EQT

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with EUR 246 billion in total assets under management (EUR 134 billion in fee-generating assets under management), divided into two business segments: Private Capital and Real Assets. EQT owns portfolio companies and assets in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Americas and supports them in achieving sustainable growth, operational excellence, and market leadership.

General Atlantic

General 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, General Atlantic continues to be a dedicated partner to visionary founders and investors seeking to build dynamic businesses and create long-term value. Guided by the conviction that entrepreneurs can be incredible agents of transformational change, 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 and scale innovative businesses around the world. The firm leverages its patient capital, operational expertise, and global platform to support a diversified investment platform spanning Growth Equity, Credit, Climate, and Sustainable Infrastructure strategies. General Atlantic manages approximately $100 billion in assets under management, inclusive of all strategies, as of October 1, 2024, with more than 900 professionals in 20 countries across five regions.

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.

NSSK

Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko Ltd. (NSSK) is an investment firm established in 2014 and a leader in Japan’ s middle market for buyout transactions.

NSSK believes that implementing an Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) policy is socially responsible and can also improve the returns in our investment portfolio. Since the establishment of NSSK, we have embedded the ESG principles in our investment process.

In addition to its flagship funds, NSSK currently manages a total of five investment funds dedicated to impact investing in regional markets in Japan. Major ESG highlights for our portfolio companies include a 12% increase in the number of jobs, 40% of CEO/COOs being Women or Minorities, 78% of our total employee base of over 5,000 being Women, and 49% of managerial positions being held by Women. NSSK is a UN PRI Signatory and the first Japan based GP to become a signatory of the Operating Principles for Impact Management. Please visit www.nsskjapan.com to read about the successful and exciting ESG outcomes and initiatives driven by NSSK’s employees as highlighted in our ESG Annual Report.

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.

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.

Advantage Partners

Advantage Partners was founded by Richard Folsom and Taisuke Sasanuma in 1997 and is a leading provider of services to private equity and similar funds focused on the Japanese and Asian markets. Advantage Partners has been providing services to funds since 1997, when the firm established the first buyout fund in Japan. Funds served by Advantage Partners have invested in more than 120 companies representing total invested capital of over JPY400 billion across a wide range of industries and sectors. Advantage Partners has offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, and has plans to open an office in Mumbai later this year.

Bain & Company

We're a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 67 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.

Beyond Next Ventures

Beyond Next Ventures stands at the forefront of venture capital in Japan, specializing in seed and early-stage investments in the deep-tech sector. Our focus is on startups that are making a global impact, particularly in healthcare, drug discovery and biotech, agritech and foodtech, digital, space, and climate tech. We partner with entrepreneurs at or before the seed stage, guiding them to successful IPOs and M&As. Our proven expertise and extensive network have positioned us as one of Japan's top-performing venture capital firms. In July 2024, we raised 25.7 billion yen (US$173m) for our 3rd flagship fund, which was oversubscribed. As of March 2025, our AUM is over 48 billion yen (US$324m). We believe in the power of deep-tech scientific innovations to enrich the world, supporting researchers with business planning, building strong management teams, shared lab space, and financing. By fostering a collaborative ecosystem, we drive the creation of new business models and ensure that future generations benefit from continuous advancements in science and technology.

BlackRock

BlackRock’s purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, we help millions of people build savings that serve them throughout their lives by making investing easier and more affordable. 

Bluepass

Bluepass Capital is a Tokyo-based small-cap private equity firm established in 2020 as an affiliate of Prored Partners, a management consulting firm listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The firm manages the Dolphin Fund series, targeting Japanese SMEs with enterprise values of JPY 2 to 20 billion, and invests with a differentiated "Full Resource, Full Scope" approach — deploying teams of investment professionals alongside Prored's 200+ consultants to drive comprehensive value creation. Bluepass has invested in more than 15 companies across a wide range of industries with assets under management exceeding JPY 10 billion.

