# Mark Hutton

> Mark Hutton is a startup investor at Direct Capital Private Equity. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Direct Capital Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/direct-capital-private-equity)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/mark-hutton/0/140/66b

Mark Hutton is a startup investor at Direct Capital Private Equity. A founding director of Direct Capital, Mark is on the investment committees of Direct Capital and Pohutukawa Funds. He has a strong background in private equity, specialising in mergers, acquisitions and funding structures for portfolio companies. Mark has been a director of a number of portfolio companies and is currently a director of HiwayGroup, Scales Corporation, Stratex (manufacturing), New Zealand King Salmon (food) and Speedscan (imaging/scanning).

## 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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