BGH Capital (BGH) is an Australian

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company established in 2017 by Robin Bishop, Ben Gray, and Simon Harle. BGH is headquartered in

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and is owned and managed by its founding partners. Ben Gray and Simon Harle established and led the Australian and New Zealand private equity team at

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, while Robin Bishop was previously head of

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Australia and New Zealand. BGH Capital Fund I had a final close of approximately A$2.6 billion in May 2018. BGH Capital Fund II closed in February 2022 at $3.6 billion.

Investments

In 2019 BGH purchased

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-based education provider Navitas in a $2.3 billion deal with AustralianSuper and invested i
CyberCX
creating the largest independent pure-play cyber security services firm in Australia and New Zealand. In 2020 BGH acquired Healius' medical practices (now known a
For Health
and purchased a stake in online travel agenc
TripADeal
In May 2022 a 51% stake i
TripADeal
was sold to

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. In 2020 BGH also acquired Abano Healthcare Group and

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's entertainment and leisure business. In 2021 BGH acquired dental practices 1300SMILES, invested in Laurent, a Melbourne-based wholesale and retail artisan bakery and Australian chicken producer Hazeldene's. In 2022 BGH acquired Bupa NZ's dental business and acquired Virtus Health which was de-listed from the ASX. It also took a stake in

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Investments

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