AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum - Korea 2022
The premier event for private markets investors in South Korea
Four Seasons Hotel, Seoul and Online
2022 AVCJ Korea Forum Demographics
A snapshot of GPs & LPs who attended the event in the past:
- 500 Startups
- Aberdeen Korea
- Aberdeen Standard Investments
- Adams Street Partners
- Advantage Partners
- AIG Korea
- Anbang International
- Axiom Asia Private Capital
- BlackRock
- CD&R
- CIC Private Equity
- CVC Capital Partners
- Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association
- CPPIB
- Dongbu Insurance
- Dongbu Life
- East India Capital Management
- Export Import Bank of Korea
- Government Employees Pension Service
- Hamilton Lane
- Hahn & Co.
- Hanwha Life
- HarbourVest Partners Korea
- HQ Capital
- Hyundai Insurance
- Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance
- IMM Private Equity
- KB Insurance
- Korea Development Bank
- Korea Fire Officials Credit Union
- Korea Growth Investment Corp.
- Korea I&S
- Korea Investment Corporation
- Korea Post Insurance
- Korea Venture Investment Corporation
- Korean Teachers' Credit Union
- Kyobo Life
- LGT Capital Partners
- MBK Partners
- Military Mutual Aid Association
- Ministry of Employment and Labor
- Mirae Asset Global Investments
- MUFG
- Northstar Group
- NPS
- Partners Group
- Pavilion Capital International
- Permira Advisers
- Peninsula House, LLC
- Portfolio Advisors
- Public Officials Benefit Association
- Samsung Asset Management
- Shinhan Bank
- Shinhan Investment
- Spartina Partners
- StepStone Group
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
- The Korean Teachers’ Credit Union
- Tokyo University of Science
- Top Tier Capital Partners
- TPG Capital
- Unison Capital
- VIG Partners
- Warburg Pincus
- Woori Bank
... and many others!
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AVCJ Korea Forum is now a CPD certified event
6 CPD points can be claimed after attending the event
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2022 Sponsors
Asia Series Sponsor
KPMG Korea
https://home.kpmg.com/kr/enSamjong KPMG provides Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We work closely with our clients, helping them to mitigate risks and grasp opportunities.
KPMG Global Network
KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services. We have more than 227,000 (over 3,800 in Samjong KPMG) outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in 146 countries worldwide.
History of Samjong KPMG
Samjong KPMG has realized a substantial growth over the years and been named a trusted service provider by its clients with clear understanding of the clients’ issues and providing the services addressing such issues.
World-class Services: The Clear Choice
As the Korean member firm of KPMG International, Samjong KPMG declared Vision 2025 to be The Clear Choice. Samjong KPMG provides one-stop services throughout the field of audit, tax, deal advisory and consulting services with its expertise and experiences in various industries.
Corporate Transparency
With a strong belief on our principle—the wellness of a firm is determined by the transparency of its management—Samjong KPMG has been transparent with its business performance. For our clients, Samjong KPMG is committing constant efforts to enhance its corporate value by continuing to develop as a ‘Clean Firm’.
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.
Affirma Capital
http://www.affirmacapital.comAffirma Capital is an independent emerging market private equity firm owned and operated by the long-standing senior leadership of Standard Chartered Private Equity. We manage over US$3.2 billion in assets for leading global limited partners and sovereign wealth funds.
We help build and nurture national and regional champions by investing in companies backed by strong management teams and founders. Throughout our 20-year history of investing in emerging markets, we have deployed over US$6 billion in 100+ companies across Asia, Africa and the Middle East and have returned over US$6 billion in cash proceeds to our investors at highly attractive rates of return. Our senior leadership spent over 11 years working together at Standard Chartered Private Equity prior to founding Affirma Capital.
Our investment philosophy, focused on selective origination, disciplined deal structuring and intensive portfolio management, has helped us build a superior track record with realized returns at a significant premium to the MSCI Emerging markets index.
CVC
https://www.cvc.com/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.
Hahn & Company
http://www.hcompany.com/Founded in 2010, Hahn & Co. is a private equity investment firm focused on making corporate acquisitions and investments in Korea. Based in Seoul, Hahn & Co. primarily acquires controlling positions in companies with a focus on situations in which it believes value can be derived by bringing to bear the firm’s expertise and experience as owners and operators of businesses. Hahn & Co. manages the largest Korea country fund raised to date and has invested more capital than any private equity firm in Korea since the firm’s inception.
M&A Technology Partner
Datasite
https://www.datasite.comDatasite is a leading SaaS provider for the M&A industry, empowering dealmakers around the world with the tools they need to succeed across the entire deal lifecycle. For more information, visit www.datasite.com
SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS
ILPA
https://ilpa.orgThe Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) is the leading global, member-driven organization dedicated to advancing the interests of private equity limited partners through industry-leading education programs, independent research, best practices, networking opportunities and global collaborations. Initially founded as an informal networking group, the ILPA is a voluntary association funded by its members. ILPA membership has grown to include almost 400 organizations from around the world representing almost 50% of global institutional assets under management in private equity.
KCFO(Korea Association for CFOs)
(영문)
KCFO (Korea Association for Chief Financial Officers) is a non-profit driven organization under Financial Services Commission for CFOs & financial executives in Korea. For the Maximization of Corporate Value with the mission of CFO Networking, Knowledge & Information, and Advocacy, KCFO holds Annual CFO Conference, quarterly workshops, monthly CFO breakfast seminars since 2002. We announce “The CFO of The Year”, and publish quarterly journal “CFO” and corporate finance research papers. And we accredit finance professionals through CIM(Certified IFRS Accounting Manager) and CFM(Certified Finance Manager) tests in Korea.
(국문)
(사)한국CFO협회(www.cfokorea.org)는 2002년도에 금융위원회 산하 비영리 사단법인으로 2002년 설립되었습니다. 투명재무경영과 재무경영혁신을 통한 기업가치 증대를 설립목적으로, CFO(Chief Financial Officer)의 현안 경영과제와 이슈에 대한 해결책을 찾기 위해 재무경영 지식활동과 CFO 네트워킹 활동(월례 조찬세미나 및 오찬포럼, 년차 워크샵, 국제컨퍼런스 개최, 계간지 및 연구보고서 발간, 한국CFO대상 시상제도 운영, IFRS관리사 및 재무관리사 자격검증시험 운영)을 하고 있습니다.
Invest Korea KOTRA
KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency) was established in 1962 as a national trade promotion organization, focused on creating new export markets and encouraging trade and foreign investment. With the vision to be a ‘global business platform’, KOTRA continues to strengthen the global capabilities of SMEs and attract foreign enterprises and investors in order to build a partnership of sustainable growth. As of today, KOTRA has an extensive global network of 129 of overseas offices in 84 countries.
Invest KOREA, Korea's national investment promotion agency, was established within KOTRA with the sole purpose of supporting the entry and successful establishment of foreign business into Korea. Invest KOREA attracts foreign investment by identifying potential investors, assisting investment projects, providing aftercare services and building a cooperative network with involved organizations. The agency is committed to providing unmatched, comprehensive one-stop service that allows foreign investors to join many of the world's most successful corporations who have selected Korea as an investment destination.
MEDIA PARTNER
Asia Business Law Journal
https://law.asia/Vantage Asia produces Law.asia, a leading online resource for in-house counsel and lawyers in private practice. It also publishes three market-leading magazines, Asia Business Law Journal, China Business Law Journal and India Business Law Journal, which provide in-depth analyses of legal and regulatory challenges facing domestic and international businesses around the region. enquiries@law.asia
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