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 fourth external fund of US$6.0 billion in December 2017. Affinity Equity Partners currently advises and manages more than US$14 billion of funds and assets, with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney and Beijing. Since inception, Affinity Equity Partners has completed over 50 landmark transactions in eleven countries across various industries and sectors with aggregate transaction value of US$22 billion. Our Firm invests in businesses with an established track record, strong market positions, demonstrable earnings momentum and growth ambitions.

Apollo

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of March 31, 2024 Apollo had approximately $671 billion of assets under management.

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.

CVC

CVC Capital

CVC is a leading private equity and investment advisory firm with a network of 25 offices throughout Europe, Asia and the US, with approximately €137 billion of assets under management. CVC has six complementary strategies across private equity, secondaries and credit, for which we have secured commitments in excess of €165 billion from some of the world's leading institutional investors across its private equity and credit strategies. Funds managed or advised by CVC are invested in over 100 companies worldwide, which have combined annual sales of approximately €100 billion and employ more than 550,000 people. For further information about CVC please visit: www.cvc.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.

CVC Asia

CVC has one of the largest and longest-established pan-regional office networks of any private equity business in Asia and has been active in the region since 1999. CVC's Asia private equity strategy is focused on control, co-control and structured minority investments in high quality businesses in core consumer and services sectors across Asia. Typical enterprise values are between $250 million and $1.5 billion. For further information about CVC’s Asia Pacific funds please visit: www.cvc.com/private-equity/asia.

EmergeVest

Formed in 2013, we are a global investment firm with US$850m+ of AuM that seeks to build great businesses, provide innovative capital solutions and generate value for all stakeholders.

We are active in cross-border mid-market M&A via our growth-oriented buy-and-build investment strategy. We invest at the intersection of supply chain, technology and finance, where we have proven domain knowledge and operational expertise. We employ the EmergeVest Operating System to drive value creation at our portfolio companies, with fundamental, operationally-led growth and sustainability strategies. Our flagship example of value creation is our portfolio company, EV Cargo, a global supply chain and technology leader.

For more information, please contact info@emergevest.com.

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. EQT today has more than EUR 112 billion in assets under management including BPEA EQT across 45+ active funds within three business segments – Private Capital, BPEA EQT and Real Assets.

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.

In October 2022 EQT combined with BPEA Asia to create BPEA EQT combines the private equity teams from Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) and EQT Asia, creating a comprehensive Asian private equity presence with local teams in eight cities across the region, a 25-year heritage, and more than USD 25 billion of capital deployed since inception.

Private Capital comprises six business lines: EQT Private Equity, EQT Future, EQT Ventures, EQT Life Sciences, EQT Growth and EQT Public Value. The Private Capital segment has grown rapidly and has EUR 68.2 billion in assets under management as of December 2022.

Real Assets – The Real Assets’ business segment comprises three business lines: EQT Infrastructure, EQT Active Core Infrastructure and EQT Exeter. The Real Asset segment has EUR 44.2 billion in assets under management as of December 2022.

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP)

Established in 1998, Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) invests through control positions in leading Australian and New Zealand based companies, typically with enterprise values in the range of A$200M-A$1B+. Operating company management teams are supported with focused governance, capital and resources in order to achieve full potential.

PEP has made 36 operating company investments and over 120 bolts-ons and joint venture acquisitions at the company level. PEP has managed ~A$9B of equity funds over the last 20 years, and recent investments have included industrial, energy, food, consumer products, healthcare, entertainment/media, pharmaceuticals and financial services businesses which have employed over 50,000 people.

PEP Fund VI closed in July 2020 at the hard cap of A$2.5B, and the Secure Assets Fund closed in June 2020 at A$360M.

PEP has been among the best performers in the private equity industry worldwide and has been included in the list of Top 20 Consistent Performers Globally by Preqin. The firm has also been recognised with various awards, including Firm of the Year, Best LBO Deal of the Year and Australian Private Equity Firm of the Year and an AVCJ Responsible Investing Award (2018),  AIC Investing for Growth Award (2019) and AVCJ Exit of the Year – Mid Cap (2019) for Manuka Health.

TPG

TPG is a leading global alternative asset management firm, founded in San Francisco in 1992, with $229 billion of assets under management and investment and operational teams around the world. TPG invests across a broadly diversified set of strategies, including private equity, impact, credit, 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.

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Bain & Company

We'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.

Alvarez & Marsal

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.

