Buyout PE
CPE Capital
CPE Capital acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Australia. It states a focus on consumer & retail, business & professional services, industrials & manufacturing and transportation & logistics.
Stated investment criteria
What CPE Capital says it buys
Read from CPE Capital’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.
A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. CPE Capital states that it takes majority or outright ownership. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by CPE Capital to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.
Regulatory record
How CPE Capital is registered
From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.
| Adviser status | Exempt reporting adviser |
| Regulatory assets under management | Not reported by an ERA |
| Private funds advised | 2 · $225m gross |
| SEC adviser number | CRD 162126 |
An exempt reporting adviser is not required to report regulatory assets under management, so the blank above means the question was not asked rather than that the answer is unknown. Where a figure exists it is the gross asset value of the private funds the firm advises, which is a different and usually larger measure.
Portfolio
Disclosed holdings
Companies CPE Capital lists on its own website. No investment years are published. 2 have a recorded transaction against them in the deal archive.
| Company | Invested | Years held | Recorded transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABF | — | — | — |
| ASDAM | — | — | — |
| Adventure Online | — | — | — |
| Ambrose Construct | — | — | — |
| Ambrose Construct Group | — | — | — |
| Arlec | — | — | — |
| Banksmeadow Recycling | — | — | $36m 2019 |
| Bikebug | — | — | — |
| British Sausage | — | — | — |
| Modus | — | — | $9.5m 2023 |
| Pushys | — | — | — |
| bmrecycling.com.au | — | — | — |
Compiled from CPE Capital’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.
Recorded transactions
Buying and selling
Deals in which CPE Capital is named as buyer or seller in the transaction archive. 4 recorded exits, most recently in 2021. 1 recorded acquisition.
| Company | Side | Counterparty | Year | Consideration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourmet Food | Sold | Mondelez International | 2021 | $323m |
| Banksmeadow Recycling | Bought | BINGO | 2019 | $36m |
| LCR Group Pty Ltd. (LCR) | Sold | Qube | 2019 | $96m |
| Accolade Wines | Sold | The Carlyle Group | 2018 | $712m |
| Maia Financial | Sold | Monash Private Capital | 2015 | $135m |
Compiled from a transaction archive of 10,204 recorded deals. Most private transactions are never disclosed, so this is a sample of a firm’s activity rather than a complete record of it.
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