Affinity Equity Partners

Affinity Equity Partners is an independently owned private equity fund managers established in March 2004 following the spin-off of the UBS Capital Asia Pacific team, the successful private equity arm of UBS AG in the region.  Affinity raised its fifth fund of US$6.0 billion in December 2017.  Affinity currently advises and manages approximately US$14 billion of funds and assets, making it one of the largest independent financial sponsors in the region. Affinity operates out of 6 offices: Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney, Beijing and Jakarta.

Bain Capital

Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with approximately $150 billion of assets under management that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Since our founding in 1984, we’ve applied our insight and experience to organically expand into several asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital and real estate. We leverage our shared platform to capture cross-asset class opportunities in strategic areas of focus. With offices on four continents, our global team aligns our interests with those of our investors for lasting impact.

BC Partners

BC Partners is a leading alternative investment manager with over €40 billion in assets under management across private equity, private debt, and real estate. A pioneer in European buyout established in 1986, BC Partners today invests across Europe and North America.

• BC Private Equity has raised 11 successive funds totaling over €30 billion of committed capital, making 124 private equity investments, and generating significant co-investment deal-flow for its investors. It is currently investing its eleventh fund, targeting upper mid-market buyout opportunities across its four core sectors: TMT, Healthcare, Industrials & Business Services, and Consumer, in Europe and North America.
• BC Credit manages opportunistic and direct lending strategies targeting primarily direct private credit origination in the mid-market in North America, with opportunistic European exposure.
• BC Real Estate is investing its first fund, and targets value-add Office and Living opportunities in Western Europe with a focus on asset repositioning in high density locations.

BlackRock

BlackRock Alternative Investors serve investors seeking outperformance in real estate, infrastructure, private equity, credit, hedge funds and alternative solutions. We strive to bring our investors the highest quality investments by drawing upon our global footprint, superior execution capabilities and position as a preferred partner. BlackRock manages $320 billion in alternative investments and commitments on behalf of clients worldwide as of June 30, 2022.

CVC

CVC Capital Partners is one of the world’s leading private equity and investment advisory firms. Founded in 1981, CVC has completed over 300 investments in a wide range of industries and countries across the globe.

Since its establishment in 1999, CVC Asia has raised 5 dedicated Asia funds with total commitments of c.US$15 billion. As of September 2021, CVC Asia has made over 70 investments in the region.

Recent Asian investments include:

• NTL: Thailand’s leading non-bank auto-loan provider

• Soho Global Health: Leading branded consumer health / OTC pharmaceutical company in Indonesia

• Fine Today Shiseido: Carve-out of the personal care business of Japan’s #1 beauty brand with extensive global presence

• BAPE: Premium Japanese streetwear fashion brand with c.150 points of sale across 23 countries

• Yikang: #1 Retail pharmacy chain in China’s Shaanxi Province with c.1,600 outlets nationwide

• Good Choice: Korea’s #2 provider of online accommodation booking services

As of September 2021, CVC Asia consists of 64 investment professionals across 8 offices in the region.

EQT

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies. With a Nordic heritage and a global mindset, EQT has a track record of almost three decades of delivering consistent and attractive returns across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies. Uniquely, EQT is the only large private markets firm in the world with investment strategies covering all phases of a business’ development, from start-up to maturity. Including Exeter, EQT today has more than EUR 67 billion in assets under management across 26 active funds within two business segments – Private Capital and Real Assets.

Private Capital - Established in 1995 with the first EQT Private Equity fund, Private Capital is EQT’s largest Business Segment with EUR 34.4 billion of AUM as of 31 March 2021. Private Capital comprises four Business Lines: Private Equity, Ventures, Public Value and Growth. EQT has grown its Private Capital segment rapidly whilst achieving strong returns throughout its history.

Real Assets - Established in 2008 with the first Infrastructure fund, Real Assets is EQT’s second largest segment with EUR 24.3 billion of AUM as of 31 March 2021. The Business Segment employs approximately 70 Investment Advisory Professionals and 11 Advisory Partners across seven offices. Real Assets comprises two Business Lines: Infrastructure and EQT Exeter.

