Founded in 2018, PlayHQ has transformed the management of community sport through its cloud-based platform that simplifies registration, payments, competition management, live scoring, results, websites, apps and participant engagement for millions of players, parents, coaches, volunteers and administrators.
Today, PlayHQ serves nine sports, including cricket, netball, AFL, football, hockey and rugby, and powers the digital infrastructure for four of the top five national governing bodies in Australia – the AFL, Cricket Australia, Netball Australia and Basketball Australia. It has also expanded internationally to support national governing bodies in New Zealand, UK and Canada, processing more than 11 million registrations and fixturing more than 3.1 million games.
The acquisition will see PlayHQ continue under the leadership of CEO Tim MacKinnon and its existing executive team.
G+T’s team was led by Corporate Advisory partner David Josselsohn and lawyers Simon Goedhals, Alex Fielden and Molly Sanders. The Corporate Advisory team was supported by specialists throughout the firm.
David commented:
PlayHQ is a great Australian-founded tech success story and this transaction marks an important milestone in its journey. We are proud to have assisted PlayHQ, its shareholders, including the AFL and Basketball Vic, and management team led by Tim Mackinnon and look forward to seeing their continued success and growth in partnership with Alpine.
G+T worked closely with PlayHQ’s other advisors, Drake Star and Jamieson on the successful transaction.