With over 10,000 people across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

To learn more, visit alvarezandmarsal.com. Follow A&M on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Ares Management Corporation

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of March 31, 2023, Ares Management Corporation's global platform had approximately $360 billion of assets under management, with more than 2,600 employees operating across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. 

For more information, please visit www.aresmgmt.com.

BA Capital

Founded in 2016, BA Capital focuses on all growth stage investments within the consumer space in China, driven by irreversible and sustainable trends in the consumer landscape or sales and marketing channels. BA is headquartered in Shanghai with 30 team members and has invested in several unicorn companies, including Popmart, HeyTea, Jovo (Jiang Xiao Bai), Helen’s, Genki Forest, KK Group and AiKuCun.

Bain Capital

Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $185 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.

BayPine

BayPine is a newly-formed private equity firm that seeks to make control and control-oriented equity investments in high-quality, market-leading businesses in traditional industries with the intent of facilitating a comprehensive digital transformation. Headquartered in Boston, BayPine was founded to instill durable core-economy companies with the execution speed, innovation mindset and technology infrastructure of leading “new economy” businesses. At the heart of the strategy is a pointed focus on digital enablement, a purpose-built team of investors and operators, and a differentiated value creation playbook that operationalizes each company’s full potential. 

Bonaccord Capital Partners

Bonaccord Capital Partners ("BCP") is a private equity firm focused on acquiring non-control equity interests in middle-market private markets sponsors spanning private equity, private credit, and real estate and real assets. By leveraging its strategic relationships, institutional capabilities, and strategic development expertise, BCP seeks to support transformative initiatives that help its partner sponsors reach their potential and establish enduring institutions. BCP aims to support broader portfolio objectives through partnerships with its partner sponsors. BCP is a part of P10, Inc. (NYSE: PX), a leading multi-asset class private markets solutions provider in the alternative asset management industry.

Clipway

Clipway is a global private equity secondaries firm that leverages proprietary technology to optimize its investment decisions. Clipway was founded by seasoned investors and data scientists who identified an opportunity to apply technology to improve traditional secondaries investing.

The company is focused on investing in LP portfolios of blue chip buyout and growth managers principally in North America and Western Europe. Clipway’s investment process is supported by its Technology-Enabled Secondaries System (“TESS”) – a next-generation, fully integrated investment tool, with a focus on precision, speed and continuous learning.

The partners at Clipway have a history of building trusted relationships with some of the world’s largest investment institutions and are focused on long-term strategic partnerships, with Managing Partner Vincent Gombault having previously co-founded one of the largest secondary firms in the market. The team members have a long history working together at various leading institutions, and have joined forces to create an independent, innovative and partnership-oriented firm.

Targeted transactions range between $20 million and $2 billion with an emphasis on building portfolios with high levels of diversification across countries, sectors, managers, and vintage years. Clipway aims to harness the latest data science to utilise the large volumes of data in LP secondaries to deliver the most attractive private equity risk-adjusted returns.

The firm has a global presence with offices in London and New York.

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 c.$1.4 billion and backing from over 30 institutional investors.

Fairview Capital Group

Fairview Capital Group is an independent secondary advisor exclusively focused on GP and LP-led secondary solutions.

Fairview has executed mandates globally and has offices in London, New York, Singapore and Mexico City.

Our partners have over 200 years of combined secondary and private equity experience with an extensive track record including:

• $17bn of deal volume across 55 GP and LP-led transactions
• Experience with over 650 limited partners in GP-led solutions
• Represented limited partners across 1,000 private equity funds including advisory board roles in two dozen partnerships
• Demonstrated operational experience across various asset classes including private equity, infrastructure and real estate

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is one of the world’s leading investors in alternative investments. With over 30 years of experience, we invest in the full spectrum of alternatives, including private equity, growth equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, ESG, and absolute-return strategies. Our clients access these solutions through our direct proprietary strategies, customized strategic partnerships, and open-architecture programs.

Our alternative investment teams represent over 1,300 professionals, across 31 offices around the world. We leverage the depth and breadth of global relationships across Goldman Sachs to identify investment opportunities, drawing on our firm-wide capital market insights, industry research, and risk management platforms. We extend these capabilities to the world’s leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, governments, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, family offices and individuals, for which we invest or advise on over $300 billion of alternative investments.

