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Who is Nightingale Partners?
Nightingale Partners is a private equity firm based in Australia.
Firm facts
Nightingale Partners
- Type
- private equity firm
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Website
- nightingale.com.au
Industries
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How they work
Nightingale Partners is an Australian private equity investor providing patient expansion capital to middle and lower-middle market companies. Its open-ended investment vehicle generally takes minority stakes and works alongside management over the long term. It also backs selected early-stage technology businesses.
Nightingale selects management teams with growth potential, invests expansion capital and works alongside them on strategy, financial discipline and execution. Its patient approach supports businesses until they can operate successfully on a standalone basis.
- Majority or minority
- Primarily minority stakes; the published Mayfield Group holding is labelled majority.
- Ownership
- Works alongside management on strategy, financial discipline and operations.
- Sector focus
- Engineering, services, manufacturing, energy and apparel; selected B2B software, fintech, virtual reality, medical technology and smart cities.
- Hold period
- Patient, long-term investing without a stated fixed holding period.
- Founder ownership
- Backs business owners and management through expansion capital.
- Capital model
- Open-ended investment vehicle with a flexible investment mandate.
Their portfolio
Showing 14 of 14 known holdings — coverage is still partial.
Company
Sector
What they do
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doAurora Marketing provides business development, tender preparation and marketing consulting services, including strategy, writing and bid production.
- SectorFinancial servicesWhat they doAvenue is an Australian bank developing a focused range of banking products for small and medium businesses.
- SectorHealthcareWhat they doControl Bionics develops wearable assistive devices and communication systems for people with paralysis and loss of speech.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doCounta supplies integrated financial and project management software for communications agencies.
- SectorSoftware & IT servicesWhat they doEnprise Group provides cloud business systems, ERP consulting and software businesses serving customers in Australia and New Zealand.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doFabulate operates a content platform connecting advertisers, agencies and publishers with freelance creators and measuring campaign performance.
- SectorFinancial servicesWhat they doFat Prophets provides equity research, investment recommendations and wealth management services for investors across international markets.
- SectorConsumer & retailWhat they doLOKE provides mobile ordering, payment and loyalty software for hospitality and retail merchants, including click-and-collect and table ordering.
- SectorIndustrials & manufacturingWhat they doMayfield Group designs and manufactures electrical switchrooms, switchboards and motor control centres and provides electrical engineering services.
- SectorSoftware & IT servicesWhat they doOK Group develops, acquires and grows software, data and technology businesses; Nightingale links its investment to PayOK.
- SectorEducationWhat they doStart Beyond produces virtual and augmented reality training content and provides platforms for delivering enterprise training across devices.
- SectorMedia & telecomWhat they doVadacom provides internet telephony systems for medium-sized and large business customers in New Zealand.
- SectorLogistics & transportWhat they doVehicle Monitoring Systems provides wireless vehicle sensors and analytical tools that help public parking operators manage access and traffic flow.
- SectorConsumer & retailWhat they doZhik develops technical apparel and equipment for sailing and other water sports, selling through an international distribution network.
Sources
- nightingale.com.au · website
- nightingale.com.au · research
- nightingale.com.au · research
- nightingale.com.au · research
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