Investments

Heritage Lifecare
Aged Care


Heritage Lifecare is one of the largest providers of residential aged care and retirement services in New Zealand. Heritage Lifecare aims to provide its residents with the highest standards of aged care services in a supportive and caring environment and is focused on improving and expanding its portfolio to meet the growing demand for aged care services in New Zealand.
Heritage Lifecare provides critically important infrastructure, facilities and care for an ageing population. Adamantem Capital was attracted to the company’s premium portfolio of properties and the team’s strong operational focus on resident care. Within a highly-fragmented industry, Heritage Lifecare has substantial opportunities to further expand its portfolio.

Hygain Holdings
Animal Feed


Hygain Holdings is a premium Australian horse feed producer established as a family business in 1983. Today, Hygain manufactures and sells specialised horse feed and supplements to the horse racing, breeding and equestrian market segments through wholesalers and independent retailers.
Hygain’s dedicated equine feed mill and manufacturing facility is based in south east Melbourne, Victoria and utilises cooking processes to enhance the nutritional value of its products, improving palatability, increasing feed efficiency whilst reducing the incidences of dietary related equine disorders. Hygain distributes throughout Australasia, North and South Asia, the Middle East and Europe and is committed to growing its international customer base.
Adamantem is pleased to be partnering with management to grow Hygain into a leading, global, premium horse feed business.

Servian
IT services


Vintage: Fund I
Date of investment: July 2018
Date of Exit: March 2021
Industry: IT services
Servian is Australia’s leading specialised data and analytics consultancy firm, providing advisory, consulting and managed services to Tier 1 clients across multiple sectors. In addition to its core data and analytics capability, Servian also has extensive complementary expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Digital, Customer Experience and Cloud. It is a key implementation partner for many of the leading cloud and analytics application providers. Servian currently employs more than 270 staff in Australia and has further offices in New Zealand and Bangalore.
Servian has partnered with Adamantem to take advantage of the growing market opportunity for data and analytics both in Australia and globally. The company is investing in both its core IT services business, as well as exploring natural adjacencies and product/platform opportunities.

Zenitas
Community Health

Zenitas is a leading community-based healthcare provider, specialising in home and in-clinic care solutions.
Zenitas operates in four areas of community based healthcare, Home Care; providing disability and aged care services in people’s homes, Primary Care; including General Practitioners, Allied Health Clinics; clinics providing services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and podiatry and Mobile Allied Health; allied health services delivered in aged care facilities.
As an integrated care provider Zenitas employs over 3000 practitioners and care workers to meet the needs of the community across all ages and life stages and endeavours to be a ‘one stop shop’ for clients and their health needs.
Adamantem is pleased to be working with management to grow the business and create Australia’s leading provider of allied health services and home care solutions.

Hellers
Consumer Products

Descending from a long family tradition of butcheries, Todd Heller opened the first Hellers butchery in New Brighton, Christchurch in 1985. Hellers was soon selling to supermarkets and expanded distribution through the South Island. Today Hellers is New Zealand’s leading producer of processed meats including sausages, ham, bacon and small goods.
The Hellers processing plants have kept pace with technology without compromising the traditional values and quality standards upon which the brand has been founded. The strictest health guidelines are applied to all processes and only the highest quality ingredients are used.
Hellers exports to Australia and acquired Moira Mac’s Poultry and Fine Foods, an Australian manufacturer of chilled ready-to-eat poultry products based in Bendigo, Victoria.
Adamantem is pleased to be partnering with the Founder to grow the combined businesses in Australia and New Zealand.

Legend
Electrical Distribution

Commencing business in 1962, Legend engineers, certifies and supplies commercial, industrial and utility electrical products, data and telecommunications solutions, defence electronics, industrial gas systems and test and measurement products and services. Its products range from highly engineered electrical systems through to core staple products such as lugs, cable glands and cable ties that form part of the critical electrical infrastructure in all built structures where power and data are present.
Legend is a preferred supplier to major electrical wholesalers in Australia and New Zealand and a brand of choice for electrical contractors, power utility and datacoms installers. Legend is renowned for best in class customer service and exceptional on-time delivery of more than 30,000 SKUs.
Legend employs over 300 people across Australia and New Zealand in multiple manufacturing facilities, testing laboratories, offices and warehouses. The company also supplies products through global strategic partnerships within the US, Canada, Europe and Asia.
Adamantem is pleased to be working with the Legend team, to grow Legend’s business into logical adjacencies and strengthen its relationships with key customers and end-users.