With its roots in the Wallenberg family’s entrepreneurial mindset and philosophy of long-term ownership, EQT is guided by a set of strong values and a distinct corporate culture. EQT manages and advises funds and vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to future-proof companies, generate attractive returns and make a positive impact with everything EQT does.

The EQT AB Group comprises EQT AB (publ) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, which include general partners and fund managers of EQT funds as well as entities advising EQT funds. EQT has offices across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas with more than 975 employees.

Lexington Partners

Lexington Partners is a leading global alternative investment manager primarily involved in providing liquidity solutions to owners of private equity and other alternative investments and in making co-investments alongside leading private equity sponsors. Lexington Partners is one of the largest managers of secondary acquisition and co-investment funds with $55 billion in committed capital since inception. Lexington has acquired over 3,900 secondary and co-investment interests through more than 1,000 transactions with a total value in excess of $69 billion, including $17 billion of syndications. Lexington also invests in private investment funds during their initial formation and has committed to more than 550 new funds in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Lexington has offices strategically located in major centers for private equity and alternative investing - New York, Boston, Menlo Park, London, Hong Kong, Santiago, São Paulo and Luxembourg.

TPG

TPG is a leading global alternative asset management firm founded in San Francisco in 1992 with $120 billion of assets under management and investment and operational teams in 12 offices globally. TPG invests across five multi-product platforms: Capital, Growth, Impact, Real Estate, and Market Solutions and our unique strategy is driven by collaboration, innovation, and inclusion. Our teams combine deep product and sector experience with broad capabilities and expertise to develop differentiated insights and add value for our fund investors, portfolio companies, management teams, and communities.

Trustar Capital

Trustar Capital (formerly known as CITIC Capital Partners), focuses on control buyout opportunities globally and has completed over 80 investments since inception across China, Japan, U.S., Europe, etc. Trustar Capital currently manages USD7.7 billion of committed capital.

Trustar Capital is a private equity affiliate of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited. Founded in 2002, CITIC Capital Holdings Limited is an alternative investment management and advisory company. The firm manages over USD16 billion of capital across 90 funds and investment products through its multiple asset class platform covering private equity, real estate, structured investment & finance, and asset management. CITIC Capital has over 150 portfolio companies that span 11 sectors and employ over 800,000 people around the world.

KPMG

KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 147 countries and  territories and have more than 219,000 people working in member firms around  the world. KPMG’s Private Equity group in China provides end to end advisory and assurance services to private equity funds, venture capital funds, private  credit funds, sovereign wealth and other direct investment managers. Moreover,  to augment this, KPMG China and its member firms have established focused industry groups covering areas in which we have particular knowledge. Not  exhaustive, but we have sector capabilities focused on Consumer Markets,  Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Industrials, Infrastructure, Logistics, Pharmaceuticals and TMT.

Learn more at: https://home.kpmg/cn/en/home/industries/private-equity.html

WeChat: http://weixin.qq.com/r/A0Po8PrE_aeGrb6T9xYR
Weibo: https://weibo.com/kpmgchina
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kpmgchinahk

Affirma Capital

Affirma Capital is an independent emerging market private equity firm owned and operated by the long-standing senior leadership of Standard Chartered Private Equity. We manage over US$3.2 billion in assets for leading global limited partners and sovereign wealth funds.

We help build and nurture national and regional champions by investing in companies backed by strong management teams and founders. Throughout our 20-year history of investing in emerging markets, we have deployed over US$6 billion in 100+ companies across Asia, Africa and the Middle East and have returned over US$6 billion in cash proceeds to our investors at highly attractive rates of return. Our senior leadership spent over 11 years working together at Standard Chartered Private Equity prior to founding Affirma Capital.

Our investment philosophy, focused on selective origination, disciplined deal structuring and intensive portfolio management, has helped us build a superior track record with realized returns at a significant premium to the MSCI Emerging markets index.