Chrys Capital

Founded in 1999, ChrysCapital is one of the largest and most established India-focused private equity firms.  By any measure, ChrysCapital’s track record is one the strongest in the context of Indian private equity – $4 billion raised across 8 funds, 86 investments, and 67 full exits.  The firm has fully realized five successive funds on schedule with strong US$ net returns, which is unprecedented not just in India, but potentially also emerging markets in general.  Overall, ChrysCapital has invested $3.0 billion and realized $5.3 billion, which equates to a disproportionately high share of total PE realizations from India.  The firm has achieved all this while maintaining one of the lowest loss ratios and fee drags in the industry (~15% fee-to-invested capital vs 20-25% for the industry).

Coller EQT

Coller EQT is a global leader in the secondary market for private assets, renowned for being a pioneer and innovator in the asset class. Founded in 1990, Coller provides investment and liquidity solutions to private market investors worldwide, and currently manages $55* billion in private equity, private credit, and other private market vehicles.

While Coller came together with EQT in 2026, Coller EQT maintains the independence and integrity of its origination and investment process. Coller’s investment offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, and Beijing form part of the wider EQT office network, giving our multinational team a truly global reach.

Coller has exclusively focused on secondary investing since inception and today boasts one of the largest dedicated investment teams in the asset class.

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. 

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.

Evercore

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.

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.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is the primary investing area within Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), delivering investment and advisory services across public and private markets for the world’s leading institutions, financial advisors and individuals. The business is driven by a focus on partnership and shared success with its clients, seeking to deliver long-term investment performance drawing on its global network and deep expertise across industries and markets. Goldman Sachs Asset Management is a leading investor across fixed income, liquidity, equity, alternatives, and multi-asset solutions. Goldman Sachs oversees more than $4.0 trillion in assets under supervision as of June 30, 2026*. Follow us on LinkedIn.

*AUS includes assets under management and other client assets for which Goldman Sachs does not have full discretion.

Hunter Point Capital

Founded in 2020, Hunter Point Capital (“HPC”) is a leading independent investment firm providing innovative capital solutions and business-building capabilities to alternative asset managers across the globe. With over 70 professionals across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, HPC serves as a strategic partner for growth, and strives to be the preferred choice for managers who are building enduring franchises and defining the future of private markets.

Integrum

Launched 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.

JAFCO

JAFCO Group is a leading investment management company operating venture capital and buyout funds. Since its foundation in 1973, JAFCO Group has established the first venture capital fund in Japan in 1982 and pioneered Japanese buyout funds in 1998. We have 100+ professionals of venture capital, buyout investment, business development, and fund management in Japan, Asia, and the United States.

In venture investment, we pursue the creation of new businesses together with entrepreneurs. In buyout investment, we guide companies looking for renewed growth through a “second start,” enabling them to achieve enduring growth and expansion.

The total capital commitments of its investment funds to date in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000.

Our purpose is “Fueling perpetual growth; investing in bold visions.” We continue to invest in bold visions of companies and entrepreneurs, based on its conviction that continued investment leads to the realization of a sustainable society.

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.

Linnovate Partners

Linnovate Partners is a leading asset services provider focused on driving innovation in the alternative investments industry. With expertise across the entire fund lifecycle, Linnovate Partners goes beyond traditional fund administration to provide value-added services and technologies that empower asset and fund managers to excel in their operations. Its six core service areas include:

• Fund Administration
• Investor Relations
• Regulatory Compliance
• Portfolio Monitoring
• Reporting Services
• Consulting Services

Powering these services is a proprietary, cloud-based platform, RAISE, that provides all the functions of alternative investing in a single ecosystem and enables seamless integration and accessibility. With offices globally, Linnovate Partners currently administers over $120 billion in assets across more than 600 private equity and venture capital funds. As an innovation-focused disruptor, Linnovate Partners combines deep industry expertise and the latest technologies to drive better outcomes for alternative investment managers and investors worldwide.

