AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China 2023
The premier private equity & venture forum in China
China World Summit Wing Hotel, Beijing & Online
2023 Sponsors
Asia Series Sponsor
KPMG
https://home.kpmg/cn/enKPMG 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
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Knowledge Partner
Bain & Company
https://www.bain.comWe're a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future.
Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes.
Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment.
We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies.
Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.
ESG Partner
ERM
https://www.erm.comERM is one of the World’s Largest Pure-Play Sustainability Consultancy, with nearly 300 EHS, social and low-carbon consulting professionals in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei offices. ERM (Shanghai) Limited was established in 1994 and is the headquarter of ERM China. We are the go-to consulting firm supporting corporate & investor clients on their Net Zero Transition journey, and uniquely placed to provide ‘Boots to Boardroom’ advisory services in China. Our services include ESG & Low Carbon Transition Strategy, EHS & Safety Operation, Green Finance, M&A & Value Creation, Sustainable Supply Chain, and Digital Solutions for building towards a sustainable future. ERM China holds a certificate for environmental impact assessment in China. More than 80% of ERM’s practitioners have overseas work experience and/or academic background, and are able to provide clients with both international and locally-tailored consulting services.
Co-Sponsors
Adams Street Partners
http://www.adamsstreetpartners.comAdams 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.
Asia Alternatives
https://www.asiaalt.comAsia Alternatives is a solution platform dedicated to helping institutional investors make investments in private equity across Asia. The Firm currently manages approximately $15.5 billion of regulatory assets under management across Asia Alternatives Capital Partners, LP (“AACP I”) ($515 million), Asia Alternatives Capital Partners II, LP (“AACP II”) ($950 million), Asia Alternatives Capital Partners III, LP (“AACP III”) ($908 million), Asia Alternatives Capital Partners IV, LP, along with its sleeve fund focused on investments outside of Japan, AACP IV Ex-Japan Investors, LP ($1 billion), Asia Alternatives Capital Partners V, LP along with its parallel fund, Asia Alternatives Capital Partners V (ERISA), LP ($1.515 billion), and Asia Alternatives Capital Partners VI, LP and its related parallel funds ($1.1 billion), Asia-focused private equity Funds-of-Funds (FoF), plus other related fund vehicles. Asia Alternatives invests with top performing private equity fund managers across Asia, primarily in Greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong), Japan, Korea, South East Asia, India and Australia, and is diversified across buyout, growth and expansion, venture capital and special situations funds. The Firm currently has over 50 professionals and offices across Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and San Francisco.
B Capital Group
https://www.bcapgroup.comB Capital is a multi-stage global investment firm that partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs to shape the future through technology. Led by co-founders Howard Morgan, Eduardo Savarin and Raj Ganguly, we focus on seed to late-stage growth investments, primarily in the enterprise, financial technology and healthcare sectors. B Capital leverages an integrated team across eight locations in the US and Asia, as well as a strategic partnership with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to provide the value-added support entrepreneurs need to scale fast and efficiently, expand into new markets and build exceptional companies. B Capital was founded in 2015 and has more than $5 billion in assets under management across multiple funds. For more information, click here.
Bluerun Ventures (BRV)
https://www.brv.com/BlueRun Ventures China (BRV China) is the leading early-stage venture firm in China with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. Having its heritage in Silicon Valley since 1998 and entered China in 2005, BRV China has managed over $1.5 billion through multiple USD and RMB funds, with over $900 million cash distributions. BRV China focuses on early-stage opportunities across enterprise services, transportation and smart machine, digital healthcare, and consumer technology sectors in China. The firm has invested in more than 150 portfolio companies, including Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI), QingCloud (688316.SH), WaterDrop (NYSE: WDH), Energy Monster (NASDAQ: EM), Mogujie/Meilishuo (NYSE: MOGU), Qudian (NYSE: QD), Ganji/58.com, PPTV, Guazi, Meishubao, Nanyan, Shanzhen, Gaussian Robotics, Yi Auto, Pinecone, etc. The firm has been recognized as the "No.1 Early-Stage Investment Firm" in China by Zero2IPO and ChinaVenture, and "Consistent Performing Venture Capital Fund Manager" by Preqin.
CDH Investments
http://www.cdhfund.com/Established in 2002, CDH Investments is one of the leading China focused alternative investment fund managers. With over $22 billion of assets under management, CDH invests across the alternative asset classes in Private Equity, Venture & Growth, Private Credit, Real Assets, and Public Equities. CDH partners with China’s leading businesses to create long-term value, supports its portfolio companies at various stages of their growth and development. CDH focuses on investing in the most attractive asset classes and adhering to a value-oriented investment mindset. We have invested in more than 350 companies and have helped more than 100 companies successfully list on international and China’s domestic stock exchanges.
