From our family business, to yours

Keeper & Co isn’t the result of a strategy session; it’s the culmination of a life spent in and around small businesses, watching family after family build something that lasts. I’ve loved working alongside those businesses, and have always known I wanted to build one of my own.

I’ve spent nearly three decades in business - much of it close to the small business community. I’ve held senior leadership roles at Xero and Employment Hero, spent years in consulting, and led teams across operations, finance, product and growth in a range of sectors. That’s given me a front-row seat to how small businesses really run: the payroll weeks, the cash flow crunches, and the people decisions that keep owners up at night. It’s also shown me how much of the owner’s DNA runs through every family business.

Keeper & Co is my leap. It’s a partnership with investors, family offices and operators who’ve spent their lives building businesses just like yours - a business built for generations.

Thinking about selling your family business is a deeply personal thing. It deserves more than a corporate headshot and a bullet-pointed CV. So instead, I thought I’d show you my "why" - my best friend and wife, and four incredible (and very full-on) teenage daughters. I’m a guy in my late 40s who has worked in businesses of all shapes and sizes, but Keeper & Co is different. This will be my legacy that I can proudly share with them.

If any of that sounds familiar, let’s talk.

(If you want the résumé version, including roles, companies, the MBA, etc., that’s what LinkedIn is for. I’ve got a nice corporate headshot too!)

Keeper & Co was co-founded by the people behind some of Australia’s most successful family businesses, bringing together decades of ownership and operating experience.

Our founding group includes the families behind MYOB, Chickenfeed Bargain Stores, Prime100 Pet Food, Mandala Resorts, Complete Home Filtration and many other brands you'd likely know.

Collectively, we have built, operated, acquired, and invested in more than 100 proud Australian businesses.

Founder capital, not a fund

"Permanent equity" is an increasingly popular label, yet many individuals and firms using the term still operate just like private equity funds. They raise capital deal by deal, answer to financial investors you’ll never meet, and run to a clock set by someone else’s return targets. Their hold periods may be longer, but the pressures are the same.

Keeper & Co is not a fund; it is a company owned and backed by committed capital from our founding families. We don’t have to find investors for each business that we buy because we are the investors ourselves. That means when we make you an offer, you can have confidence we’re ready to deliver it.

We aim to partner with founders to co-own the very best family businesses in Australia. That word "co-own" matters: ideally we’d like you to keep a legacy stake, so you and your family continue to share in the success of the business you built for generations to come.

Founders who’ve been on your journey

Building a business takes years of hard work, difficult decisions and personal commitment. Selling one is more than a transaction; it’s about deciding who you trust to take it forward.

Our co-founders have all been there. They’ve built and grown businesses, worked through the challenges that come with them and, ultimately, handed them on to new owners. That experience shapes how we partner with founders today.

Our goal is to partner with you to build on what you’ve created, to keep what makes your business special and help your business thrive long into the future.