PRIVATE EQUITY
Founded in 2000, Crescent is one of the most well-established Australian private equity managers with the firm’s top quartile success built diligently in mid-market expertise. Crescent has raised over $4.5Bn across 7 core private equity funds, co-investments and continuation funds.
Crescent is a ‘value add’ manager making investment decisions based on long term thematics with a high engagement model where our large and experienced investment and management team of more than 45 professionals, can work closely with our portfolio companies.
QUICK FACTS
FIRM
ESTABLISHED
2000
TOTAL
CAPITAL RAISED
$4.5Bn
PE FUNDS RAISED
SINCE INCEPTION
7
GLOBAL PE MANAGER
RANKING
Top
Quartile
deals
in healthcare
~45%
COMPLETED INVESTMENTS SINCE FOUNDING
50+
COMPLETION
OF EXITS
37
FOLLOW-
ON ACQUISITIONS FOR
PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
200+
YEARS PARTNERS
WORKING TOGETHER
20+
Crescent is the market-leading healthcare franchise in Australia with a stable, long-term partner group who have worked together across industries and sectors.
SECTOR EXPERTISE
Healthcare Services
Healthcare is Crescent’s largest sector by investment with around half our private equity funds invested in this sector. Our team have over 35 years of experience working in and across the full spectrum of healthcare and allied health businesses.
Diagnostics and Imaging
Over the past 20 years, Crescent’s reputation as an investor in the Australian diagnostic and imaging field is unrivalled. Our partners have experience in managing, operating and investing in this sector through financial cycles and changes in regulation.
Specialty Clinic and Medical Services
At the core of everything we do in healthcare is the belief that a focus on quality and clinical outcomes for patients is paramount. If this is at the core of decision-making then commercial outcomes will follow
Industrials
Crescent is one of the most active Private Equity investor in industrial companies in Australia and New Zealand having invested in 15 industrial businesses in the last 7 funds ranging from building products and manufacturing across industries.
Industrial Technology
Crescent’s investments into companies focussed on innovation and specific technological advancements have helped innovate Australian businesses compete on a global stage.
Financial Services
Crescent has achieved long-term success investing in financial and insurance service businesses; a sector where the firm has invested since it was first established. Value is created through organic growth, acquisitions and geographic expansion.
Business Services
Our investments across education and the business services sector have lead to significant positive change for the people who work within them, and the for the environments they support. The value created is deep and sustainable.
Social Infrastructure
Crescent invests in social infrastructure where our methodology, values and operational expertise is aligned with the goals and aspirations of the founders and business management.
Logistics
Crescent’s increasing interest in logistics operation and management flows from having deep understanding and involvement in the broader Australian and New Zealand industrial sector.
Consumer Products
Crescent has deep experience across numerous subsectors of the broad consumer landscape including consumer health, skincare, Consumer Packaged Goods and pet health and products.
INVESTMENT APPROACH
Crescent Capital Partners is a value-add manager.
We make investments based on long- term thematics and employ a high engagement model of management. Our team develops and assists businesses reach their strategic and operational capabilities to enable them to grow and prosper.
Active Ownership
Crescent has an active partnership ethos, which is a highly structured and disciplined approach to portfolio management and hands-on value creation. We believe an active engagement model is key enabler of strong company performance.
Accelerated Growth
In addition to equity capital, partnering with Crescent brings access to deep industry expertise and significant strategy and operational support. This serves to drive growth and performance improvement, accelerating value creation for shareholders.
Business Building
Crescent Capital is unique in its ability and track record of building out businesses from a standing start, internally and in partnership with management teams. We have a large internal team which helps accelerate a portfolio company management team’s decision making.
Partnering for Success
The foundation of our success is the working relationship we have with the business owners and leadership teams we partner with. Every year we ask all of our executives the question – Would you recommend working with Crescent to a friend or colleague? We are proud to have globally leading NPS scores with our executive partners.
Added Value Support
We operate one of the largest investment teams in the market, enabling us to work alongside our management teams to accelerate business performance. From cross portfolio introductions and business development, provision of consulting style support on key projects, through to assisting portfolio companies through major strategic change, the Crescent investment team has a unique blend of management consulting and operational skill sets to support investee companies.
Crescent Growth Fund
Crescent’s Growth Fund is a separately managed strategy within Crescent private equity with the same Investment Committee and using the same disciplined process around investment selection and management. The focus of this fund is on smaller sized investments, that still fit Crescent’s strategic framework but are sit within the lower-mid market.
Crescent Evergreen Private Equity Fund
Crescent’s Evergreen Private Equity Fund gives wholesale investors the opportunity to access Crescent’s established and proven private equity program with the added benefit of greater liquidity than a traditional ‘closed end’ private equity fund structure.
The Fund will invest in Crescent’s private equity funds, continuation vehicles and co-investment opportunities as well as other funds managed by Crescent with similar strategies.