Media Centre

04 August 2010
National Wholesale Investor Survey Release JUN 2010

Latest Quarterly Wholesale Investor National Survey reveals investors seeking to invest now. It reveals that investors are more optimistic, have more money and have invested over the last three months. >more

12 March 2010
National Wholesale Investor Survey Release MAR 2010

Latest Quarterly Wholesale Investor National Survey reveals investors seeking to invest now. It reveals that investors are more optimistic, have more money and have invested over the last three months. >more

20 November 2009
Wholesale Investor Director Reuben Buchanan Featured on Lateline Business

Wholesale Investor Director Reuben Buchanan is interviewed by Lateline Business for his thoughts on the challenges facing the Venture Capital market. >more

13 November 2009
Latest Quarterly Wholesale Investor National Survey reveals renewed interest in pre-IPO deals

The latest quarterly Wholesale Investor National Survey was conducted by Wholesale Investor magazine. The survey was conducted on the registered database of 5,037 high net worth, wholesale, professional and international investors. >more

19 August 2009
Cashed-up investors looking for private companies: Survey

Entrepreneurs should obtain wholesale investment as quickly as possible or they will face a fight for capital when the economic recovery finally arrives, according to a new survey. >more

15 August 2009
Peter Switzer of Sky Business interviews Reuben Buchanan (director of Wholesale Investor)

With the release of the Wholesale Investor National Survey, Peter Switzer interviews one of our Founders to discuss the opportunity for private and unlisted companies seeking capital. The interview also drills deeper to discover what high net worth ivestors seek, when they are looking at investing into private and unlisted companies >more

11 August 2009
Free E-book to Download - Raising Angel & Venture Capital Finance – An entrepreneur’s guide to securing venture finance

Angel and Venture Capital finance assists entrepreneur’s with high growth ventures to capitalise on their potential. However, Angel Investors and VC Funds have their own methods of working and their own specific objectives. Unless the entrepreneur can present the venture investment proposal in their terms and in a form which meets the investor’s objectives, the funding request will be unsuccessful. >more

11 August 2009
Australian Financial Review 11/08/09

Latest Wholesale Investor Opportunities in AFR. >more

25 July 2009
Reuben Buchanan interviewed by Sky Business News

Reuben Buchanan interviewed by Sky Business News >more

24 June 2009
Tom McKaskill - Free ebook download - An Introduction to Angel Investing - A guide to investing in early stage entrepreneurial ventures

Many high net worth individuals are reluctant to invest in early stage entrepreneurial ventures because they are unsure of how to evaluate the investment or to manage their involvement. Even those that do undertake a limited number of investments are unsure how to best structure the deal or when to intervene to ensure their investment is protected. >more

19 June 2009
AVCAL Deal Metrics Survey: a snapshot

he survey, which covered 220 transactions with total enterprise value (EV) in excess of $23.5b identified the strong growth in PE transactions in the Australian market, but also highlighted the start of the decline in deal activity which has continued over the last 9 months, driven by the global economic crisis. >more

13 May 2009
Wholesale Investor - Investor Survey Results - the results will surprise you

Wholesale Investor recently conducted a survey of our Investor network. The results were surprising to say the least! Consumer confidence is at lowest levels, business confidence at lowest levels, but 72% think now is a great time to invest. This is just one of many interesting stastics, providing a strong sense of optimism for companies seeking funds. >more

15 May 2009
Capital Constraints stifle business growth - PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Business Barometer

The PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Business Barometer, conducted for PricewaterhouseCoopers by East & Partners, is the most comprehensive survey of Australian private businesses undertaken, with interviews of more than 750 private businesses. The businesses have an annual turnover of between A$10 to $100 million. >more

16 May 2009
IBIS World - Sector Overviews – Wholesale Investor

Some industries will thrive in the current economic climate – but they are a small minority. Only 4% of the 479 Australian industries IBISWorld analyses will benefit from these conditions, while the downturn spells disaster for another 5%. >more

06 May 2009
Download Your Free Ebook - Tom McKaskill: Invest to Exit - A pragmatic strategy for Angel and Venture Capital Investors

Investors in early stage ventures need to focus on strategic exits if they are to achieve a high return on their investments. This book explains the characteristics of strategic value, how the investor should negotiate the investment and how they should manage the process to a strategic trade sale. The book includes a very detailed discussion on the problems of high growth ventures, the unrealistic expectations associated with IPOs and the advantages of investing in strategic value ventures. >more

30 March 2009
Gain insights on the current private investment space by completing our 2 min survey...

Wholesale Investor is conducting an anonymous survey of the private / unlisted investment community in Australia. The survey is multiple choice and takes less than 2 minutes to complete. This is your opportunity to contribute to the results. Your answers will help gain visibility into the current investment landscape, attitudes, funds available, good sectors, bad sectors, and more. We will make these results available to you which will assist with your research and investment decisions. This information will also be made available to the financial media. >more

20 March 2009
Wholesale Investor Edition 3 is now available

Subscribers should stay on the look out. Wholesale Edition will be arriving in your mailbox and on your desk shortly. If you cant wait... here is our publication online for you. >more

03 October 2008
3eep Scores Goal and Appoints Simon Baker to Board of Directors

3eep, a provider of social media services for sports coaches, players and administrators has today announced the appointment of Simon Baker, former Managing Director of the REA Group/realestate.com.au Ltd, to its board of Directors. >more

01 October 2008
Wholesale Investor launch

As the public markets continue to falter, IPO's have all but ceased, and small cap ASX listed companies struggle to maintain their share price and liquidity. Investor money is seeking alternative investment options that represent more stability and strong growth for the future. This month, a new magazine and website called Wholesale Investor has been launched in Australia. Wholesale Investor aims to be a communication portal between investors seeking access to private and unlisted opportunities and companies who seek to raise capital or a trade sale. >more