Coller Capital
http://www.collercapital.comColler 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 c.$1.4 billion and backing from over 30 institutional investors.
Global Law Office
http://www.glo.com.cn/en/The history of Global Law Office (hereinafter the “GLO”) dates back to the establishment of China’s Legal Consultant Office of the Council for the Promotion of International Trade in 1979. After years of persistent endeavours and development, we have become one of the largest and leading Chinese law firms. With profound legal knowledge, extensive practice experience, high professional dedication and a strong sense of professional ethics, we have proved our values and earned the trust of both domestic and foreign clients. We are highly recommended as a leading PRC law firm being recognized as such by both international and domestic legal ranking bodies and directories (Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and Asian Legal Business, etc.) and media for consecutive years.
Han Kun Law Offices
https://www.hankunlaw.com/enIndex.htmlHan Kun is a leading full-service law firm in China.
Over the years, Han Kun has been widely recognized as a leader in complex cross-border and domestic transactions and compliance matters. Our main practice areas include private equity, mergers and acquisitions, international and domestic capital markets, investment funds, asset management, compliance, banking and finance, aviation finance, foreign direct investment, antitrust/competition, data protection, private client/wealth management, intellectual property and dispute resolution.
We have nearly 800 professionals located in our seven offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Haikou, Wuhan, as well as Singapore, a leading financial center in the Asia-Pacific. All our lawyers are graduates of top universities and have extensive experience in complex cross-border transactions and dispute resolution as counsel to both Chinese and foreign clients.
Our working languages include Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and German.
HIKE Capital
http://www.hikecapital.comHIKE 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.
Jinyi Capital
http://www.jinyi-capital.com/enJinyi Capital is a leading new generation private equity firm focused on new consumption and industrial upgrade themes in China. The firm is co-founded by executives from leading global firms such as Carlyle and TPG, with over 40 years of private equity experience collectively amongst its founding partners.
At its inception, Jinyi Capital raised one of the largest first time PE funds in the RMB market and is backed by a uniquely vast and powerful network of local partners, including some of the most influential industry giants and entrepreneurs, business conglomerates, financial institutions, fund of funds and school endowments. As an aspirational new generation firm, Jinyi Capital is firmly committed to its strategy of research-driven value investing and high impact value creation, and the empowerment of industry champions to create superior returns as well as social value.
Jinyi Capital has been consistently ranked by local PE/VC industry media and business publications as one of the leading private equity firms in China.
For more information, pls feel free to contact 高群鋒 at 86 10 5089 2799 or email at info@jinyi-capital.com
Lexington Partners
http://www.lexingtonpartners.comLexington 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.
LGT Capital Partners
https://www.lgtcp.comLGT Capital Partners is a leading alternative investment specialist with over USD 80 billion in assets under management and more than 600 institutional clients in 43 countries. An international team of over 650 professionals is responsible for managing a wide range of investment programs focusing on private markets, liquid alternatives and multi-asset class solutions. Headquartered in Pfaeffikon (SZ), Switzerland, the firm has offices in New York, San Francisco, Raleigh, Dublin, London, Paris, Vaduz, Frankfurt am Main, Luxembourg, Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney.
Linnovate Partners
https://www.linnovatepartners.comLinnovate Partners is a leading asset services provider focused on driving innovation in the alternative investments industry. With expertise across the entire fund lifecycle, Linnovate Partners goes beyond traditional fund administration to provide value-added services and technologies that empower asset and fund managers to excel in their operations. Its six core service areas include:
- Fund Administration
- Investor Relations
- Regulatory Compliance
- Portfolio Monitoring
- Reporting Services
- Consulting Services
Powering these services is a proprietary, cloud-based platform, RAISE, that provides all the functions of alternative investing in a single ecosystem and enables seamless integration and accessibility. With offices globally, Linnovate Partners currently administers over $120 billion in assets across more than 600 private equity and venture capital funds. As an innovation-focused disruptor, Linnovate Partners combines deep industry expertise and the latest technologies to drive better outcomes for alternative investment managers and investors worldwide.