We would be pleased to discuss your alternative investments with you. Please contact us at GS-Alternatives@gs.com

HQ Capital

HQ Capital is a global private equity specialist that has deployed $11.6 billion of capital into globally and regionally focused private equity investments on behalf of its funds and separate accounts since 1989. As of June 30, 2023, the firm has invested in 848 funds and direct companies alongside 297 fund managers across North America, Europe, and Asia. HQ Capital’s investments include private equity primary funds, secondary funds, and co-investments along relationship deal sponsors. With around 90 employees based in New York, Bad Homburg and Hong Kong, HQ Capital leverages local relationship networks and market knowledge to provide clients with sustainable value creation, diversification, attractive risk-adjusted returns, and responsible investing strategies alongside leading global private equity managers.

InnoVision Capital

Founded in 2016, InnoVision Capital is widely recognized as a leading next-generation Private Equity manager in Asia that has been focusing on investing in ESG space, primarily green energy / clean tech, food security and healthcare sectors for more than 20 years with strong and proven track records.

InnoVision endeavors to implement the best ESG practices among all the financial institutions with a proven track record in the pan-Asia region. The sustainable strong alpha creation comes from 3 main drivers, including investing in industry leading companies with enormous long-term growth potential and attractive entry valuation, disciplined exit strategy through multiple channels and value creation to portfolios and investors. InnoVision has obtained the UNPRI signatory and is voluntarily complied with Article 6 and supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, “UN SDGs”, investing in companies that align with the SDGs.

The Founder & CEO of InnoVision, Lane Zhao, a 20-year veteran in the private equity industry, has been focusing on ESG investment since his time prior to InnoVision at KKR as one of the founding stage members of the Asia business from 2006 to 2016. Lane pioneered the first ESG investment of KKR Asia, i.e. United Envirotech, a leading Membrane-based Integrated Environmental Solutions Provider headquartered in Singapore.

InnoVision currently has both USD and RMB funds under management, with deep industry knowledge, top-notch deal sourcing network, strong value creation capabilities, best-in-class internal processes, successful experiences in global capital markets, and deep insights into regulation trends.

InnoVision has had many successful investments since its inception, such as Beike (NYSE: BEKE), JD Logistics (2618.HK), China Securities (601066.SH, 6066.HK), WuXi AppTec (603259.SH, 2359.HK), Wanhua (600309.SH), Kuaishou (1024.HK), Inovance (300124.SZ), Lvkon, Eswin, 58 Group, Channel Soft, Vtown, Neurophth, CATUG Biotechnology, iCamuno Biotherapeutics, Kedu Healthcare, Butel, Swan Daojia, Lalami, etc. Historically, InnoVision founding team members have led or played significant roles in many successful investments in the ESG space, including United Envirotech (CEE.SG), Mengniu Dairy (2319.HK), Modern Dairy (1117.HK), Far East Horizon (03360.HK), Ping An Insurance (601318.SH, 2318.HK), Belle International, and CICC (601995.SH, 3908.HK).

InnoVision Capital firmly believes in the enormous growth potential within the green economy / clean tech, food security and healthcare industries. Within the green energy / clean tech industries, InnoVision specifically focuses on the EV supply chain, lithium batteries, hydrogen, AI water treatment, energy saving & eco-friendly solutions, waste management, energy storage, solar supply chain, and carbon exchange sectors. InnoVision is committed to investing in global industry leaders with the mission of making the world a better place through our investments.

Integrum

Integrum is an investment firm focused on partnering with technology-enabled services companies in the financial and business services sectors.

The firm was founded by a team of proven leaders with a vision to build a different type of investing platform benefiting from their diverse and complementary backgrounds and vast relationship network.

Integrum’s approach is to build a concentrated portfolio of high-conviction investments. Integrum aims to accelerate growth through investments in technology and other forms of innovation and by partnering with management teams to enhance access to talent, relationships, and capabilities.

J-STAR

J-STAR is a private equity investment company that provides solution capitals to mid-sized Japanese companies through our investment. Founded in 2006, J-STAR has served funds managing and advising over JPY 100bn across 4 vintages, consistently producing top class performance.

We are a group of over 20 experienced, local investment professionals who have abundant experience in the private equity investment since the early stage of the Japanese buyout market. Targets investment opportunities in small to mid-sized Japanese companies with established business models that are unique, established brands and / or leading positions in their market niches that need capital via creative solution.

J-STAR strives for maximization of the business values while communicating with the management teams, shareholders including founding owners, business partners, banks, etc.