Backstop Solutions

Because every minute matters, Backstop’s mission is to help the institutional investment industry use time to its fullest potential. We develop technology to simplify and streamline otherwise time-consuming tasks and processes, enabling our clients to quickly and easily access, share, and manage the knowledge that’s critical to their day-to-day business success. Backstop provides its industry-leading cloud-based productivity suite to private equity, investment consultants, pensions, funds of funds, family offices, endowments, foundations, hedge funds, and real estate investment firms.

CDH Investments

Established in 2002, CDH Investments is a leading alternative asset manager focused on China today with over US$ 27 billion of assets under management, as of June 30, 2021. CDH was founded by WU Shangzhi, JIAO Shuge and four other investment professionals who worked together in the direct investment department of China International Capital Corporation beginning in 1995.

From its roots in private equity, CDH has expanded to become a diversified alternative asset management platform covering: Private Equity, Venture and Growth Capital, Private Credit, Real Assets, Public Equities and Wealth Management. CDH has more than 150 investment professionals working in offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. CDH has invested in more than 270 companies and has helped more than 70 companies successfully list on international and China’s domestic stock exchanges. Many CDH-invested companies are sector leaders, and, collectively, these companies play an important role in China’s economy.

CDH’s core principle is to create value for all of our partners, including investors and portfolio companies. We continually strive to embody this principle and make it the basis for all of our decisions. We maintain close cooperative partnerships with over 150 international and local institutional investors.

CICC Capital

CICC Capital, the private equity investment arm of CICC, invests in global companies that have long-term growth potential, core competitiveness and outstanding management teams. CICC was one of the first two securities firms in China to obtain a direct investment license for a private equity investment fund business. CICC Capital currently manages RMB/USD private equity funds and fund of funds, with approximately RMB 328 billion in assets under management (December 31, 2021). We have built a diversified portfolio covering industries, such as advanced technology, high-end manufacturing, healthcare, and consumer.

Coller Capital

Coller Capital, founded in 1990, is one of the world's leading investors in the secondary market for private assets – and widely acknowledged as an innovator at the complex end of secondaries. 

The firm provides liquidity solutions to private markets investors worldwide, acquiring interests in private equity, private credit, and other private markets assets. With headquarters in London, and offices in New York and Hong Kong, Coller’s multinational investment team has a truly global reach.

In January 2021, the firm closed Coller International Partners VIII, with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of just over $9 billion and backing from over 200 of the world’s leading institutional investors.

In February 2022 the firm closed Coller Credit Opportunities I, with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of $1.45 billion and backing from over 30 institutional investors.

Dynamo Software

Dynamo Software is the global leader in delivering enterprise, SaaS-based technology solutions for private capital investment managers and institutional investors across multiple asset classes, strategies, and geographies. Technology is at the center of our vision: to drive industry best practice via a flexible, self-sufficient & highly visual platform to cater to the front to back office needs of alternative fund managers, and all within a single platform.

Falcon House Partners

Falcon House Partners is an independent private equity fund manager focused on value-added, control and significant minority growth equity investments in mid-market consumer and consumer-related businesses in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Indonesia.

Falcon House’s research-driven, relationship-centred approach to identifying opportunities emphasises understanding what matters most to business owners, customers, and other stakeholders, delivering sustainable growth and profitability, and generating long-term value.

As part of this process, Falcon House works closely with founders, families, and management teams to solve day-to-day business challenges, drive growth and scale, enhance efficiency and profitability, realize the opportunities from technology and digitalization, and attract and retain talent.

Falcon House is committed to upholding and promoting international environmental, social, and governance standards, and delivering not only financial returns, but positive benefits for all stakeholders, and contributing to the sustainable long-term growth and prosperity of the region

Founded in 2011, Falcon House manages capital on behalf of sophisticated institutional investors, primarily from the U.S. and Europe, including university endowments, charitable foundations, assets managers / funds-of-funds, development institutions, and institutional family offices.

