and products. The Perth based business is the fifth investment for QPE3. |
| 14.03.2016 | Acquisition of a 50% Interest in APN Outdoor Joint Venture | Acquisition of a 50% Interest in APN Outdoor Joint Venture |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Closes Seventh Fund at $850 million | Quadrant Private Equity has closed its seventh fund - Quadrant Private Equity No. 4 - raising $850 million. Investors are local and international wholesale superannuation funds and institutions. The fund had a target raising of $750 million... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Strengthens Management Team | Justin Ryan has joined the investment team as a Partner of the firm. Justin was previously Chief Executive Officer of Alesco Corporation Limited, an ASX listed diversified industrial company. Prior to this he was an Investment Director of C... |
| 14.03.2016 | Expands team and builds portfolio | Quadrant has expanded its investment team with the recruitment of three additional professionals: |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant forms part of private equity firms testing the IPO waters | It's a busy time for sponsor coverage investment bankers and private equity lawyers. As soon as next week, private equity firms, with their bankers and lawyers, will begin visiting fund managers to sound out their appetite for IPOs.
As many... |
| 14.03.2016 | Media Monitors Rebrands and Expands Asian Business | - |
| 14.03.2016 | Jonathon Pearce Joins Quadrant Team | Jonathon Pearce recently joined the Quadrant investment team. Jonathon previously worked for CVC Capital Partners and prior to this he was a Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the transaction services team. |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant To Acquire Burson Auto Parts | Quadrant Private Equity has signed an agreement to acquire Burson Auto Parts (Burson) from its co-founder, now majority shareholder and Managing Director Garry Johnson and other shareholders for a price of $148 million. Garry Johnson and ex... |
| 14.03.2016 | Successful divestment of TOWER Software | In May 2008 the TOWER Software business was sold to Hewlett Packard (HP) for $113m. TOWER is a leading enterprise content management software business with operations in Australia, the US, UK and Canada. Quadrant invested in TOWER in Octobe... |
| 14.03.2016 | New big names on the VC top-ten list | Venture capital is perhaps the most glamorous asset class. At the cutting edge of the economy, driving innovation and growth, venture capitalists offer investors the prospect of backing the next Google. But the industry is notoriously secre... |
| 14.03.2016 | Strengthens Portfolio and Divests ATF | During the past 3 months, Quadrant has broadened its portfolio through the successful acquisition of Media Monitors, expanded the Quick Service Restaurants footprint via the acquisition of a competitor in Western Australia, and successfully... |
| 14.03.2016 | Bolt-on Acquisition for Quick Service Restaurants | In August 2010, Quadrant investee company Quick Service Restaurants contracted to acquire a competitor in Western Australia. The acquisition will add an additional 40 chicken fast food stores to the network and provide further critical mass... |
| 14.03.2016 | Divests QSR and Strengthens Portfolio | Sucessful Divestment of Quick Service Restaurants |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Closes $750 million Private Equity Fund | Quadrant Private Equity has closed a $750 million Private Equity Fund (QPE No. 3) with investors being wholesale domestic superannuation funds, local and international institutions. The fund had a target raising of $600 million with investo... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant wins AVCAL Award for Virtus Health | |
| 14.03.2016 | Investments | Sentinel Limited
Quadrant Private Equity No.1 has invested NZ$20 million in Sentinel Limited, a leading supplier of reverse mortgage products to the seniors market. The group includes Sentinel in New Zealand, Australian Seniors Finance in A... |
| 14.03.2016 | New Manager Quadrant Private Equity closes $265 million fund | On 2 November 2005 a new company, Quadrant Private Equity Pty Limited (“QPE”), owned by the management team had a first and final close of its fund Quadrant Private Equity No. 1 of $265 million. The raising was heavily oversubscribed with i... |
| 14.03.2016 | Funding for Buyout and Growth Capital | - |
| 14.03.2016 | Acquires Queensland Fertility Group (QFG) | In October 2009, Quadrant investee, IVF Holdings acquired QFG, the leading Queensland based fertility care business. QFG presented a synergistic acquisition opportunity with a group of like minded doctors that provided the Group with geogra... |
| 14.03.2016 | Funding for Buyout and Growth Capital | Quadrant is one of Australia’s leading mid market private equity investors focussing on attractive investment opportunities within the following parameters:
• Enterprise value of $100m to $300m
• Equity cheque of $50m to $100m
For further i... |
| 14.03.2016 | Round table: the challenge for private equity | Greg Minton (managing partner, Archer Capital): We've invested no money out of our new fund. We've looked at a range of opportunities in the last nine to 12 months. Last year was a busy year so we are pretty happy to be spending time beddin... |
| 14.03.2016 | Zip looks boiling hot as it weds Quadrant with $300m dowry | Fifty-two years after founding one of Australia's largest private manufacturers, Zip Industries' Michael Crouch has sold to private equity in a deal estimated to value the instant boiling water business at about $300 million. |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant acquires majority stake in Zip Industries | Quadrant's QPE3 fund has made an investment in Zip Industries; its seventh and final investment for that fund. |
| 14.03.2016 | Invests in Summerset Retirement Villages | In April 2009, Quadrant acquired a 50% equity interest in Summerset Retirement Villages from AMP Capital Investors. Summerset is one of New Zealand’s leading operators of retirement villages and providers of aged care services.