L Catterton

L Catterton is a market-leading consumer-focused investment firm, managing approximately $33 billion of equity capital across three multi-product platforms: private equity, credit, and real estate. Leveraging deep category insight, operational excellence, and a broad network of strategic relationships, L Catterton's team of more than 200 investment and operating professionals across 17 offices partners with management teams to drive differentiated value creation across its portfolio. Founded in 1989, the firm has made over 250 investments in some of the world's most iconic consumer brands.

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.

Loyal Valley Capital

Established in 2015, Loyal Valley Capital (LVC) is a thematic, research-driven private equity firm with strong entrepreneurial culture that invests in companies positioned to benefit from the secular industry transformations in China. With over US$3.5 billion of assets under management, LVC mainly focuses on three key sectors: New Consumer, Healthcare, and Advanced Manufacturing. We pride ourselves as a trusted influential shareholder by entrepreneurs, relentlessly focused on active value creation and accelerating growth via strategic initiatives through our extensive network of business leaders in China. LVC manages capital on behalf of international institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds, funds of funds, private banks, and family offices, as well as elite entrepreneurs and founders of China’s Fortune 500 enterprises.

Madison India Capital

Madison India Capital is one of India's leading independent private investment firms. Since its inception more than ten years ago, the firm has generated more than $1 billion in value, including distributions to fund of funds, financial institutions, pension funds, secondary funds, and family offices.

The firm offers liquidity to shareholders of exceptional companies and partners with both private equity managers as well as ambitious management teams of portfolio companies.  Madison India Capital has been the trusted liquidity partner to top decile venture capital firms, private equity firms, founders and employees.  The firm has provided liquidity to over 450 parties in India and Southeast Asia since inception.

The firm takes an active role where helpful and works collaboratively with other investors to help management achieve its growth plans. The firm has offices in Delhi, Singapore and Mauritius.

Mubadala Investment Company

Mubadala Investment Company is a sovereign investor managing a global portfolio, aimed at generating sustainable financial returns for the Government of Abu Dhabi.

Mubadala’s $276 billion (AED 1015 billion) portfolio spans six continents with interests in multiple sectors and asset classes. We leverage our deep sectoral expertise and long-standing partnerships to drive sustainable growth and profit, while supporting the continued diversification and global integration of the economy of the United Arab Emirates.

Natixis Investment Managers

Natixis Investment Managers’ multi-affiliate approach connects clients to the independent thinking and focused expertise of more than 15 active managers. Ranked among the world’s largest asset managers¹ with more than $1.2 trillion assets under management² (€1.1 trillion), Natixis Investment Managers delivers a diverse range of solutions across asset classes, styles, and vehicles, including innovative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies and products dedicated to advancing sustainable finance. The firm partners with clients in order to understand their unique needs and provide insights and investment solutions tailored to their long-term goals.

For more information, please visit im.natixis.com or follow us on LinkedIn

¹ Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2022 ranked Natixis Investment Managers as the 18th largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management as of December 31, 2021.

² Assets under management (“AUM”) of current affiliated entities measured as of March 31, 2023 are $1,208.2 billion (€1,111.9 billion). AUM, as reported, may include notional assets, assets serviced, gross assets, assets of minority-owned affiliated entities and other types of non-regulatory AUM managed or serviced by firms affiliated with Natixis Investment Managers.

Nuveen

Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Nuveen has US$1.1 trillion in assets under management as of 30 Jun 2023 and operations in 27 countries. Its investment specialists offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies.

Churchill, an investment specialist of Nuveen, is an award-winning middle market private capital manager offering clients customized solutions across the capital structure. With US$46 billion of committed capital, the firm provides senior lending, junior capital and equity co-investments to private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. Churchill also invests over US$1 billion annually as an LP in leading private equity firms, a key differentiator that drives proprietary deal flow. Churchill has a 17-year track record of disciplined investing thought multiple economic cycles and is driven by more than 150 professionals across 5 U.S. offices.

Permira

Permira 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.

Primavera Capital

Primavera Capital Group is an Asia Pacific-based investment firm. It manages capital for leading institutions, corporations, and prominent family offices around the world. By developing long-term partnerships, we help portfolio companies realize their full potential, deliver superior returns for investors and drive positive social change. Primavera seeks to capture the most attractive investment opportunities from the dynamic Asia-Pacific region, particularly China’s historic transition from a “Middle Income Society” to a fully developed “Advanced Economy.” Our investments target consumer and retail, technology, climate action, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, business services, and financial services sectors.

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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. 

Tencent Investment

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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.

