d2 Marketing Limited
d2 Marketing (ASX: DTO), formerly CommQuest, is a Melbourne-based company operating in two distinct areas: direct marketing and digital marketing.
The Direct Marketing division is made up of:
- SMART Group (www.thesmartgroup.com.au) – a leading specialist direct sales and marketing company with core service offerings in customer acquisition and contact centre solutions;
- Green Made Easy (www.greenmadeeasy.com.au) – offering consumers reduced carbon emissions through the installation of energy-efficient products; and
- Austral Media Group (www.australmediagroup.com.au) – a niche publishing business selling advertising direct to the SME market.
The Digital division is made up of:
- Next Digital Group (www.nextdigital.com) – one of Australia’s leading full service digital agencies, with a blue chip client base and office locations around Australia and in Asia; and
- Insermo.com, that is building an integrated messaging platform for SMS, MMS and email.
Co-Investor has $5.5m of senior secured 13.0% convertible notes, 76.2% of ordinary shares on issue, and $5.5m of senior secured debt. DTO has shareholder approval to convert the debt facility into equity through a rights issue scheduled in the fourth quarter of FY2010.
Roger Sharp represents Co-Investor on the Board of d2 Marketing and is currently acting as Chairman.
ComTel Corporation
ComTel Corporation Limited (ASX: CMO) is a leading permission-based online and mobile advertising business and a mobile phone operator under the Vodafone network.
Through its Empowered business unit, ComTel has built a database of approximately 550,000 members that agree to receive advertising messages in exchange for rewards. ComTel also operates several pre and post paid mobile brands via a network contract with Vodafone.
Co-Investor is ComTel's largest shareholder, and has board representation.
Tru-Test
Tru-Test Corporation Limited is a market leading agri-tech manufacturer based in Auckland, New Zealand.
With revenues of just under NZ$100m, Tru-Test has three key business units, each with market leading niches: electric fences, milk meters and animal scales.
Co-Investor is one of Tru-Test's largest shareholders, and has board representation.