HQ Capital

HQ Capital is a global private equity specialist that has deployed $9.4 billion of capital into global and regionally focused private equity on behalf of its clients since 1989. We develop investment solutions that meet specific client objectives by leveraging the investment experience, global network and the business relationships of our local teams. HQ Capital’s investments include private equity primary funds, secondary funds and direct co-investments. Our global client base consists of insurance companies, pension funds, corporations, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals and family offices. As of June 30, 2021, we have invested in 720 funds and direct companies alongside 277 fund managers across North America, Europe, and Asia, and hold 117 Advisory Board seats. Our global team of more than 90 employees operates out of offices in New York, Bad Homburg and Hong Kong. With our innovative and entrepreneurial culture, strong investment acumen, and commitment to social responsibility, HQ Capital is a trusted partner to our clients worldwide.

Madison India Capital

Madison India Capital is one of India’s leading private investment firms specializing in making equity investments in the financial services, technology, healthcare, consumer and business services industries. We reward shareholders of outstanding companies with liquidity and partner with ambitious management teams of high-growth, middle market companies that strive to shape their industries. Since we are specialists in our sectors of focus we are a value added investor with a deep set of industry and capital markets relationships. We partner with both management and co-investors in every investment we make and work collaboratively to build long-term, sustainable value.

We are highly innovative in structuring single company and portfolio purchases to ensure a full solution and set aside capital to support ambitious companies in their future growth plans. We manage over $600 million in assets for leading global limited partners.

Navis Capital Partners

Navis Capital Partners was founded in 1998 in order to make private equity investments in buyouts, recapitalisations and financial restructurings in Asia, particularly on enterprises with a strong presence in Southeast Asia.

Navis acquires control of its portfolio companies. Since its founding, Navis has made over 75 controlling investments most of which have been completed with little reliance on acquisition finance. All Navis’ companies are leaders or near leaders in their fields. Industries/segments in which Navis has invested include food processing, fast food/casual dining, industrial products, fast moving consumer goods, outdoor advertising, auto rentals, consultancy and professional services, amongst others.

The firm contributes both capital and management expertise to its portfolio companies with the objective of directing strategic, operational and financial improvements, typically through initiatives that drive growth, margin improvement and asset efficiency. Navis’ investment model places a low reliance on leverage to drive its equity returns.

The firm manages several private and public equity capital commitments totaling ~USD 5 billion, and whose investors include a number of well-known US, European, Middle Eastern and Asian commercial and investment banks, pension funds, insurance companies, corporations, foundations, as well as a number of high net worth individuals and family offices. Navis has one of the largest private equity professional team in Asia, comprising more than 70 individuals, supported by 40 administrative staff, in six offices across the region.

Ocean Link

Ocean Link is a pioneering consumer PE fund with a focus on China’s travel and leisure sectors. Through a USD fund and an RMB Fund, Ocean Link currently has over US$700 million under management. With teams in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, Ocean Link invests across the value chain and sub-verticals of the travel and leisure sectors, including online & offline travel services, hotels and resorts management companies, destination services and entertainment, sector-related technology and business solutions providers. Ocean Link actively applies its deep sector insights and network to create value every step along investment life cycle.

Ocean Link’s strategic partners and shareholders include Ctrip - the largest online travel agency in China, and General Atlantic - a leading global growth equity firm. The funds’ LPs include Chinese and global corporates, financial institutions, and sovereign wealth funds.

ShawKwei & Partners

ShawKwei & Partners is an international private equity fund manager based in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and San Francisco.  We have been investing across Asia, the USA, and Europe for over 30 years and understand the challenges facing companies competing in today’s global markets.

We invest with mid-market industrial and service businesses capitalizing on ShawKwei’s core strengths: detailed and insightful analysis, operational skills, and transformation experience to drive business profitability and capital efficiency.  ShawKwei’s partnership with management is pivotal to transforming and improving those investments.

We take significant ownership stakes in our investments coupled with our disciplined and hands-on management to assist portfolio companies to build better business and achieve long-term success.  The ShawKwei strategy, methods and practices are specially crafted for businesses operating across Asia, Europe, and USA. 

