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Punakaiki Fund Now Open
- Published November 22, 2016 2:16PM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
Punakaiki Fund is pleased to announce that its offer to sophisticated Australian investors is now open.
Punakaiki Fund is New Zealand’s premier investor in high growth companies, with NZ$20 million of assets across 18 investments including Vend, Timely, Raygun, Vibe Communications, Onceit, Melon Health and EverEdge. Our 18 investments have combined annualised quarterly revenues of $69 million and almost all of the companies do not need to raise capital again to be sustainable.
Punakaiki Fund has access to the best investment opportunities in New Zealand’s strong growth-company ecosystem and intends to IPO within the next 24 to 30 months.
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