Steve Gledden
Managing Partner at Straight Bat Private Equity
Steve Gledden
Managing Partner at Straight Bat Private Equity
Melbourne, Victoria
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2019 - Current
Straight Bat is an income oriented private equity fund that plays the long game. We invest in mature, robust, profitable, medium sized Australian businesses for slightly old fashioned reasons – income, wealth preservation and sustainable capital growth.
General Manager - Corporate Investments
2019
Harris Capital was established in 2016 as the private investment office for the Harris family group. The Melbourne-based family traces its origins back to the founding of Flight Centre travel group, which is now one of the largest travel companies in the world with total transaction value exceeding $20bn annually.
Venture Partner, Investor and Advisory Board Member
2019
Antler is a startup generator and early-stage VC that enables the world’s most brilliant and determined people to build global businesses from the ground up
Non Executive Director
2020
HPS Tech provides advanced manufacturing engineering technology to the food and beverage industry.
Non Executive Director
2021
RPM Hire provides traffic management equipment hire solutions throughout Australia, with branches in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart.
Non Executive Director
2021
ProviCo (Protein Vitamin Company) manufactures functional dairy ingredients & specialised dairy nutrition products that are supplied into the domestic and international markets.
Investor
2022
Toner Group is a multi-service trade group, providing plumbing and electrical services within the domestic, commercial and maintenance markets across Metropolitan Melbourne.
Chairman
2022
W+K is Australia's largest specialist insurance law firm, focussed on insurance, risk management and dispute resolution – the business is structured to reflect client product lines and they service all policy types in every market sector. Reflecting the sophisticated market they serve, they also have strong capabilities in the areas of law that complement insurance law, including class action defence, D&O litigation and media law.
Investor
2022
Red Smoke Alarms provides Australia's best smoke alarms to electrical wholesalers and retailers. Innovative and high quality, Red are the only brand with a 10 year warranty across all products.
Investor
2022
Australia's leading manufacturer of upcycled rubber flooring products for residential and commercial applications including children's play grounds, school and sports surfaces, gym mats, commercial flooring and anti-fatigue matting. Manufactured from recycled rubber car tyres, using state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, A1 Rubber's products reduce landfill, avoid further CO2 production, reduce environmental impact and produce economically responsible products.