WeChat: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lZKFp2ivsMAUhQ4Wk_4DUQ

The Longreach Group

The Longreach Group is an established independent private equity firm with offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo. The firm focuses on Japan and related Greater China control buyouts in the mature industrial and technology, consumer, business services and financial services sectors. The firm manages three Funds which have accumulated approximately US$2.1 billion of committed limited partner and co-investment capital and has a strong track record of portfolio company value creation and realizations.

Longreach currently has 14 investment professionals located in Tokyo and Hong Kong. The firm also enjoys the support of prominent and highly committed Advisors located in Tokyo, Taipei, Shanghai, New York, London and San Francisco.

WestSummit Capital

WestSummit Capital is one of the earliest deep tech-focused growth equity funds in China. Founded in 2010, WestSummit Capital has successfully managed five funds with total assets managed of $2.7 billion (as of December 31, 2021) and supported by leading institutional LPs including sovereign wealth funds and family offices. Leveraging WestSummit’s significant technology, operational and entrepreneurial background, the Firm has delivered robust returns for its investors and created substantial value for its portfolio companies.

The Firm was founded by former Nasdaq-listed CEOs and executives that graduated from Tsinghua University and became successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. The four founding Partners have been together since inception and invested together across all five funds. The Partners have built billion-dollar businesses both globally and have demonstrated a 10-year proven track record in deep-tech investments. WestSummit Capital primarily invests in the Semiconductor, Advance Manufacturing and Enterprise Software sectors, and works very closely with entrepreneurs of portfolio companies, delivering market access and on-the-ground local strategic support.

WestSummit Capital is a disciplined investor focused on long-term fundamentals. Over the years, WestSummit has helped build many multi-billion-dollar companies including GigaDevice (603986.SH), Unity (NYSE:U), Segway-Ninebot (689009.STAR), VeriSilicon (688521.STAR), and Anji (688019.STAR).

ZWC Partners

ZWC Partners (ZWC), is a dual-currency fund platform, of which Asset Under Management (AUM) to date has exceeded one billion US dollars. ZWC focuses on growth stage investments, covering investments on technology-driven industrial reform, new consumption, and deep technology innovation.

Currently, ZWC has set up our branch offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Jakarta. ZWC investment portfolio includes Tantan (NASDAQ:MOMO), Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ), 58, 4Paradigm, Horizon Robotics, ESWIN, Leyan Tech, Rootcloud, Fadada, Goto Group (IDX: GOTO), etc.

Incorporating industry leaders from diverse sectors and outstanding entrepreneurs as well as national and international institutional investors, ZWC contributors co-establish a distinctive “Investment+Industry Resources” ecosystem for furnishing startups with financial or industrial resources.

Adhering to our core investment philosophy - “Altruism” and sticking to our investing strategy - “Innovative Value Investing”, ZWC will continuously promote technology innovation. Based on the unique industry resource platform and entrepreneurial DNA, ZWC will constantly accompany entrepreneurs contributing to social sustainability with creativity and originality.

Morrison & Foerster

With over 1,000 lawyers across 16 offices, Morrison & Foerster is a preeminent global law firm dedicated to delivering business-oriented results to clients across Asia, the United States and Europe. We have an exceptionally strong Asia platform with an expansive reach of over 200 lawyers in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

Morrison & Foerster’s Asia Private Equity Practice

As a Tier 1 firm in China: Private Equity ranked by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 and a highly ranked firm in Private Equity practice by Chambers Asia Pacific 2021, we have handled over 170 PE/M&A deals in Asia, with an aggregate asset value of over US$310 billion in the past five years. Our global team has also handled over 45 SPAC IPO and de-SPAC transactions with an aggregate value of US$71 billion for the de-SPAC mergers. According to Chambers Asia Pacific 2021, Clients praise us for being “reliable, business-savvy and responsive” and for our “strong knowledge in commercial negotiations”.