Comprising t... |
| 14.03.2016 | Media release - ATF Hire Group - July 2010 | 010701-Final-ATF-Media-Release.pdf |
| 14.03.2016 | Virtus Health float breathes life into IPO market | The world's first publicly listed fertility services business Virtus Health has made a strong debut on the Australian Securities Exchange, closing 9 per cent ahead of its listing price and opening the window for a raft of public float hopef... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Closes $500 million Private Equity Fund | Quadrant Private Equity today closed a $500 million Private Equity Fund (QPE No.2) with investors being wholesale domestic Superannuation Funds and local Institutions. The fund had a target raising of $400 million with investor appetite bey... |
| 14.03.2016 | Investment in ICON Cancer Care Group | Quadrant Private Equity's latest fund - Quadrant Private Equity No. 4 - has invested $40 million in the buyout of ICON Cancer Care Group (ICON). ICON is a leading Australian provider of medical oncology services with five cancer day hospita... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Looking to IPO Virtus Health | Quadrant Private Equity has announced that it is exploring the possibility of taking Virtus Health to an IPO. |
| 14.03.2016 | Acquires the Exchange Hotel in Brisbane | In May 2011, Quadrant investee, Independent Pub Group, acquired the freehold going concern of the Exchange Hotel, a high volume entertainment hotel located in Brisbane’s CBD. The acquisition brings IPG’s total hotel portfolio to 19 hotels l... |
| 14.03.2016 | Successful Divestment of ATF | In July 2010, Quadrant successfully divested its investment in ATF via a sale to CHAMP Private Equity. ATF is Australia’s largest provider of temporary fencing and height safety services to the residential, commercial and construction marke... |
| 14.03.2016 | Continues to Strengthen Portfolio | Quadrant continues to seek attractive investment opportunities. During the past 6 months, Quadrant has increased its ownership interest in Summerset from 49% to 98% and successfully acquired Queensland Fertility Group (QFG) to broaden the c... |
| 14.03.2016 | Acquisition of Burson Auto Parts | In October 2011 Quadrant successfully concluded the buyout of Burson Auto Parts. Burson is a leading Australian distributor of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories to the trade repair and service market. Burson has a purpose built w... |
| 14.03.2016 | Acquires Remaining 49% of Summerset from AMP Capital | In April 2009, Quadrant acquired a 49% equity interest in Summerset Retirement Villages from AMP Capital Investors. Summerset is one of New Zealand’s leading operators of retirement villages and providers of aged care services.
In April 201... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant to swoop on aged care outfit Estia | Mid-tier private equity firm Quadrant is poised to acquire aged-care operator Estia Health for about $175 million in a deal that will mark the sixth investment from its latest fund, which had $750 million to deploy. |
| 14.03.2016 | Sucessful IPO of Summerset Retirement Villages | Quadrant completed a successful Initial Public Offering of New Zealand based Summerset Retirement Villages on 1 November 2011. Summerset was the largest IPO on the New Zealand Stock Exchange in the past four years and delivered strong retur... |
| 14.03.2016 | Acquires Lasseters Hotel Group | In September 2008, Quadrant investee, Independent Pub Group, acquired the Lasseters Hotel Group’s nine freehold and leasehold hotel portfolio. The hotels acquired are large format gaming & hospitality hotels. The acquisition brings IPG’... |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Private Equity closes new fund at $850 million | Leading Australian buyout firm Quadrant Private Equity has closed its seventh fund at $850 million, setting the benchmark for other sponsors seeking to raise capital this year. |
| 14.03.2016 | Quadrant Acquires CQMS Razer | Quadrant Private Equity has completed the acquisition of CQMS Razer from Macquarie Group and Tom Meyers. The management team of CQMS led by its CEO David Haslett have also invested in the buyout of the business.
CQMS is a leading player in ... |
| 14.03.2016 | Virtus Health Expands Day Surgery Operations | In January 2012 Virtus acquired the Mackay Day Hospital. Renamed the Mackay Specialist Day Hospital, to recognise the change in ownership, the facility is a two theatre day surgey supporting Queensland Fertility Group's patients for their I... |
| 11.03.2016 | Quadrant to acquire V.I.P. Petfoods | Quadrant Private Equity No. 4 (Quadrant) has entered into an agreement to acquire V.I.P. Petfoods (VIP) for A$410 million. Quadrant will partner with the founders of VIP to back the existing management team, including Rex Devantier and Kent... |
| - | Burson Automotive joins IPO traffic jam | When Garry Johnson put his 40-year old automotive parts business, Burson Automotive, up for sale two years ago he could have sold it to a rival such as Repco or Supercheap Auto. |
| - | Quadrant’s Portfolio | Quadrant Private Equity No. 1 is a $265 million Private Equity Fund which was raised in November 2005. Prior to the formation of the current fund the management team raised and managed three Quadrant Capital Funds bringing the total funds u... |
| - | Quadrant invest in Estia Health | Quadrant Private Equity has made a $90 million investment in Estia Health, a leading aged care operator with over 1,100 beds under management across 10 facilities in Victoria. This is the sixth investment for QPE3. |
| - | Investment in Canberra Data Centres | Quadrant Private Equity No. 4 has made an investment in Canberra Data Centres (CDC) partnering with its founders to lead the business through the next phase of growth. CDC is the largest provider of outsourced data co-location services to t... |