Ironbridge Capital is an Australian equity firm that invests in

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businesses. It invests in buyouts and expansions of medium to large sized businesses. Ironbridge was founded in 2003 by Neil Broekhuizen, Paul Evans, Julian Knights and Greg Ruddock, who collectively own the company. Its largest investment since July 2007 has been media company

MediaWorks New Zealand MediaWorks New Zealand is a New Zealand-based company specialising in radio, outdoor advertising and interactive media. It is jointly owned by U.S. company Oaktree Capital Management and out-of-home advertising company QMS. It operates nine n ...

, which owns TV3, C4 and half of New Zealand's radio stations including

Radio Live Radio Live (stylised as Radio LIVE) was a nationwide Auckland-based New Zealand talkback, news and sport radio network owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand. It was formed by the 2005 split of talk and racing network Radio Pacific i ...

More FM More FM is a New Zealand radio network that plays hot adult contemporary music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand. More FM broadcasts in 25 centres throughout New Zealand on 81 transmitters with a mix of local and network programming. ...

, The Rock,

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and The Breeze. It had a 70% controlling stake in MediaWorks, making it one of the largest owners of the New Zealand media industry, and played an active role in the management of the company. MediaWorks' lenders took control of MediaWorks in 2013 and pushed Ironbridge out. Its other investments include Affinity Health, Australian Drilling Solutions, EnviroWaste, FleetPartners,

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(now sold), Qualcare, ReproMed, Recreational Tourism Group, Stardex Insurance Group and

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. Ironbridge Capital also owns the Global Renewables Alternative Waste Treatment Plant located at

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. Ironbridge invest $13M and co-ordinate Australia largest pre-revenue capital raising in Australian SME Challenger bank

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External links

Ironbridge website
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