Tor Investment Management

Tor Investment Management is a leading independent alternative credit manager in Asia with $2.2 billion under management across one evergreen and four closed-end funds. The firm was founded in 2012 by Patrik Edsparr, former Global Head of JP Morgan’s Proprietary and Principal Investing Division, and Chris Mikosh, former Head Trader of Goldman Sachs’ Asian Special Situations Group (ASSG), to provide investors with access to the Asia-Pacific credit markets in opportunities ranging from high yield to bank debt and private financings. Based in Hong Kong and Singapore, the platform consists of 45 employees, including an investment team of 18 professionals with 17 years of average experience. Tor Investment Management's global institutional investor base includes public and corporate pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, outsourced CIOs and family offices.

VIG Partners

VIG Partners (formerly known as Vogo Investment Group), founded in 2005, has comprehensive experience and expertise in the Korean mid-market buyout sector, with successful track records across a diverse range of industries, including financial services, consumer goods, online and mobile commerce, and household appliances. Over the 18-year period, VIG Partners has invested over $3.6 billion of capital across 27 portfolio companies in Korea, with shareholding control in 24 of these companies. The firm’s investments include Kundal (leading personal care brand), Eastar Jet (leading low cost carrier), Preed Life(#1 funeral service company), Auto Plus(#2 used car retailer), Star Vision (#1 beauty contact lens brand), Bonchon (global Chicken QSR brand), Foodist (leading food service company), BKR (master franchisee of Burger King), Samyang Optics (leading interchangeable lens manufacturer), Bodyfriend (#1 massage chair manufacturer), Enuri.com (leading e-commerce portal), and Hiparking (#1 parking management company).

Vitalbridge

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.

Morrison Foerster

With over 1,000 lawyers across 17 offices, Morrison Foerster is a global law firm that has been active in Asia for over 40 years, with 50+ dedicated Private Equity/Mergers & Acquisitions (PE/M&A) lawyers in Asia.

Ranked as a Band 1 law firm for Asia Pacific: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024, and a Tier 1 law firm for China: Private Equity by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024, we have handled over 200 PE/M&A deals in Asia with an aggregate asset value of over US$265 billion in the past five years. Additionally, we have over 20 years of unrivaled experience in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, helping clients with sustainable investment strategies to reflect their impact goals and increase profitability.

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Apex Group

Apex Group Ltd., established in Bermuda in 2003, is a global financial services provider. With over 80 offices worldwide and 11,000 employees in 38 countries, 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.

Harneys

Harneys is an award-winning, leading international offshore law firm. Our network is one of the largest amongst offshore law firms with 11 locations globally, including Asian offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai. We offer the full range of arbitration, litigation, restructuring and transactional advice on the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Anguilla, Luxembourg, Cyprus and Jersey* law, alongside our associated corporate and private wealth business, which provides the full complement of fiduciary services.

Harneys has been at the forefront of the development of offshore jurisprudence for decades and has been involved in the most significant global disputes winning keynote victories for our clients and often helping shape the law.

We offer an integrated and multidisciplinary approach with experienced offshore specialists drawing experience across practice areas including our award-winning litigation, insolvency, restructuring, fraud, funds and regulatory teams.

Our client base is diverse, encompassing leading international and regional accountancy practices, onshore law firms, financial institutions, insolvency office holders, official and unofficial creditors’ committees, private equity sponsors, hedge funds, debtor in possession loan providers, directors, trustees, shareholders and corporate debtors.

We frequently advise lenders and investors at all levels of the capital structure, corporates, and insolvency officeholders on the use of schemes of arrangements in the context of parallel restructurings or reorganisation procedures in other jurisdictions, such as Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code or parallel schemes of arrangement in other common law jurisdictions.

Please visit us at https://www.harneys.com/expertise/litigation-insolvency/

*Jersey legal services are provided through Harneys (Jersey) which is an independently owned and controlled Jersey law firm.

Ontra

Ontra is the global leader in Contract Automation and Intelligence for private asset management firms. The Ontra platform combines AI-enabled software with a worldwide network of highly trained lawyers to modernize recurring legal workflows. Ontra’s solutions improve all aspects of the contract lifecycle — from negotiating and processing routine contracts to tracking obligations in complex agreements. Ultimately, Ontra reduces the time, expense, and risk associated with contract management, freeing its customers to focus on other strategic priorities.

