AVCJ Private Equity Forum Australia & New Zealand 2025
The premier private equity & venture forum in Australia & New Zealand
2024 Forum Demographics
Benefits of attending include:
- Network: Meet a diverse and powerful group of international LPs, GPs and advisors
- New LPs: Connect with private wealth and family offices that are actively committing capital to alternatives
- Australia: Learn how GPs are driving alpha across portfolios and the outlook for deals
- Global view: Discover how to navigate the macroeconomic and political issues effecting private investors in 2025
- Fundraising: Hear tips and tricks for fundraising in a tough environment
- Exits: Explore the alternative liquidity options GPs are utilising to provide returns
Companies who attended this year:
- 1010 Capital
- 1946 Private Capital
- 57 Stars
- A2Z Private Capital
- Abris Capital Partners
- ABTY
- Accident Compensation Corp
- Aceana Group
- Activam Group
- Acuity Knowledge Partners
- Adamantem Capital
- Adams Street Partners
- Advent Partners
- Affinity Equity Partners
- Affinity ID Network
- Aflac Asset Management
- AgriZeroNZ
- Air Products Investment
- Aksia
- Alberta Investment Management
- Albourne Partners
- Allegro Funds
- Allen & Overy
- Allen Partners
- Allens
- AlphaSights
- Alpin Investments
- AlpInvest Partners
- Alternative Investment Capital
- Alternativesoft
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Amazon
- Anacacia Capital
- Anchorage Capital Partners
- Aon
- Aozora Bank
- Apex Group
- APG Asset Management
- Apollo Management
- ArchiMed
- Ardian
- Arkea Capital
- Artesian Capital Management
- Arthur J. Gallagher
- Ashurst
- Asia Alternatives
- Asia Heritage
- Asian Development Bank
- Audacy Ventures
- Aura Group
- Australian Innovations Fund
- Australian Investment Council
- Australian Retirement Trust
- AustralianSuper
- Aware Super
- Axiom Asia Private Capital
- B Capital
- Bailador Investment Management
- Bailador Technology Investments
- Bain & Company
- Banco Santander
- Bandera Capital
- Bank of China
- Bass Partners
- BDA Partners
- BDO
- Bee Alternatives
- Beijing Source Code Capital Investment
- Bennelong Capital
- BFA Global Investors
- BGH Capital
- Bigtincan
- Blackbird Ventures
- BlackRock
- Blackstone
- BMYG Financial Group
- Booster NZ
- BPEA EQT
- Brighter Super
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Brooklands Capital Strategies
- Burda Principal Investments
- Byrons
- C S Partners
- Cambooya
- Campbell Lutyens
- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
- Capital Outcomes
- Capstone Partners
- Carey Olsen
- Carlyle
- Carvet
- Cbus
- CCBPE
- CD&R
- CDPQ
- CEFC
- Centerbridge Partners
- Challenger
- CHAMP Ventures
- Cherubic Ventures
- China International Capital
- China Investment Corporation
- Church Commissioners of England
- CIMB
- Circular Property Group
- Citco Fund Services
- Citi
- Clayton Utz
- Clearway Capital
- Coatue
- Colinton Capital Partners
- Coller Capital
- Colonial First State
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
- Complex Capital
- Computence
- Continuity Capital Partners
- Cool Japan Fund
- Corpay
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth
- CPG Research & Advisory
- Credit Suisse Wealth Management
- Crescent Capital Partners
- Crescent Wealth
- Cukierman Investment House
- Daiwa Capital Markets
- Dakota Family Office
- Datasite
- Deloitte
- Department of Industry, Science and Resources
- Dezigner.ai
- DLA Piper
- Eaton Partners
- Ebury Partners Australia
- Edelman
- EDVARD INDUSTRIES
- Eight Rivers Group
- EM Advisory
- Emanuel Whybourne
- Employees Provident Fund
- EP Advisors
- EQT Partners
- Equip Super
- Equiteq Asia Pacific
- Equity Trustees
- Escala Partners
- Euromonitor International
- Factory Capital
- Fercien Inovação e Gestão de Ativos
- Fidante Partners
- Five V Capital
- Flexstone Partners
- Flying Fox Ventures
- Folklore Ventures
- Fortitude Investment Partners
- Four Hats Capital
- Franklin Templeton
- Freemont Capital
- FromCounsel
- Fuel Ventures Asia
- Fullerton Fund Management Company
- Fund Genesis
- Funds SA
- Future Fund
