# Gavin Lonergan

> Gavin Lonergan is a private equity investor at Direct Capital Private Equity backing Beauty. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Direct Capital Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/direct-capital-private-equity)
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/gavin-lonergan/22/870/772

Gavin Lonergan is a private equity investor at Direct Capital Private Equity in Auckland focused on Beauty and Cosmetics. Gavin has been with Direct Capital since 1998. He is a member of the firm's private equity team. Gavin is a past chairman of the New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and served on its council for five years. In addition to investment responsibilities, Gavin manages the firm's institutional fund raisingprograms, marketing and media activities. He has been the firm's director representative on a number of portfolio companies and is currently a director of Stratex Group and Phitek Systems, and investor representative on Cavalier Wool Holdings.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 50% |
| Cosmetics | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Cosmetic Surgery | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Caci | Caci provides skin treatments, laser hair removal, cosmetic injectables, pigmented lesion, and anti-aging products. |  | Private Equity | Jun 26, 2020 |  |
| Qestral Corporation |  |  | Private Equity |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Direct Capital Private Equity

VC Fund · Auckland, New Zealand

Direct Capital is a private equity manager established in 1994. Today Direct Capital remains owned and managed by three of its founding directors, Ross George, Mark Hutton and Bill Kermode. The team has grown to 13 investment professionals, who together have 110 years of private equity experience.Direct Capital seeks to be a pre-eminentprovider of equity capital to Australasian businesses lacking ready access to the stock market, with a focus on increasing shareholder wealth in private companies, and assisting shareholders to release value.

5 contacts available at Direct Capital Private Equity.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ann Grieve | Office Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ann-grieve |
| Craig Prosser | Finance Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-prosser |
| Gavin Lonergan | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-lonergan |
| Kirsty Keen | Accounts Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirsty-keen |
| Mark Hutton | Founding Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-hutton |

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## FAQ

### What does Gavin Lonergan invest in?

Gavin Lonergan invests primarily in Beauty, Cosmetics and Health Care startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gavin Lonergan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gavin Lonergan closed in Jun 2020. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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