Our story

We’re not just investors. Our support goes beyond capital to help businesses achieve their full potential.

While listening carefully to our investee companies’ needs and challenges, we channel our resources and networks towards enabling their success. Our unique investing model is supported by Community Trust South, and we're committed to a lasting and meaningful impact in our region, which includes Southland, Fiordland, and Queenstown Lakes.

We have been investing in the region for over 20 years as the only investment fund for local businesses. With investments in businesses in diverse sectors across the region and further afield, all returns from the fund are invested back into the community.

At our core, our investment rationale is to invest with impact in our region not only providing a strong return to Community Trust South but also working with businesses to enable a diversified economy, fostering innovation and growth, and creating opportunities through investment for our region to thrive economically.

Our passion is elevating regional businesses and optimising their pathway to growth, believing in the strength of our region, its people, and the impact we can have on a national and global scale.