Dragon Tree Capital

Overview

Dragon Tree Capital is a private investment firm based in Melbourne, Australia, specializing in early-stage investments across various sectors. The firm focuses on unlocking value in commodities, real estate, and technology, leveraging its deep experience in cross-border transactions and structuring to provide growth capital and innovation. Dragon Tree Capital works with professional and sophisticated investors to identify, structure, and project manage investment opportunities, offering services such as corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic reviews. The firm has significant experience in creating value for software, cloud services, technology, digital media, mining and energy, healthcare, aged care, agri-commerce, and property development projects. Dragon Tree Capital is experienced in unlocking value through structuring, financing, and partnerships to accelerate growth and assist in risk management. The firm works with entrepreneurs and business owners of both listed and unlisted, private and public companies to provide strategy and corporate advice, including performing roles to lead capital raisings, manage debt and equity arrangements, and assist with the structuring and implementation of mergers and acquisitions, divestments, and other specialized structuring. Dragon Tree Capital was established as a specialist cross-border investment business to pursue unique opportunities. The company was established to represent the interests of a single family office (SFO) and over time has expanded to accommodate investment syndication, fund management, wealth management across a spectrum of opportunities, sectors, and geographies. With several decades of global investment expertise and asset management experience, as well as a history of thought leadership and leadership, the leadership of Dragon Tree Capital shares a unique insight with its partners in preserving and generating wealth. The firm operates across a range of sectors and geographies and, while its focus is on direct investment and co-investment models, on certain projects, it provides advisory services to enhance and support entrepreneurs and CEOs or investors in achieving their goals where they are aligned and experienced. Dragon Tree Capital's investment strategies include property and real estate, mining and energy, agribusiness and agriculture, fund management, pre-IPO and listed opportunities, tyre collection and processing, aged care and healthcare, crypto, digital assets and exchanges, gold, BPO, KPO and managed services, drone manufacturing and services, and East Africa and emerging markets. The firm has a history of backing innovative ventures, such as its investment in Rush Gold, a digital gold platform, in September 2021. Rush Gold is building a global technology-driven gold bank for retail and sophisticated investors, as well as business customers. The business was founded in 2016 by CEO and co-founder Jodi Stanton and is based in Australia, with distribution partners in 13 countries. Its Rush Gold app enables people to buy, save, transfer, gift, and spend gold, including via the major mobile wallets, effectively turning gold into a digital currency. On the back of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rush Gold's monthly transaction volume soared 1000 percent, thanks to the uncertainty around how equities would perform. Dragon Tree Capital's investment in Rush Gold demonstrates its commitment to supporting innovative solutions in the financial technology sector. The firm's diverse portfolio and strategic approach reflect its dedication to fostering growth and innovation across various industries and regions.

Investment Focus

• Professional and sophisticated investors
• Alignment with Dragon Tree Capital's investment strategies
• Commitment to long-term growth and value creation
• Experience in cross-border transactions and structuring
• Interest in sectors such as technology, healthcare, real estate, and energy
• Willingness to engage in direct investment and co-investment models
• Openness to advisory services for entrepreneurs and CEOs
• Focus on risk management and value unlocking through structuring and partnerships
• Interest in emerging markets and global investment opportunities
• Commitment to responsible and sustainable investing practices

Portfolio Companies