Emerging Companies

We invest in extraordinary founders and their high growth emerging companies

Access an integrated capital and advisory offering that can help your company thrive, working with a team that knows what it takes to scale a business.

Investec’s Emerging Companies team invests in companies with high growth potential, backed by strong founders.
  • We invest early in companies solving both local, regional and global problems
  • After investing, we roll up our sleeves to help our companies scale up – from scouring our network to secure a vital hire or the right lead investor for the next stage, to just being a trusted sounding board
  • Think of us as investor as well as trusted long-term partner for your business

A$3-5m

Average entry ticket

10+%

Target entry stake

17

Number of portfolio companies

Emerging Companies selected portfolio companies

Vamp

The Vamp platform seamlessly connects brands to social content creators. Their influential global community specialises in high-performing, mobile-first creative.

Longtail UX

Longtail UX's AI-powered platform targets, ranks and drives revenue from the thousands of longtail keywords your competitors are blind to.

Comestri

The Comestri platform gives merchants the ability to manage and enrich multiple sources of product information for use across independent sales channels such as ecommerce platforms, marketplaces and other online channels such as social media, email marketing platforms, order management systems and dropshippers.

MadeComfy

MadeComfy provides end-to-end Airbnb property management services to unlock your property’s potential and enable you to earn at least 40% higher returns, hassle-free.

Dresden Vision

Dresden Vision creates high-quality, sustainably-made, customisable prescription eyewear.

Openpay

Openpay partners with Merchants to provide buy now pay later (BNPL) repayment plans to Customers in-store, in-app and online. Openpay's BNPL offering allows Customers to purchase what they want and need while spreading repayments over time and attracting no interest costs.

Tiliter

Tiliter is a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) provider whose technology uses computer vision to recognise products without bar codes. 

Emerging Companies Australia

FAQ

  • What is a typical investment?

    • We typically make an initial investment of $3m - $5m for a minority stake [of 10%-25%], and prefer to be the lead investor in a round
    • IEC focuses on companies in Australia and New Zealand, however, does consider investments in other geographies
    • We are generally sector agnostic and look for great companies to invest in across industries

  • What do we look for in a company?

    • A demonstrated track record (not in ‘proof of concept’ phase)
    • High conviction growth potential
    • Sustainable competitive advantage
    • Strong founder influence and alignment

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