From private equity, venture capital and private credit firms to superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and private wealth investors, the AVCJ Private Equity Forum Australia & New Zealand is the essential meeting place for the global private capital community. Join more than 300 LPs and senior industry leaders for three days of networking, debate and actionable market insights.
Featuring thought-provoking keynote presentations, candid panel discussions and practical case studies, the Forum provides a unique platform to explore the trends shaping fundraising, dealmaking, value creation and exits across Australia, New Zealand and the broader Asia-Pacific region.
The AVCJ Forum plays a really important role in the ecosystem, it’s a great opportunity to bring together LPs and GPs from the industry. The content is very relevant, it is targeted at limited partners that invest in the asset class, and it has very senior delegates that come along so you get to high-quality conversations with like-minded professionals.
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Lead Sponsors
Pacific Equity Partners
http://www.pep.com.auPEP is Australasia’s largest private markets firm, with A$18 billion AUM across various investment strategies. Since its founding in 1998, PEP has made more than 200 investments including bolt-ons, has engaged in A$54 billion of transactions, including both acquisitions and exits, and has delivered a 28% average Net IRR p.a. across the closed end funds. These results are built on a team-based approach of apprenticeship, long term experience, aligned incentives – and a disciplined investment focus, that has delivered ‘best in class’, consistent results for our investors and partners over the last 27 years. Our long-term investors include the world’s largest and most experienced investment institutions and sovereign wealth funds, as well as private wealth investors. PEP has been the recipient of various industry awards over the past 27 years, including the Firm of the Year Award from the Australian Investment Council (AIC) in 2024 and 2025.
TPG
https://www.tpg.com/TPG is a leading global alternative asset management firm, founded in San Francisco in 1992, with $246 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.
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.
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.
Anacacia Capital
https://www.anacacia.com.au/Anacacia Capital is a leading Australian private fund manager, including focused on smaller mid-market growth buyouts. The firm has won numerous awards historically including the Australian Investment Council Firm of the Year and Best Small Cap Investment of the Year. Anacacia is raising Anacacia Private Equity IV in 2024 after a successful first close late in 2023.
Anacacia manages >A$800m and invests into established small-medium enterprises that are managing ownership change and growth. The firm’s private equity funds make buyout and control investments into unlisted companies. The firm also manages the synergistic funds that can invest into small listed companies, that helps differentiate Anacacia’s private equity offering to business owners. Anacacia provides strategic insight and capital to outstanding management teams to help businesses achieve better growth and diversification.
Anacacia typically focuses on profitable companies with annual revenues of $20 million to $500 million per annum and has formerly led investments in successful businesses including Appen, Big River, Home Appliances, Lomb Scientific, Rafferty’s Garden and Yumi’s Quality Foods.
Carta
https://carta.com/sg/en/Carta is the agentic ERP for private capital, connecting the entire ecosystem—from GPs and LPs to CEOs, CFOs, employees, and advisors. With software and services built to scale, Carta empowers you to build, invest, and grow with confidence.
Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 9,000+ funds and SPVs, representing more than $220B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of Fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is transforming how private capital operates.
Evercore
https://www.evercore.com/Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic and financial significance to boards of directors, management teams and shareholders, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic shareholder advisory, restructurings, and capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public and private capital and delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors. Founded in 1995, the Firm is headquartered in New York with 2,500+ employees in 25+ offices across North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia.
Evercore Private Capital Advisory (PCA) is a leading advisor to GPs and LPs on liquidity solutions across the private secondary market and debt capital markets. With a global team of over 160 dedicated secondary professionals, PCA is one of the largest and most experienced secondaries advisory platforms in the market.
Folklore Ventures
https://www.folklore.vc/Folklore Ventures is a leading Australian early stage VC firm investing in ANZ software and advanced technology startups.
Founded in 2014, Folklore performs in the top decile for all of its funds. With $150m AUM, Folklore has made investments into globally successful companies such as Auror, Wonde and HealthMatch.
Folklore is known for its investment rigour and allocating discipline. As a 'first cheque to forever' VC, Folklore aims to be the first investor into a startup and to compound returns by allocating throughout the investment lifecycle. Its long term focus areas include AI and data networks, robotics and automation, health tech and B2B SaaS.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
https://www.hkexgroup.comHong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is a publicly-traded company (HKEX Stock Code: 0388) and one of the world’s leading global exchange groups, offering a range of equity, derivative, commodity, fixed income and other financial markets, products and services, including the London Metals Exchange.
As a superconnector and gateway between East and West, HKEX facilitates the two-way flow of capital, ideas and dialogue between China and the rest of world, through its pioneering Connect schemes, increasingly diversified product ecosystem and its deep, liquid and international markets.
HKEX is a purpose-led organisation which, across its business and through the work of HKEX Foundation, seeks to connect, promote and progress it markets and the communities they support for the prosperity of all.
Integrum
https://www.integrum.usLaunched in 2021 by Tagar Olson, Ursula Burns and Richard Kunzer, Integrum is a New York-based private equity investment firm focused on partnering with technology-enabled services companies in the financial and business services sectors. Leveraging the Integrum team’s deep sector expertise, strong investing and operating experience, and vast relationship networks, Integrum is building a portfolio of high-conviction investments. In partnership with management teams, Integrum aims to accelerate business growth through investments in technology and other forms of innovation, and enhancing access to talent, relationships, and capabilities.
LGT Capital Patners
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.
Park Square Capital
https://parksquarecapital.com/Park Square Capital is a leading private credit manager, providing senior debt, mid-market direct loans, junior debt, and structured equity to private equity-backed companies in Europe and the US. Park Square has invested more than $27 billion since 2004, and currently manages over $16 billion of capital on behalf of its investors. Park Square has more than 120 staff, with ten offices including London, New York, Frankfurt, Paris, Stockholm, Seoul, Tokyo, Dallas and Sydney. Park Square was recently recognised as “Best Performing Direct Lender in Europe” by Preqin and “Lender of the Decade in Europe” by PDI.
Wellington Management
https://www.wellington.com/en/private-equityTracing its history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms, serving as a trusted adviser to over 3,000 clients in more than 60 countries. The firm manages more than US$1.3 trillion, including US$48+ billion in alternatives. As a private partnership whose only business is investment management, the firm is able to align its long-term views and interests with those of its clients. The firm offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets, including equity, fixed income, multi-asset, sustainable investing, and alternative strategies including private assets.
Our private markets platform spans a broad range of capabilities, including venture, growth equity and private credit. Our private markets team includes specialists who draw on backgrounds as entrepreneurs, doctors, and scientists. We tap into the firm’s broad investment capabilities, and believe our reputation, deep industry expertise, and asset size attract a wide range of potential private investments. We invest globally in a wide range of deals across the private market spectrum and are able to invest in small private companies as well as participate in large capital raises.
All figures are for the Wellington Management Group of companies as of 30 September 2025.
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