Our team has been recognized for our depth and breadth of experience handling complex high profile cross-border transactions in the region in the technology, life sciences, real estate, financial services, manufacturing and industrials sectors. We regularly represent private equity investors, venture capitalists, private equity fund sponsors and issuers in a wide variety of private equity transactions, including buy-outs (leveraged and non-leveraged), early and late-stage venture investments, and restructurings and recapitalizations.

Sign up to MoFo PE Briefing Room to receive our latest analysis and event invitations exploring the hottest topics in the global PE space.

Trilegal

Trilegal was founded in 2000 and has grown exceptionally to become one of India’s leading full-service law firms. It is a top tier legal firm with over 500 lawyers led by 79 Partners. The firm’s legal professionals are equipped with the right combination of local insight and expertise to deliver cost-effective, deal-oriented and high-quality legal advice.

Trilegal’s core strengths comprise the commitment and client-centric approach adopted by its lawyers. The firm prides itself on dealing with complexity, thinking out of the box, and devising innovative solutions for clients. Trilegal’s approach to work is highly dictated by a deep and analytical understanding of Indian law, and in-depth market experience. These two factors, when combined, allow the firm to effectively calibrate/assess legal risk and impart pragmatic advice.

Owing to Trilegal’s achievements in the legal industry, the firm and its lawyers have been consistently ranked and recognised by leading legal publications across practice areas.

Trilegal has been recognised as the 'Firm of the year' for Client Service Excellence by Asia Law Awards 2021; “M&A Law firm of the Year” by VCCircle Awards 2020; ‘Law Firm of the Decade’ at the RSG Grow India Summit and Awards 2019; one of the most innovative law firms in Asia in the inaugural edition of ALB Trailblazers 2020 and ‘highly commended’ in the FT RSG Innovative Lawyers Awards 2020. Trilegal has also been recognised as one of the ‘Best Overall Law Firms in India’ as part of the India Business Law Journal Annual Indian Legal Awards 2022.

Apex Group

Apex Group Ltd., established in Bermuda in 2003, is a global financial services provider. With over 80 offices in 40 countries worldwide and nearly 10,000 employees upon the close of announced acquisitions, Apex Group delivers an expansive range of services to asset managers, financial institutions, private clients and family offices. The Group has continually improved and evolved its capabilities to offer a single-source solution through establishing the broadest range of services in the industry; including fund services, digital onboarding and bank accounts, depositary, custody, super ManCo services, corporate services including HR and Payroll and a pioneering ESG Ratings and Advisory solution. Apex Group’s purpose is to be more than just a financial services provider and is committed to driving positive change to address three core areas; the Environment and Climate Change, Women’s Empowerment and Economic Independence, Education and Social Mobility.

BMS

BMS is a dynamic, independent, global broker established in 1980, delivering specialist insurance, reinsurance, and capital markets advisory services.

We are a global brand with offices located across the US, Canada, Latin America, Australia, Europe and Asia with both a strong local focus and understanding of market needs.

Our teams are respected globally for their specialist market knowledge, intelligent analysis and insight.

Our people strive to be ‘the best in class’ and with an innovative approach and their entrepreneurial thinking our clients truly benefit from better solutions to policy development and placement.

Being independent makes a key difference to our clients, giving our brokers the freedom to deliver the best solutions, tailored to meet their business needs. Coupled with our collaborative team approach, single platform worldwide and renowned personal service, we are the independent broker of choice.

SESAMm

SESAMm is an innovative company specializing in alternative data and artificial intelligence for investment. Its team builds analytics and indicators, such as emotions or ESG, and investment signals by analyzing billions of web articles and messages using natural language processing and machine learning. With its NLP platform TextReveal®, SESAMm addresses the entire value chain of alpha research. With 6 offices including Paris, New York, London and Tokyo, SESAMm works with major hedge funds, banks, private equity firms, corporate and asset management clients around the world for fundamental or quantitative investment use cases and market and competitive insights. Private Equity use cases include web due diligence, risk monitoring, market and competitor insights, and many more.