- FxmTrack Financials
- Gadens Lawyers
- Gateway Capital
- GCM Grosvenor
- General Atlantic
- Genesis Capital
- GIC Special Investments
- Gilbert + Tobin
- Global From Day One
- Global Value Partners
- Glow Capital Partners
- Golden Vision Capital
- Goldman Sachs
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Green Gravity
- GreenBear Group
- G-Resources
- Halona
- Hamilton Lane
- Hanwha Corporation
- HarbourVest Partners
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Headline VC
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Heritage Finance
- HESTA
- Hogan Lovells
- HostPlus
- Houlihan Lokey
- HQ Capital
- Hsu Family Trust
- HT Capital
- HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
- ICA Partners
- Iconiq Capital
- IFM Investors
- Indite Ventures
- InFin Capital
- Infosys
- Insignia Financial
- Integrum Holdings
- International Finance Corporation
- Intertrust
- Intrepid Investment Partners
- Investcorp Holdings
- JAFCO Group
- January Capital
- JBWere
- JCN Int'l
- Jier Art
- Johnson Winter Slattery
- JP Morgan
- JP Morgan Asset Management
- Jungle Ventures
- K&L Gates
- Kaencircle Investment Management
- KEB Hana Bank
- Keiretsu Forum Mumbai
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Kings Of Neon
- KKR & Co
- Korea Venture Investment Corp
- KPMG
- Kumpulan Wang Persaraan
- L Catterton
- Lakestream Ventures
- Lazard Asia
- Lemanik Group
- Lennoxgrove Capital
- Lexington Partners
- LGT Capital Partners
- LGT Crestone
- Licella Holdings
- Lincoln International
- Liverpool Partners
- London Stock Exchange
- Loyal Valley Capital
- M&A Startup
- Macquarie Bank
- Macquarie Capital
- Madad
- Mandalay Venture Partners
- Manulife Investment Management
- Margin Capital
- Marsh
- Marubeni Corporation
- Medley Impact
- Mercer
- MetLife Investment Management
- Metrics Credit Partners
- Minchin Moore
- Minderoo Foundation
- Mine Super
- MinterEllison
- Mintz Group
- Miras Investment
- Mitsubishi Corp
- Mitsubishi UFJ Alternative Investments
- Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments
- Mizuho Research & Technologies
- MLC
- Monument Group
- Morgans Corporate
- Motion Capital
- Mousse Partners
- MREIS
- MUFG Bank
- Nan Fung Trinity
- National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
- Natixis CIB
- Natixis Investment Managers
- Navis Capital Partners
- Neu Capital
- New Amsterdam Group
- New Energy Technology
- New South Wales Treasury
- Newport Capital Group
- NGS Super
- Nissay Asset Management Corporation
- Nomura
- Norinchukin Zenkyoren Asset Management
- Northern Trust Corp
- Northleaf Capital Partners
- NSW Treasury Corporation
- Nuri Management
- NxtPeak
- Octava
- OMERS
- OneVentures
- Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
- Openspace Ventures
- Option Group
- Ord Minnett Corporate Finance
- ORIX Life Insurance Corporation
- Pacific Current Group
- Pacific Equity Partners
- Pacific Tiger Group
- Paddington St Finance
- Pantheon Ventures
- Panther Capital
- Papamarkou Wellner Perkin
- Parksquare Investments
- Partners Group
- Paul Ramsay Foundation
- Pavilion Capital
- Pemba Capital Partners
- Pennae
- Pension Fund Association
- Pereim
- Perennial Investment Partners
- Permira
- Perpetual Group
- Perpetual Private
- PETRONAS
- Pickles Auctions
- Pictet
- PIMCO
- Pinsent Masons
- Piramal Alternatives
- PKF
- PMGS Global
- Polar 993
- Portfolio Advisors
- Potentia Capital
- Potentum Partners
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Primavera Capital
- Prime Value Asset Management
- Principle Advisory Services
- Private Equity Media
- Property Partners Group
- PROP-HR
- Protege Research
- Prusi
- PT. Abundant Impact Ventures
- QIC
- Quadrant Private Equity
- Quaestor Technologies
- Quantum
- Quentin Ayers
- R. J. Vangeli & Company
- Rabobank
- RACE Advisory
- Rangatira Investments
- RCF Jolimont
- Reach Alternative Investments
- Redbadge Pacific
- Rede Partners
- Resource Capital Funds
- Rest
- Revolution Asset Management
- Right Click Capital Management
- Riverside Company
- ROC Partners
- RSM
- Rubix Capital
- Scarcity Partners
- Schroders Capital
