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RECENTLY COMPLETED & ANNOUNCED EXITS DELIVER VANTAGE FUNDS AN AVERAGE GROSS 4.3 X RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL VPEG4 COMPLETES FINAL CLOSE WITH $180M OF COMMITMENTS FROM OVER 500 INVESTORS VPEG5 COMPLETES FIRST CLOSE WITH $37 MILLION OF COMMITMENTS FROM OVER 200 INVESTORS & REMAINS OPEN FOR INVESTMENT VANTAGE FUNDS COMMIT A FURTHER $150 MILLION TO UNDERLYING PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS &…

During February 2022, the Vantage Private Equity Growth 5 (VPEG5) investment committee approved a $1.0 million co-investment alongside Allegro Funds Pty Ltd into Gull New Zealand. Established in 1998, Gull is the leading independent fuel distributor and retailer with a network of 112 primarily unmanned fuel stations and a 91ML fuel import Terminal in Mount Maunganui. On 14th March 2022,…

During the first five months of the Funds operations, the Vantage team spent a considerable amount of time conducting due diligence on a number of primary private equity funds and co-investment opportunities within the Australian and New Zealand lower to mid market. The extensive due diligence process led to the recommendation for the VPEG5 Investment Committee to approve of the…

VPEG5 will only make investments into, or alongside, later expansion and buyout funds that target the consistently strong performing, lower to mid-market segment of Private Equity in Australia, where businesses typically have an enterprise value of between $25m - $250m at initial investment. This segment of Private Equity is attractive due to the following reasons; There is less competition for…

Vantage Private Equity Growth 5 (VPEG5) recently completed its first close with more than 212 investors committing approximately $37.0 million, enabling VPEG5 to commence its investment program. VPEG5 also remains open for investment for new investors and will conduct monthly closes until its target fund size of $250 million is reached. VPEG5 is an Australian Private Equity Fund of Funds…