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3 unusual facts about Catcha Group


Catcha Group

Group CEO Patrick Grove has described Catcha Group as being akin to a venture equity firm rather than a traditional investment group.

Since inception, Catcha Group has completed a number of landmark transactions with a total of four IPOs to date: the 2007 IPO of iProperty Group on the Australian Securities Exchange, Catcha Media Berhad on Bursa Malaysia in 2011, and the 2012 IPO of iCar Asia and 2013 IPO of iBuy Group both on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Speaking in an interview with BRW, Patrick Grove was quoted as saying: “In an industry that moves so fast, the way to get market share fast is to acquire rather than start from scratch.


William Klippgen

Klippgen was one of four judges on the show alongside Patrick Grove (co-founder of the Catcha Group), Ken Mandel (Managing Director of Buddy Media Asia Pacific) and Karan Singh Thakral (Executive Director of the Thakral Group of Companies).


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