Contact us: info@sesamm.com

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0j3sXMJu8qT_zI1aq154g/

HIKE Capital

HIKE Capital, a Chinese founders fund, was established in Dec. 2015, co-founded by Mark Yang and Anna Xu.

Mark is also the founder of CARS Group and Ganji.com. Anna is the founder of NetEase News app.

As a founders fund, many of our venture partners and counselors are former founders with domain expertise. We consistently back visionary founders through all phases of growth and provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and sources they need in the technology ecosystem.

HIKE Capital manages three dual-currency funds, invests in consumption upgrade and technological innovation. As a unicorn hunter, HIKE Capital invested in Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI), RELX (NYSE: RLX), Guazi, Huohua, FlashEx, Megatronix, Yuanbao, Shimo and Halara.

Cooley

Cooley LLP is an international law firm representing clients in a wide range of industries.  Cooley has more than 1,500 lawyers across 17 offices in Asia, Europe and the United States. The firm represents 6,000+ high-growth new economy companies, 500+ venture fund families and closes over 2,000 venture and growth investments per year.

In Asia, Cooley has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Cooley is broadly recognized for its powerhouse technology, life sciences and venture capital practices. We represent some of Asia’s most innovative and dynamic companies and leading investors, advising on their financings, M&As and joint ventures, IPOs and other strategic transactions at all stages of their growth.

Our dedication to Asia's fund industry is unparalleled and unrivaled by any other law firm.  Cooley has been advising on Asia-related matters over three decades, dating back to 1989, when the firm advised on the formation of the first institutional venture capital fund investing in China. Today, we are counsel to more than 500 private investment fund organizations worldwide, including more than 90 fund managers with their primary operations in China and other Asia countries and numerous other managers outside of the region making investments in portfolio companies in Asia. We form considerably more dollar-denominated Asia venture capital and growth equity funds in dollar terms than any other law firm worldwide. We have a team of more than 40 specialist fund formation lawyers and dozens of other practitioners dedicated to serving our clients headquartered and doing business in Asia.  Multiple members of our team are Mandarin-speaking, Chinese native fund formation specialists who assist our China funds clients and their investors in both USD and RMB fund formation matters. 

Adams Street Partners

Adams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager with investments in more than thirty countries across five continents. Adams Street’s 90+ investment professionals focus on five strategies: primary fund partnerships, secondary transactions, co-investments, direct growth equity company investments, and private credit deals. Adams Street strives to generate actionable investment insights across market cycles by drawing on 50 years of private markets experience, proprietary intelligence, and trusted relationships. The firm is 100% employee-owned and has $51 billion in assets under management. Adams Street maintains a worldwide presence with offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo.

HarbourVest Partners

HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets investment specialist with over 35 years of experience and more than $76 billion in assets under management, as of March 31, 2021. The Firm’s powerful global platform offers clients investment opportunities in private equity, private credit and real assets through primary fund investments, secondary investments, and direct co-investments, in commingled funds or separately managed accounts. HarbourVest has more than 700 employees, including more than 150 investment professionals across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. This global team has committed more than $46 billion to newly-formed funds, completed over $29 billion in secondary purchases, and invested over $21 billion directly in operating companies. Partnering with HarbourVest, clients have access to customized solutions, longstanding relationships, and actionable insights.

Datasite

Datasite is a leading SaaS provider for the M&A industry, empowering dealmakers around the world with the tools they need to succeed across the entire deal lifecycle. For more information, visit www.datasite.com

Affinity Equity Partners

Affinity Equity Partners is an independently owned private equity fund managers established in March 2004 following the spin-off of the UBS Capital Asia Pacific team, the successful private equity arm of UBS AG in the region.  Affinity raised its fifth fund of US$6.0 billion in December 2017.  Affinity currently advises and manages approximately US$14 billion of funds and assets, making it one of the largest independent financial sponsors in the region. Affinity operates out of 6 offices: Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney, Beijing and Jakarta.