Linen Services Australia
Healthcare Laundry Services

Vintage: Fund II
Date of investment: March 2021
Industry: Healthcare Laundry Services
Linen Services Australia is the leading commercial laundry operator in Australia and New Zealand, providing critical linen and garment laundry services to ~3,500 customers. Linen Services Australia has specialist expertise in healthcare linen and longstanding relationships with Tier 1 public and private hospitals. The business currently employs more than 1,800 staff across Australia and New Zealand.
Adamantem is pleased to be partnering with management and Downer EDI Limited, and we look forward to continuing to grow the business for the benefit of its customers, employees and suppliers.

Climate Friendly
Environmental Services

Climate Friendly was founded in 2003 and is a leading developer of land-based carbon offsets in Australia. Climate Friendly work with land holders, farmers and Traditional Custodians to change their land management practices in order to reduce emissions and increase the level of carbon stored in the landscape. Through these new practices landowners earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) and generate a more sustainable and diversified revenue from their land.
Adamantem is pleased to be working with the founder and management team to help them achieve their ambitious target to abate 100 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2025, and continue to be at the forefront of future developments in this space.

NAK Hair
Consumer Products

Founded in 2003, Brisbane-based NAK Hair has grown to become one of the largest professional haircare companies in Australia, selling to 3,000+ salons, specialty retailers and online. NAK is focused on creating professional and salon-quality retail haircare which is primarily Australian formulated, vegan, paraben and sulphate free with an emphasis on environmentally sustainable packaging.
Adamantem is pleased to be working with the management team and look forward to continuing to grow the business.

Advara HeartCare
Medical

Adamantem has acquired the only national provider of Cardiology, Sleep and Respiratory services in Australia. A patient’s journey at Advara HeartCare begins at diagnosis and covers a full range of best-in-class services and technologies to treat cardiovascular disease (from initial consultation to non-invasive diagnostics, complex treatment, remote monitoring and follow-up). Through the quality of its doctors, teams and processes, Advara HeartCare is able to achieve superior clinical outcomes than comparative published data, in Australia and globally.
Adamantem is pleased to be working with the management team led by Dr David O’Donnell and the doctors to help them achieve their ambition of extending quality heart care to over a million Australians and having a greater impact on society not just limited to care but also better encompassing preventative care, policy influence and advocacy.

Retail Zoo
Consumer Products

Retail Zoo is an Australian market leader in the fast refreshment and casual dining categories. The company now has more than 750 stores in Australia and overseas, anchored by Boost Juice, the iconic Australian brand founded in 2000, and has expanded into other brands including Betty’s Burgers which is now the fastest growing casual dining brand in Australia.
The Retail Zoo platform brings together four exciting retail brands, each with their own unique personality and product that operate in adjacent but non-competing categories – being Boost Juice, Betty’s Burgers, Salsas and CIBO.
Retail Zoo’s portfolio is made up of a mixture of franchise and company owned stores in Australia. Retail Zoo also has a global presence through the Boost Juice brand. All brands have benefitted from the development of industry-leading systems, processes and analytics capabilities. These tried and tested systems have been developed into Retail Zoo’s signature business platforms, benefitting each of the brands within the portfolio.
Adamantem is pleased to be working with the management team led by Nishad Alani and the founder Janine Allis to continue growing the business by rolling out new stores and investing further in the platform and brands.

Pac Trading
Food packaging supplies

Investment Fund: Environmental Opportunities Fund
Date of investment: July 2023
Industry: Food Packing Supplies
Pac Trading is a leading Australian national distributor of sustainable packaging and serviceware products used mostly in food service applications (e.g. coffee cups, straws, utensils, napkins and takeaway containers used by cafes and restaurants). The business was founded over 20 years ago by its two Founders, and supplies compostable, recyclable and other products to ~1,500 distributors and end customers in the food services and other industries.
Adamantem is pleased to be partnering with the Founders and management to support the business through its next phase of growth.