- Seidler Equity Australia
- Sekisui Chemical
- Seviora Capital
- Seviora Holdings
- SG Fleet Group
- SGS Singapore
- Shanda Group
- Shed Enterprises
- Shinhan Bank
- Skye Capital Advisory
- Skylife
- Spirit Super
- Square Peg
- Squire Patton Boggs
- SS&C Intralinks
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Star Capital
- Startmate
- Startupbootcamp Holding
- StepStone Group
- Stoic Venture Capital
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
- Superloop
- Tasman Capital Partners
- Tata Capital
- TCorp
- Teddermain
- Telstra Super
- Telstra Ventures
- TEN13
- Teneo
- Terem
- Terrace Tower Group
- The Australian
- The Australian Financial Review
- The Media Distillery
- The New Amsterdam Group
- The Snow Foundation
- The University of Hong Kong
- Thomas H Lee Partners
- Thrive Alternatives
- TMF Corporate Services
- TMGM
- TPG Capital
- Twin Towers Ventures
- UBS
- Unigestion
- University of Pittsburgh
- UNSW Sydney
- Vala Capital
- Vantage Asset Management
- Vestcor
- Victor Smorgon Partners
- Virescent Ventures
- Vision Foundation
- Vision Invest
- Vista Equity Partners
- Wabisabi Capital
- Walsh Bay Partners
- Warburg Pincus
- Webb Henderson
- Wellesley Partners
- Wellington Management
- Wells Fargo
- WestCap
- Westpac
- Whiteoak
- William Buck Family Office
- Willis Towers Watson
- Wilshire
- Wilson Asset Management
- Wilson Family Office
- Wollemi Capital
- Yarra Private Capital Discovery Fund
Lead Sponsors
General Atlantic
https://www.generalatlantic.comGeneral Atlantic is a leading global growth investor with more than four decades of experience providing capital and strategic support for over 520 growth companies throughout its history. Established in 1980 to partner with visionary entrepreneurs and deliver lasting impact, the firm combines a collaborative global approach, sector-specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon, and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great entrepreneurs and management teams to scale innovative businesses around the world. General Atlantic has approximately $84 billion in assets under management inclusive of all products as of March 31, 2024, and more than 300 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Miami, Mumbai, Munich, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Stamford and Tel Aviv.
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP)
http://www.pep.com.auEstablished 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.
Asia Series Sponsor
KPMG Australia
http://kpmg.com.auKPMG is a global organisation of independent professional firms, providing a full range of services to organisations across a wide range of industries, governments and not-for-profit sectors. We operate in 146 countries and territories and have more than 227,000 people working in member firms around the world. In Australia, KPMG has a long tradition of professionalism and integrity combined with our dynamic approach to advising clients in a digital-driven world.
Co-Sponsors
EQT
https://eqtgroup.comEQT 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.
Lexington Partners
http://www.lexingtonpartners.comLexington Partners is a leading global alternative investment manager primarily involved in providing liquidity solutions to owners of private equity and other alternative investments and in making co-investments alongside leading private equity sponsors. Lexington Partners is one of the largest managers of secondary acquisition and co-investment funds with $55 billion in committed capital since inception. Lexington has acquired over 3,900 secondary and co-investment interests through more than 1,000 transactions with a total value in excess of $69 billion, including $17 billion of syndications. Lexington also invests in private investment funds during their initial formation and has committed to more than 550 new funds in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Lexington has offices strategically located in major centers for private equity and alternative investing - New York, Boston, Menlo Park, London, Hong Kong, Santiago, São Paulo and Luxembourg.