Ontra is headquartered in San Francisco, with global operations across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Alois Ventures

Alois Ventures is a Singapore based venture capital firm incorporated in 2019 by Louis Ryu, the founder/CEO. Louis Ryu founded Alois Ventures based on the 10 years of experience in global startup investment. He started his career starting from the field of M&A advisory in 2009 and had an opportunity to work at the venture capital firm in Korea. After, he moved to Korean government organization and led startup consulting and accelerating programs. In 2015, he founded an accelerator firm in Korea named Shift and led Korean startup industry as an expert of Southeast Asia market penetration. Based on the experience, Alois Ventures is taking a role as a fund manager of the funds investing in global startups, especially in Southeast Asian companies.

Currently, Alois Ventures is the co-GP of the Guardian Scaleup Fund I launched in 2020 and preparing for the next fund to launch at the end of November 2023. Both funds are led by a team of highly experienced investment professionals who are dedicated to identifying and investing in high-growth companies with the potential to generate significant returns for investors. Its team brings together a diverse set of skills and experiences, including extensive expertise in venture capital investing, investment analysis, portfolio management, and strategic planning.

Globis Capital Partners

Globis Capital Partners is one of Japan's leading independent venture capital firm that primarily invests in Japanese startups from early stage to pre-IPO stage. Globis has managed seven funds totaling over JPY 180 billion, including latest Globis VII (final closed in March 2023 at JPY 72.7billion). All closed funds were ranked in the top quartile in global VC benchmarks in their respective vintage years, and it has multiple unicorn and unicorn potential startups in its current portfolio. About 90% of LPs are institutional investors both from and outside of Japan.　

Globis almost always leads rounds and provides hands-on management support to its portfolio companies through board participation by its capitalists as well as tactical support by its value-add team GCP X. In addition, in April 2023 Globis opened a new office in San Francisco to strengthen support for the global expansion of its portfolio companies.

With its unique combination of western style investment expertise obtained through a joint venture with Apax Partners and Japan-local business expertise through Globis Group, which runs No.1 MBA program in Japan, Globis continues to lead the VC market in Japan.

GREE LP Fund

GREE LP Fund is a Venture Capital Fund of Funds headquartered in Tokyo and San Francisco. It invests in both prominent top-tier VC funds and promising emerging VC funds, including first-time managers, who are positioned to propel the next generation of innovation.

Over the past 13 years, it has made more than 80 investments, establishing its position as a leading fund of funds. By partnering with portfolio fund managers and its clients, it aims to continue accelerating innovation on a global scale.

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.

MSA Capital

MSA 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.

TH Capital

TH Capital was founded in 2007 as part of Tsinghua University ecosystem in Beijing. Owned and managed by the founding partners, the company has become a leading GP in China, investing growth capital in China’s most innovative and advanced high-tech companies. To date, TH Capital has invested minority shares in over 100 rapidly growing and highly profitable hard-tech companies across China, financing their development in their home market and beyond.

Based on 15 years of track record as an investor in industrial high-tech, our investment focus and ability are aligned with China’s top-level development goals, concentrating on Advanced Manufacturing, Next-Generation Technologies, Decarbonization and Frontier Technologies.

Investors in TH Capital’s funds include leading private market asset managers and financial institutions from China and abroad. Our 50 investment and research professionals execute our investment model based on proprietary in-house top-down industry research and unique resources of the Tsinghua ecosystem. With China Roots and a global vision, we have built strong value-add capabilities in China and abroad, supporting portfolio companies from offices in Beijing, Shenzhen and Zurich. Understanding the regulatory impact and strategic direction of China, TH Capital has developed an investment model investing across China’s strategic high-tech industries and exits its investment through IPOs on the stock exchanges in China.

With AUM exceeding RMB 20bn across 5 funds raised, TH Capital is raising its first USD fund in 2023 to provide international investors with unique access to the biggest growth investment opportunities across China’s high-tech industries.

True Global Ventures (TGV)

True Global Ventures (TGV) is a global technology venture capital firm licensed by the Monetary Authorities of Singapore. We are currently deploying mainly in Series B companies onwards with a focus on Artificial Intelligence. Our GPs are highly aligned with our LPs, in the latest Opportunity Fund with an AUM of 146M USD, 40% (62M USD) is coming from the GPs. We invest across North America, Europe and Asia, primarily in San Francisco, New York, Paris, Stockholm, London, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore. TGV is built by a group of serial entrepreneurs with a solid track record of investing their own money together with its Limited Partners in companies built by serial entrepreneurs.

