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New Zealand businesses

At Castlerock we buy established businesses at the forefront of their sectors – we don’t invest in start-ups, venture-stage or capital-intensive businesses. By targeting businesses with a proven track record of strong management that delivers high cash yields and growth opportunities, Castlerock invests in the best of New Zealand.

Brooklands Pet  Products

Est. 1966

Over the past 55+ years, Brooklands has grown into one of New Zealand’s leading importers and wholesalers of pet products and tropical fish.

4,000+ pet products in stock

Brooklands identifies, imports, and wholesales a diverse range of pet accessories, aquatic products, pet food and private label products.

Diverse and long-held sector relationships

Brooklands has built relationships with 60+ suppliers, often extending decades, and supplies New Zealand’s leading pet retailers including Animates, Pet Stock and Pet Direct.

Licenced importer of tropical fish

The business specialises in aquatic lines and is licenced to import tropical freshwater fish through its purpose-built facility in New Plymouth.

Well established, family run kiwi business

Brooklands continues to maintain a strong family presence and its customers are treated and respected as part of the Brooklands family.

the Tile Depot

Est. 1995

As a family run, kiwi business, the Tile Depot has grown into one of the largest importers and retailers of quality tiles in New Zealand.

1,000 tile options to choose from

The Tile Depot offers NZ’s leading range, with c. 50 times the number of options customers had at the first store in 1995.

Consumer
Trusted

NZ’s only tile retailer to achieve Consumer NZ’s ‘Consumer Trusted’ accreditation. Winner of the 2020,2021 and 2023 Readers Digest Quality Service Awards for the best tiling stores in
New Zealand.

500,000 sqm
of tiles

The Tile Depot imports half a million square meters of tiles each year from manufacturers based in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil and China.

National footprint

The business operates from 13 showrooms and a network of re-sellers across the country.

Vivo Hair Salon & Skin Clinics

Est. 2010

As a family run, privately owned company, Vivo employs 500 staff in over 80 salons across NZ, with a team of talented regional managers supporting them. Vivo is a leading NZ brand, shaping the hair industry. 

Big hair

Vivo is New Zealand’s largest hair salon business with over 80 salons across New Zealand from Whangarei to Invercargill.

Growing
online store

Vivo’s e-commerce business is growing rapidly and provides and has over 3,000 hair products for customers to choose from at home.

$192 per visit

the average Vivo customer spends $192 per visit and comes back seven weeks later.

More than hair

Vivo does more than just great hair, they also offer Skin and Beauty Treatments.

HELL Pizza

Est. 1996

HELL Pizza is a leading quick-service-restaurant brand with over 75 franchises around New Zealand. Known for its edgy brand, HELL has grown a loyal customer base over its 25 years. Castlerock has partnered with the founder of the business to continue its success.

1 million plus

HELL makes over 1 million pizza deliveries a year.

Helping hands

HELL raised $66.6k for sufferers of Endometriosis in June 2023. We also support thousands of Kiwi kids with the annual HELL reading Challenge.

40,000 pizzas
in a day

Our customers are constantly supplied with new pizza offerings, such as the limited release Lamb of the Dammed pizza.

Eat more Sustainability

98.6% of HELL’s packaging is recyclable and they offset the carbon of each pizza delivery.

Majestic Horse Floats

Est. 1938

Majestic employs over 50 staff and has offices, stables and/or depots in Auckland, Cambridge, Matamata, Palmerston North, Bulls, Christchurch and Invercargill. Since Majestic’s incorporation in 1938, Majestic Horse Floats has grown to be the largest equine transport company in New Zealand.

34 horse floats

Majestic has 34 horse floats,
the biggest of which carts 15 horses at once.  

80 years young

80+ year history of successfully transporting horses around New Zealand.

3.5 million kms

Majestic will cart over
30,000 horses this year, travelling over 3.5 million kms.

$1.6 billion

The NZ racing industry contributes over $1.6 million to New Zealand’s economy, similar to both the wine and seafood industries.

HQ Travel Group

Est. 2007

HQ Travel Group operates the International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) and Intern Abroad HQ brands and is one of the world’s leading providers of impact, adventure, and educational travel, facilitating impactful travel experiences in over 60 countries for customers living in more than 100 nations worldwide. Castlerock has partnered with the founder and management.

#1 rated

Highest rated volunteer abroad and intern abroad provider globally over multiple years.

Profit with purpose

A certified B Corporation since 2015, with every one of the 600+ volunteer and internship programs aligned with one or more United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Impact at scale

IVHQ has helped over 137,000 individuals of all ages to make a difference abroad since 2007

Long-term partnerships

HQ Travel works with partners in local communities, and is proud of the economic and social impact made by its volunteers and interns

HIDDEN Castlerock

Est. 2016

Castlerock is a long-term private equity partnership established by Bancorp. It is an open-ended distribution focused fund that invests in kiwi businesses that have long-term future prospects and enterprise values typically in excess of $5 million.

2016

Majestic Horse floats was acquired as the seed asset for Castlerock in 2016 and we launched to external investors in 2017.

14%+

Castlerock investors have received a 14.1% total return per annum over the last three years. Returns may vary.

2000

Castlerock now employs nearly 2,000 Kiwis across its businesses.

$125 million

Castlerock’s net sales across the
three businesses total over $125 million.

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