Decade Partners

Decade Partners is a Sydney-based investment fund that deploys permanent capital into a concentrated portfolio of public and private businesses. The firm seeks minority interests in companies with long-term growth potential, and can commit up to $50 million per investment. Because its capital is permanent rather than drawn from a fund with a fixed life, the holding period is not constrained by a conventional ten-year fund structure.

Investing is high-conviction and concentrated by design. Decade Partners invests across both listed and unlisted companies, an approach more often associated with holding-company or family-office capital than with traditional venture funds. The firm also co-invests alongside other managers: in 2022 it co-led the $25 million Series A of Zepto, a payments company, with AirTree.

The investment team comprises three named managers: Ben Barzach, Tom Hordern and Julian Reddick. The firm operates from Sydney, Australia, and sits within investment management and financial services, spanning venture and growth-stage investing.