Lempriere Capital

What Lempriere Capital does

Lempriere Wells is a boutique global investment bank established in 2019 as the dedicated M&A advisory arm of the Lempriere Group, a multi-generational Australian commodity and investment house that traces its origins to 1823 and The Bank of Van Diemen's Land. The firm is headquartered in Melbourne at L14, 1 Collins Street, with additional offices in Paris and Tasmania, and provides cross-border M&A advisory, strategic consulting, growth capital facilitation, and bilateral transaction execution to high-growth consumer and retail brands. Its named client base spans beauty and personal care (Grown Alchemist, Dr. Vranjes, Alpha-H, Patricks, Coco & Eve, Rae Morris, Straand, Frank Body, Makeup Cartel), baby care (Freestyle, b.box), apparel and footwear (Casablanca, Cygnett, essano, Templa, RB Sellars, Rossi Boots, Driza-Bone, Cargo Crew), food and beverage (Health Lab, ChefGood, Sunny Ridge), home products (Koala Eco, Sesimi), and technical textiles (Schoeller), with disclosed mandates across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific.

The firm's underlying technology is human-capital-intensive rather than software-driven: its competitive product is senior banker expertise, cross-border deal-making capability, and a curated international network of strategic acquirers (L'Occitane, Shiseido, Unilever Ventures, Marley Spoon, Indoorama Ventures) and specialist private equity investors (Gauge Capital, Glow Capital, EverYi Capital, Vitality Brands, Arrotex Pharmaceuticals, Aussco, Point King Capital, Arcus Partners). US securities activity is conducted through an SEC Rule 15a-6 chaperone arrangement with Finalis Securities LLC (FINRA/SIPC member). No software products, APIs, or proprietary technology platforms are disclosed.

Lempriere Wells generates revenue primarily through transaction-based advisory fees on M&A mandates, complemented by opportunistic direct principal investments into heritage Australian consumer assets (RB Sellars, Rossi Boots, Sunny Ridge). Pricing is negotiated on a per-transaction basis and is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is referral-driven and relationship-based, leveraging the Lempriere Group's multi-generational brand reputation and the senior team's international network. The firm serves enterprise-level clients (founder-led and PE-backed consumer brands) through targeted, direct client engagement rather than self-serve or marketplace channels.

Name

Lempriere Capital

Legal name

Lempriere Wells

Website

https://lemprierecapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lempriere Wells is a boutique global investment bank providing cross-border M&A advisory and capital raising services to high-growth consumer and retail brands, headquartered in Melbourne with offices in Paris and Tasmania.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advisory Fees: M&A advisory fees from facilitating transactions including full sale processes, bilateral engagements, growth capital raises, and strategic advisory mandates for consumer and retail brands.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lempriere Capital operates as Lempriere Wells, a boutique global investment bank providing M&A advisory, growth capital raising, bilateral transaction execution, and strategic advisory mandates to high-growth consumer and retail brands. The firm also makes direct private equity investments in select heritage Australian and growth-stage consumer businesses, and supports cross-border transactions spanning North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific.

Product overview

Lempriere Wells is a boutique global investment bank offering M&A advisory services, strategic consulting, and growth capital facilitation for clients across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. The firm specializes in complex cross-border transactions, providing advisory on sale processes, acquisitions, and strategic growth investments. No distinct software products, platforms, or technology offerings were identified in the source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• M&A Advisory – Full Sale Processes End-to-end advisory and execution of full sale processes for consumer and retail brand owners, including competitive global roadshows, buyer identification, valuation negotiation, and transaction close (e.g., Schoeller, Driza-Bone, Casablanca).
• Growth Capital Raising Advisory and execution of minority and majority growth equity capital raises for high-growth consumer brands, connecting founders with PE investors, family offices, and strategic investors across geographies (e.g., Patricks with Shiseido, Straand with Unilever Ventures, frank body with EverYi Capital).
• Bilateral Transaction Advisory Off-market, bilateral engagements for consumer brands seeking targeted investor or acquirer outreach rather than broad competitive processes (e.g., b.box, essano, frank body).
• Strategic Advisory Mandates Long-term, multi-year strategic advisory covering capital structure, founder liquidity, secondary share sales, geographic expansion capital, and sale process optimisation for consumer brands (e.g., Grown Alchemist, Koala Eco, Sesimi, ChefGood).
• Private Equity Investments Direct equity investments by Lempriere Wells into heritage Australian and growth-stage consumer businesses (e.g., RB Sellars – heritage workwear/apparel brand, Rossi Boots – heritage boot maker, Sunny Ridge – Australia's largest berry farm).

Quantifiable outcome

• Secured valuation twice initial market pricing for Casablanca transaction
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Livingstone Partners: Mid-market investment bank with a dedicated consumer practice. Comparable in boutique positioning, consumer focus, and cross-border mid-market execution.
• The Sage Group: Independent boutique investment bank exclusively focused on consumer and retail M&A. Most directly comparable to Lempriere Wells by virtue of a matching consumer-only vertical and similar mid-market deal profile.
• Drake Star Partners: Global boutique investment bank covering consumer, lifestyle, and tech-enabled brands. Comparable on cross-border mid-market M&A, particularly for digitally native and lifestyle consumer brands.
• Petsky Prunier (now part of Lazard): Boutique investment bank historically focused on consumer/retail and beauty M&A before being acquired by Lazard. Closely aligned with Lempriere Wells on consumer vertical specialization and founder-led brand mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Rothschild & Co: Global advisory firm with a long-standing consumer/retail M&A franchise. Comparable on consumer cross-border execution and heritage brand advisory but competes at meaningfully larger mandate sizes.
• Jefferies: Global investment bank with a consumer/retail coverage team. Competes for cross-border consumer mandates at larger ticket sizes than boutique advisory firms like Lempriere Wells.
• Lazard: Global investment bank with a strong consumer/retail advisory practice following its acquisition of Petsky Prunier. Competes for premium consumer mandates and offers a wider product suite than Lempriere Wells.
• Lincoln International: Global mid-market investment bank with a dedicated consumer practice. Overlaps with Lempriere Wells on cross-border consumer M&A but operates at greater scale and breadth across industries.
• Houlihan Lokey: Global investment bank with a sizable consumer/retail M&A practice. Comparable on consumer mid-market advisory but with significantly greater scale and product breadth.

Emerging players

• GP Bullhound: Advisory firm focused on consumer, lifestyle, and technology-enabled brands. Overlaps with Lempriere Wells on digitally native and lifestyle consumer mandates, particularly in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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