Ventech China

Ventech China was founded in China in 2006 by Eric Huet, co-founder of Ventech Capital. Ventech China is a leading investment firm currently managing 4 USD funds and 2 RMB funds focusing on developing extraordinary opportunities in Digital Consumption, Big data, Intelligent Innovation and Hard Technology. Ventech China's portfolio includes Jumei, Secoo, AIG, Keep, Blued, WonderFul, Super Monkey, Deeproute, DFWY, Summer Farm, Switchbot, etc.

Since 1998 when Ventech Capital was founded in France, it has enjoyed the reputation of ‘Best Venture Capital in France’.

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.

Flexstone Partners (an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers)

Flexstone Partners (“Flexstone”)¹, a majority owned affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, provides global institutional investors with investment management and advisory services across global private markets. Flexstone manages $10 billion² in assets and offers clients bespoke, global private markets solutions through Customized Investment Solutions, and Secondary and Co-Investment funds focused on lower, middle market buyouts, growth equity, and emerging managers in the US, Europe and Asia.

With over 50 professionals based in New York, Paris, Geneva, and Singapore, Flexstone’s global team serves the distinct needs of our clients worldwide. The team has diverse backgrounds, deep market experience, and private markets expertise, and is immersed in the world’s most compelling markets across North America, Europe, and Asia.

¹ Flexstone is the name that collectively identifies Flexstone and its affiliated entities.

² US$10.1 billion assets under management as of March 31, 2023.

im.natixis.com

Natixis Investment Managers’ multi-affiliate approach connects clients to the independent thinking and focused expertise of more than 15 active managers. Ranked among the world’s largest asset managers¹ with more than $1.2 trillion assets under management² (€1.1 trillion), Natixis Investment Managers delivers a diverse range of solutions across asset classes, styles, and vehicles, including innovative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies and products dedicated to advancing sustainable finance. The firm partners with clients in order to understand their unique needs and provide insights and investment solutions tailored to their long-term goals.

For more information, please visit im.natixis.com or follow us on LinkedIn

¹ Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2022 ranked Natixis Investment Managers as the 18th largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management as of December 31, 2021.

² Assets under management (“AUM”) of current affiliated entities measured as of March 31, 2023 are $1,208.2 billion (€1,111.9 billion). AUM, as reported, may include notional assets, assets serviced, gross assets, assets of minority-owned affiliated entities and other types of non-regulatory AUM managed or serviced by firms affiliated with Natixis Investment Managers.

HarbourVest

HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets firm with 40 years of experience and more than $125 billion assets under management as of December 31, 2023. Our interwoven platform provides clients access to global primary funds, secondary transactions, direct co-investments, real assets and infrastructure, and private credit.

LGT Capital Partners

LGT 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.

ERM

ERM 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.

KKR

KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, with strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns for its fund investors by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies. KKR invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and provides financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business. References to KKR's investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit us on Twitter @KKR_Co.

Bain Capital

Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $185 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.

EmergeVest

Formed in 2013, we are a global investment firm with US$850m+ of AuM that seeks to build great businesses, provide innovative capital solutions and generate value for all stakeholders.

We are active in cross-border mid-market M&A via our growth-oriented buy-and-build investment strategy. We invest at the intersection of supply chain, technology and finance, where we have proven domain knowledge and operational expertise. We employ the EmergeVest Operating System to drive value creation at our portfolio companies, with fundamental, operationally-led growth and sustainability strategies. Our flagship example of value creation is our portfolio company, EV Cargo, a global supply chain and technology leader.

For more information, please contact info@emergevest.com.

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. EQT today has more than EUR 112 billion in assets under management including BPEA EQT across 45+ active funds within three business segments – Private Capital, BPEA EQT and Real Assets.

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.

In October 2022 EQT combined with BPEA Asia to create BPEA EQT combines the private equity teams from Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) and EQT Asia, creating a comprehensive Asian private equity presence with local teams in eight cities across the region, a 25-year heritage, and more than USD 25 billion of capital deployed since inception.

Private Capital comprises six business lines: EQT Private Equity, EQT Future, EQT Ventures, EQT Life Sciences, EQT Growth and EQT Public Value. The Private Capital segment has grown rapidly and has EUR 68.2 billion in assets under management as of December 2022.

Real Assets – The Real Assets’ business segment comprises three business lines: EQT Infrastructure, EQT Active Core Infrastructure and EQT Exeter. The Real Asset segment has EUR 44.2 billion in assets under management as of December 2022.

LGT Capital Partners

LGT 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.