Linnovate Partners

A FinTech start-up established in 2016, Linnovate Partners has become a disrupter and leading asset servicing company in the alternative investment industry. Leveraging on automation and data integration technologies, we provide an integrated suite of technology, services and consultancy that are tailored to the specific requirements of asset and fund managers. Linnovate Partners offers six key areas of solutions and services:

1.   Fund Administration
2.   Investor Relations
3.   Portfolio Monitoring Services
4.   Reporting Services
5.   Consulting Services
6.   Regulatory Compliance

The company is headquartered in Hong Kong, with operations in Silicon Valley, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shenzhen and a growing number of locations globally. The company currently employs more than 150 individuals, specialising in alternative fund services, fintech solutions, R&D and investor relations consultancy. It now manages over US$85 billion in assets and investment portfolios and administers over 400 funds for private equity and venture capital clients.

Alternative Investment Management Association

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is the global representative of the alternative investment industry, with around 2,000 corporate members in over 60 countries. AIMA’s fund manager members collectively manage more than $2 trillion in hedge fund and private credit assets.

AIMA draws upon the expertise and diversity of its membership to provide leadership in industry initiatives such as advocacy, policy and regulatory engagement, educational programmes and sound practice guides. AIMA works to raise media and public awareness of the value of the industry.

AIMA set up the Alternative Credit Council (ACC) to help firms focused in the private credit and direct lending space. The ACC currently represents over 170 members that manage $400 billion of private credit assets globally.  

AIMA is committed to developing skills and education standards and is a co-founder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation (CAIA) – the first and only specialised educational standard for alternative investment specialists. AIMA is governed by its Council (Board of Directors).

Alternative Credit Council

The Alternative Credit Council (ACC) is a global body that represents asset management firms in the private credit and direct lending space. It currently represents 170 members that manage over $400bn of private credit assets.

The ACC is an affiliate of AIMA and is governed by its own board which ultimately reports to the AIMA Council.

ACC members provide an important source of funding to the economy. They provide finance to mid-market corporates, SMEs, commercial and residential real estate developments, infrastructure as well the trade and receivables business.

The ACC’s core objectives are to provide guidance on policy and regulatory matters, support wider advocacy and educational efforts and generate industry research with the view to strengthening the sector's sustainability and wider economic and financial  benefits.

Alternative credit, private debt or direct lending funds have grown substantially in recent years and are becoming a key segment of the asset management industry. The ACC seeks to explain the value of private credit by highlighting the sector's wider economic and financial stability benefits.

ILPA

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) is the leading global, member-driven organization dedicated to advancing the interests of private equity limited partners through industry-leading education programs, independent research, best practices, networking opportunities and global collaborations. Initially founded as an informal networking group, the ILPA is a voluntary association funded by its members. ILPA membership has grown to include almost 400 organizations from around the world representing almost 50% of global institutional assets under management in private equity.

INSEAD’s Private Equity Centre

The Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI) drives teaching , research and events in the field of Private Equity and related alternative investments at INSEAD, a world leading business school. It was launched in 2009 to combine rigour and reach to the school's research capabilities and the talents of global professionals in the private equity industry. The GPEI aims to enhance the productivity of the capital deployed in this asset class and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and best practices.

SVCA

The Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SVCA) was formed in 1992 under the patronage of the Economic Development Board to promote the development of the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) industry. From a humble start of two, our membership now exceeds one hundred and continues to grow in tandem with the industry's development.

To foster greater understanding of the importance of venture capital and private equity to the Singapore economy in support of entrepreneurship and innovation and to look after the interests of our members, promote professional development, raise professional standards as well as facilitate collaboration among members.
As a not-for-profit organisation, the association strives to:

• Promote the professional development of the industry through awards, training, workshops and conference
• Facilitate interaction and collaboration among its members through regular networking events
• Act as a platform for dialogue on regulatory and policy issues pertaining to VC and PE through data research, feedback and consultation with members and regulatory authorities
• Build linkages to centres of VC and PE activities in the region through active participation at regional and global VC & PE Initiatives