MSA Capital
https://www.msacap.comMSA Capital is a global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2014 that focuses on early and growth stage investments. The firm manages over USD 2 billion and invests in highly innovative and disruptive companies in the biotech, core tech, and consumer sectors. Notable portfolio companies include Meituan, Boss Zhipin, NIO, BGI, Yidu Cloud, Cloudr, Pyrotech, Cider, and Sironax. MSA’s LP base composed of regional and global institutional investors, as well as leading entrepreneurs from China.
Permira
http://www.permira.comPermira is a global investment firm that backs successful businesses with growth ambitions. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds with total assets under management of €78bn and makes long-term majority and minority investments across two core asset classes, private equity and credit. The Permira private equity funds have made 300+ investments in four key sectors: Technology, Consumer, Healthcare and Services.
Permira Credit is one of Europe’s leading specialist credit investors, supporting businesses with flexible financing solutions across Direct Lending, CLO Management, Structured Credit, Strategic Opportunities and Multi-strategy Solutions.
Permira employs over 480 people in 15 offices across Europe, the United States and Asia. For more information, visit www.permira.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
Third Bridge
https://thirdbridge.comThird Bridge is a market-leading global investment research firm. We provide integrated research solutions for the world’s top investors and business leaders to help them make smarter and faster decisions. No other company in the world provides the same premium holistic research offering - combining access to unique and unbiased human insights content with a global expert network service. We serve over 1,000 investment firms, offering clients 24/7 coverage through our team of 1,300+ employees located across eight offices.
Third Bridge provides integrated research solutions for the world's top investors and business leaders, with a variety of products and services including Forum, Maps, Connections, Primers and Tearsheets. No other company in the world provides the same premium holistic research offering - combining access to unbiased human insights content with unique investor-led content and a global expert network service.
We’ve helped thousands of clients make better investment decisions with our market leading products and services. Our clients leverage our relevant, timely and high-quality insights to inform all stages of their investment process, enabling them to focus on what matters and move with speed and conviction.
Learn more at: https://thirdbridge.com/research/
TPG NewQuest
http://www.nqcap.comTPG NewQuest is a leading dedicated secondary private equity platform focused on the Asia-Pacific region with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Mumbai and Shenzhen. TPG NewQuest specializes in providing strategic liquidity solutions to private equity asset owners, including private equity funds, financial institutions, corporations, hedge funds and family offices. TPG NewQuest was established in 2011 and currently manages five funds and associated co-investment vehicles with capital commitments of over US$2.9 billion. TPG NewQuest is wholly owned by TPG, Inc. a leading global alternative asset management firm with US$135 billion in assets under management.
Trustar Capital
http://www.trustarcapital.comTrustar 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.
Vitalbridge
https://www.vitalbridge.com/Established on October 9, 2019, Vitalbridge is committed to discovering China's most dynamic entrepreneurs of vitality in the next decade. Jointly, Vitalbridge grows with them to create long-term value.
As a new generation theme-driven venture capital firm in China, we are famous for our "selective, long position" investment style, with a current management scale of $500 million, and our LPs are mainly domestic and foreign long-term funds, including leading industrial companies, Internet entrepreneurs, founders of domestic and foreign listed companies, overseas FoFs and family offices, and other top institutions and industrial capital.
Vital bridge focuses on China's transition from an economy of scale to a quality economy from the perspectives of "demographics" and "technology innovation". We focus on robotics, artificial intelligence, and technology services. Vitalbridge invests $3 million to $30 million in early to mid-stage investments to help China's digital upgrade.
VC Legal Sponsor
Cooley
http://www.cooley.comCooley 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.
Exhibitors
TMF Group
https://www.tmf-group.com/TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world.
With more than 10,000 colleagues across 125 offices in 86 jurisdictions, all working to the same high standards of service and security, we provide our clients with local expertise where it is needed most. Our locations cover 92% of world GDP and 95% of FDI inflow.
We are a key part of our clients’ governance, providing the accounting, tax, payroll, fund administration and legal entity management services essential to their success. We make sure rules are followed, reputations protected and operational compliance maintained.
Our global service model and technology platform put our clients in control of their portfolio of entities and global locations. The data insights we deliver keep them on top of emerging regulation, the status of their own activity and any points of risk.
We serve corporates, financial institutions, asset managers, private equity and real estate investors, and family offices. Our clients include the majority of the Fortune Global 500, FTSE 100 and top 300 private equity firms.
TMF Group is a trusted and reliable partner, in strong financial health and focused on providing flawless service to our clients.
Whether operating in one country or many, with a handful of employees or several thousand, we have the business-critical support you need to expand, operate and grow safely, everywhere.
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