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Investors Podcast | Investing in private companies: What it takes

Sebastian Evans of NAOS Asset Management joins Owen on the Investors Podcast to talk about investing in private companies in Australia.

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Sebastian Evans of NAOS Asset Management joins Owen Rask on the Australian Investors Podcast to talk about investing in private companies/businesses in Australia.

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Owen Rask was recently joined by Sebastian Evans of NAOS Asset Management to talk about the opportunity on offer by investing in private companies.

This is a fascinating conversation that covers:

    • Why Sebastian wants to target private companies with $5m+ in revenue
    • The universe of private companies (Note: in Seb’s chosen universe, there are over 50,000 private businesses compared to less than 400 on the ASX)
    • The risks of private company investing (there are lots)
    • ESG factors when you do private company investing & how NAOS manages ESG concerns
    • How to value and research private companies
    • The legal & corporate governance side of private businesses (e.g. shareholders agreements, types of compliance steps, etc.)
    • How to construct a portfolio of private businesses
    • The filtering process and finding private companies to buy based on ATO data

Date of recording: September 22, 2021

Disclosure: Please note that NAOS is the sponsor of this episode of the podcast and as such agreed to pay a fixed fee to Rask Group, set in advance and by a third party, to appear on this episode. This is a disclosure and not a recommendation of NAOS. Please read the PDS & speak to your financial adviser before acting on the information in this podcast.

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At the time of publishing, the author of this article does not have a financial or commercial interest in any of the companies mentioned.

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