Permanent ownership
We don't acquire businesses to restructure them, rebrand them, or flip them in five years. When we buy, we hold indefinitely.
Private Holding Company · NZ & AU
We acquire and permanently hold exceptional businesses.
We believe your life's work deserves better than a flip.
What we look for in a business →When we buy, we hold indefinitely.
Your people. Your culture. Your name.
Permatech's stated model is decentralised operation, with management retaining day-to-day authority within agreed governance and transaction terms.
A fair deal, not a process
Permatech seeks fair, willing and mutually beneficial transactions.
A long-term ownership model adapted for New Zealand and Australia.
Listed groups including Lifco, Addtech, Lagercrantz, Indutrade and Judges Scientific describe long-term ownership and decentralised responsibility across portfolios of niche businesses. Their structures and results vary.
We've applied that model here, in NZ and Australia, starting with the kinds of businesses we know best: industrial, commercial, skilled, essential. Businesses that don't make headlines but keep the country running.
We're not buyers.
We're partners.
This distinction matters. Financial sponsors and trade buyers use different ownership structures and may have future liquidity or integration plans. Permatech acquires excellent businesses with the explicit intent to hold them permanently. We bring operational expertise, stay after the deal closes, and measure success by the enduring health of the business over decades.
We don't extract value through aggressive cost-cutting or forced exits. We build value by supporting the management teams, investing in growth, and preserving the culture and reputation you've built over decades.
Joel Surges
Managing Partner & CEO
Joel has worked in NZ and the UK across industrial services, renewables, investments, and business strategy.
Chuck Slogrove
Co-Founder
Chuck is an entrepreneur who has built multiple successful technology and financial services businesses in New Zealand.
Built something you're proud of?
If you're quietly wondering what comes next, not ready to call a broker, not ready to tell anyone, just thinking, we're a good first conversation. Confidential. No obligation. No process until you want one.
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