Awards History


2010 Award recipients


Portfolio Company Awards

  • Best Early Stage - GBS Ventures for Peplin Inc.
  • Best Expansion Stage - CHAMP Ventures for Mastermyne
  • Best Buyout <$100m - Advent Capital for SCADAgroup
  • Best Buyout $100m-500m - CHAMP Private Equity in partnership with Castle Harlan Inc. for United Malt Holdings
  • Best Buyout <$500m - TPG Capital for Myer

Excellence in Investor Reporting

  • CHAMP Private Equity and Crescent Capital

AVCAL Chairman’s Award

The AVCAL Chairman’s award recognised fund managers who delivered outstanding returns to their investors via a portfolio company exit, but who had not won in another award category.

Jolimont Capital for NextWindow

For more details, visit the media release accouncement.



2009 Award recipients


Portfolio Company Awards

Best Expansion Stage - Investec Wentworth Private Equity for Perkins Shipping Group

Best Buyout <$100m - Greshham Private Equity for Australian Pacific Paper Products

Best Buyout $100m-500m - Anchorage Capital partners for Golden Circle


Excellence in Investor Reporting

CHAMP Private Equity



2008 Award recipients


Portfolio Company Awards

Best Early Stage - GBS Venture and CM Capital for Pharmaxis

Best Expansion Stage - RMB for EIW

Best Buyout <$100m - CHAMP for Amdel

Best Buyout $100m-500m - Ironbridge for Qualcare Group Holdings


Lifetime Contribution Award

Julian Knights, Managing Parnter from Ironbridge Capital



2007 Award recipients

Best Early Stage - Allen & Buckeridge for their investment in Hitwise

Best Expansion Stage - CHAMP Ventures for their investment in Australian Temporary Fencing

Best Buyout <$100m - Crescent Capital Partners for their investment in Valley Longwall

Best Buyout $100m-500m - Archer Capital and Pacific Equity Partners for their investment in Emeco Holdings