Investing in private companies: What it takes, ft. NAOS' Seb Evans

Owen Rask was recently joined by Sebastian Evans of NAOS Asset Management to talk about the opportunity on offer by investing in private companies.

This is a fascinating conversation that covers:

• Why Sebastian wants to target private companies with $5m+ in revenue
• The universe of private companies (Note: in Seb's chosen universe, there are over 50,000 private businesses compared to less than 400 on the ASX)
• The risks of private company investing (there are lots)
• ESG factors when you do private company investing & how NAOS manages ESG concerns
• How to value and research private companies
• The legal & corporate governance side of private businesses (e.g. shareholders agreements, types of compliance steps, etc.)
• How to construct a portfolio of private businesses
• The filtering process and finding private companies to buy based on ATO data
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Resources:

NAOS Private Opportunities Fund: https://www.naos.com.au/npof-naos-private-opportunities-fund/?utm_source=RASK

Owen's 1st small-cap podcast with Seb: https://www.rask.com.au/2019/11/10/sebastian-evans/

Date of recording: September 22, 2021

Disclosure: please note that NAOS is the sponsor of this episode of the podcast and as such agreed to pay a fixed fee to Rask Group, set in advance and by a third party, to appear on this episode. This is a disclosure and not a recommendation of NAOS. Please read the PDS & speak to your financial adviser before acting on the information in this podcast.

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