Investment Focus

The Eights focuses on investments across private equity, property, and venture capital.

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The Eights focuses on investments across private equity, property, and venture capital. Within these areas, we deploy a disciplined and considered investment approach grounded in expertise and a deep commitment to achieving optimal outcomes. Utilising debt, equity, or hybrid instruments to optimise risk-adjusted returns for investors, we are able to navigate complexity with tailored solutions to differentiated opportunities.

We seek to provide more than capital, partnering closely with stakeholders to support long-term value creation. The transactions outlined below represent a selection of our key investments and advisory mandates, summarised to illustrate the extent of our experience and capabilities across our areas of focus.

Private Equity
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At The Eights, we focus on traditional private equity investments while thoughtfully integrating alternative strategies to uncover unique opportunities.

Our portfolio includes investments across diverse sectors and strategies, reflecting the depth of our expertise and commitment to delivering value.

Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC) has over 100 years of history preserving Australia's fruit. It was acquired in partnership from Coca-Cola by The Eights in 2019.
Property
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The Eights has a current development pipeline of over $2B across Australia and New Zealand. With several projects in planning, construction and sales stages, The Eights specialise in identifying undervalued and overlooked assets to unlock hidden value and deliver high quality, market leading projects.​

Initial phase of 1 Hansen Road - Queenstown | Developed by The Eights
Venture Capital
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The Eights has backed a number of Australia's most successful ventures. Our approach focuses on partnering with exceptional founders, leveraging our network and expertise to drive long-term value creation. Below is a sample of our proud investments.

Uluu is a regenerative biomanufacturing company producing seaweed-derived plastic substitutes to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and end plastic pollution. ​

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Hullbot is a global robotic hull cleaning service that reduces fuel consumption, increases performance, and minimises greenhouse emissions​.

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Founded in 2019, Aventuur is a leading developer and operator of integrated surf park developments.​

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As a truly sector, structure, and asset class agnostic investment firm, The Eights seeks critical characteristics in investments and management teams.​

Strength of managementpeople, tools, and goals

We back experienced and aligned management teams with a clear vision, strong execution capability, and a proven track record of scaling businesses.

Market
opportunitypeople, tools, and goals

We target businesses operating in large, growing, or structurally attractive markets with the potential to leverage our network and expertise to accelerate growth.

Competitive
advantagepeople, tools, and goals

We invest in companies with defensible positions, whether through brand strength, intellectual property, cost leadership, or high barriers to entry.

Cash flow

We prioritise businesses with reliable, resilient cash flow that support reinvestment and long-term value creation.

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Growth

We seek companies with multiple growth levers and capacity to expand organically and inorganically.