Morrison Foerster

With over 1,000 lawyers across 17 offices, Morrison Foerster is a global law firm that has been active in Asia for over 40 years, with 50+ dedicated Private Equity/Mergers & Acquisitions (PE/M&A) lawyers in Asia.

Ranked as a Band 1 law firm for Asia Pacific: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024, and a Tier 1 law firm for China: Private Equity by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024, we have handled over 200 PE/M&A deals in Asia with an aggregate asset value of over US$265 billion in the past five years. Additionally, we have over 20 years of unrivaled experience in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards, helping clients with sustainable investment strategies to reflect their impact goals and increase profitability.

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Nio Capital

Established in 2016, NIO Capital seeks to invest in the extensive opportunities created by innovative technologies and business models that are reshaping the mobility, energy, logistics and other adjacent industries in a transformative manner.  The firm’s investment approach combines value investing with comprehensive industry resources, deep knowledge and hands-on portfolio management.  NIO Capital has assembled an experienced and multi-disciplinary team with solid skillsets and blue-chip backgrounds hailing from top investment and professional services firms, internet giants and automotive companies.  The firm is headquartered in Shanghai, China, with additional offices in Beijing.

“Eve ONE” is the flagship USD-denominated VC strategy vertical of NIO Capital.  The inaugural fund in its series, Eve ONE Fund I, was established in 2018 with support from global blue-chip institutions, including sovereign wealth funds, global insurance companies, pension funds, fund-of-funds, corporates, and family offices.  Fund I has demonstrated top-quartile performance with early investments into category leaders such as Momenta, Pony.ai, Innovusion, Inceptio, etc.

Starquest Capital

Founded in 2017, Starquest Capital is one of the largest RMB private equity funds in China, which is managed by several highly experienced entrepreneurs and investors with over 20+ years investment, deal making experience. Starquest Capital focuses on New Economy through direct investment and FOF investment with initial AUM of around RMB 30 billion.

Focusing on opportunities in Healthcare, Digital Consumer, Intelligent Manufacturing and Technology in the new economy, Starquest Capital is on the lookout for future unicorns and for private equity investment opportunities across the entire value chain. Starquest deploys capital through reputable GPs and leading firms in various industries. With a purpose to create value for every stakeholder in the private equity industry, Starquest operates an investment process informed by its proprietary system of big data analytics and artificial intelligence and is supported by a localized professional team with global experience in direct investment and fund of funds management.

Starquest highly values green investing and sustainability principles. It was the first RMB FoF/PE investor to have joined the UNPRI and to become a signatory of the Green Investment Principles (GIP) for the Belt and Road, initiated by the China Green Finance Committee. Starquest is committed to long-term and sustainable development of the Chinese private equity industry.

Alvarez & Marsal

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.

With over 10,000 people across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

To learn more, visit alvarezandmarsal.com. Follow A&M on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Intralinks

Intralinks, an SS&C company, is a leading financial technology provider for the global dealmaking, alternative investments and capital markets communities. As pioneers of the virtual data room, our technology enables and secures the flow of information, empowering our customers to work more productively and with complete confidence. Intralinks facilitates strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate lending, debt sales, capital raising and investor reporting. Our solutions enhance these activities by streamlining operations, reducing risk, improving client experiences and increasing visibility. We’ve earned the trust and business of more than 99 percent of the Global Fortune 500 and have executed over $35 trillion in financial transactions on our platform.  

Asia Alternatives

Asia 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.

EmergeVest

Formed in 2013, we are a global investment firm with US$850m+ of AuM that seeks to build great businesses, provide innovative capital solutions and generate value for all stakeholders.

We are active in cross-border mid-market M&A via our growth-oriented buy-and-build investment strategy. We invest at the intersection of supply chain, technology and finance, where we have proven domain knowledge and operational expertise. We employ the EmergeVest Operating System to drive value creation at our portfolio companies, with fundamental, operationally-led growth and sustainability strategies. Our flagship example of value creation is our portfolio company, EV Cargo, a global supply chain and technology leader.

For more information, please contact info@emergevest.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 fourth external fund of US$6.0 billion in December 2017. Affinity Equity Partners currently advises and manages more than US$14 billion of funds and assets, with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney and Beijing. Since inception, Affinity Equity Partners has completed over 50 landmark transactions in eleven countries across various industries and sectors with aggregate transaction value of US$22 billion. Our Firm invests in businesses with an established track record, strong market positions, demonstrable earnings momentum and growth ambitions.

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.