Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Perpetual raised.
Companies Perpetual acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Geoff Lloyd | CEO (former) | SmartCompany, Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Perpetual. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Insurance broker Steadfast is set for an A$7.7 billion take-private by a KKR-backed consortium, with Amwins and Dragoneer taking its two businesses, amid a wider Australian public-to-private wave.
Weekly funding roundup covering eight local companies that together banked $80m, topped by twin $17m Series Bs at Safewill and Fresho, plus Celosia's $16.75m Series A and five smaller rounds.
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Aura Group announces Jack Remond has joined as an analyst on its private credit team, handling investor reporting, portfolio analysis and deal due diligence; he previously worked on securitisation trusts at Perpetual.
Australian brokerage Stake names former Perpetual and MLC chief Geoff Lloyd as board chairman, citing his three decades of financial services leadership as the firm reports growth in assets and customers.
Jobs platform Work180 raised $2.2 million led by Skip Capital, with Giant Leap and Investible among new backers; co-founder Gemma Lloyd raised while pregnant, with funds earmarked for US expansion and hiring.
SurfStitch listed on the ASX after buying Billabong's stake and Swell.com for about $35m and Quiksilver's Surfdome for $45m; its IPO and pre-IPO raising drew several prominent fund managers.