Origin Capital Partners

The founding group — Dominic Jones, Lain Jager, Craig Greenlees, and Paul Jones — controls investment decisions. Each has held senior roles across the Zespri cooperative and the broader kiwifruit supply chain. The firm has not announced any external investment committee or non-founder decision-makers.

No. The firm's website describes it as a specialist funds manager focused exclusively on New Zealand's food and fibre sectors, and all three known funds target only SunGold kiwifruit orchards and associated Zespri shares. There is no evidence of side vehicles or expansion into other crops or geographies.

Origin does not manage Zespri. It buys and develops orchards that produce SunGold kiwifruit and holds Zespri shares, which are a regulatory requirement tied to export rights under New Zealand's kiwifruit marketing structure. The firm's funds collectively represent the third-largest Zespri shareholder (per firm website), but Origin's founders also hold leadership roles within the Zespri ecosystem independently of Origin.

Origin raises closed-end, wholesale-investor funds, deploying capital from the first close into the acquisition of existing kiwifruit land, development of greenfield orchards, and the associated Zespri shares. It does not offer open-ended liquidity or operate a permanent-capital vehicle. Fund 3, announced in April 2026, follows the same format as Funds 1 and 2.

Origin is structured as a specialist fund manager, not a single-family office. It pools capital from 260 external wholesale investors via two completed closed-end funds and is currently marketing a third. The founders' family interests are aligned alongside external investors, but the firm runs commingled vehicles, not a single-family balance sheet.