Navis Capital Partners

Navis Capital Partners (“Navis”) was founded in 1998. It has over two decades of experience in partnering and growing distinctive companies in Southeast Asia. Navis has made over 90 control growth buyout investments and over 80 follow-on investments. Our 25 years of investing experience, focused on transforming and growing middle market businesses with a distinctive competitive advantage, has delivered top quartile returns.

Navis manages several private and public equity capital commitments totalling over ~USD 5 billion, and whose investors include a number of well-known US, European, Middle Eastern and Asian institutional investors and family offices.

Navis operates 6 offices across the region and has over 100 professionals comprising of 15+ nationalities. This strength in numbers and longevity in the region results in all of Navis’ companies to be leaders or near leaders in their fields. Industries/segments in which Navis has invested include healthcare, education, food processing, F&B, industrial products amongst others.

The firm contributes both capital and management expertise to its portfolio companies with the objective of directing strategic, operational and financial improvements, typically through initiatives that drive growth, margin improvement and asset efficiency. 80% of Navis’ realised returns have been driven by revenue and EBITDA growth.

Navis’ investment model places a low reliance on leverage to drive its equity returns.

Navis has launched its Navis Asia Credit platform to leverage on the firm’s extensive and deep sourcing capabilities in the region, and will seek to provide liquidity solutions to high quality middle market family owned businesses.

Siguler Guff

Siguler Guff is a multi-strategy private markets investment firm which, together with its affiliates, has approximately $18 billion of assets under management. With 30 years of experience investing in private markets, Siguler Guff seeks to generate strong, risk-adjusted returns by focusing opportunistically on market niches. Siguler Guff’s investment products include multi-manager funds, direct investment funds and customized separate accounts targeting specific areas of compelling opportunity. The Firm’s core investment strategies include Small Buyout, Emerging Markets, Opportunistic Credit, Real Estate and Small Business Credit. Siguler Guff’s institutional investment knowledge, sector immersion approach and longstanding relationships provide access to compelling investment opportunities within each of its targeted strategies. Founded in 1991 within PaineWebber, Siguler Guff became an independent firm in 1995. The Firm has served more than 800 institutional clients, including corporate and public employee benefit plans, endowments, foundations, government agencies and financial institutions, and more than 1,000 family office and high net worth investors. Headquartered in New York, Siguler Guff maintains offices in Boston, Houston, West Palm Beach, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (www.simpsonthacher.com) is one of the world’s leading international law firms. The Firm was established in 1884 and has approximately 1,500 lawyers. Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., the Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.

The Firm regularly advises on market-defining fundraisings in Japan and has incomparable experience advising clients on fundraisings for Japan-focused funds. Complementing the Firm’s global preeminent private funds practice, our Japan team offer advice  on funds across asset classes and strategies, including private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, energy/renewable energy, secondaries, technology and growth/venture, as well as on SMAs and other alternative investment products and strategies. 

Active in Asia for almost three decades, Simpson Thacher advises on transactions and matters throughout the region, including in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Southeast Asia and Taiwan. We offer one of the largest on-the-ground teams, with multiple language capabilities, including Japanese, Mandarin and Korean. Our Tokyo and Hong Kong-based funds lawyers practice New York, English and Hong Kong law.

T Capital

T Capital Partners is a pioneer of private equity firm in Japan. T Capital has been engaged in the buyout investment business for over 25 years since establishing its first fund in 1998, at the inception of the Japanese private equity market. T Capital have established six funds with a cumulative total of approximately 220 billion yen under management and have consistently secured stable investments and investment performance. Most recently, T Capital established the sixth fund (approx. 80 billion yen) in 2020 and the fifth fund (approx. 50 billion yen) in 2016, contributing to support corporate growth. T Capital focus on mid-sized companies that have core corporate capabilities, those which hold good technology or business models unsurpassed by others. All investment professionals sincerely work together under our slogan “Trust” to solve the management issues of our portfolio companies to "make good companies even better companies.

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 related control buyouts in the industrial and technology, consumer related and business services sectors. The Firm manages four Funds which have accumulated approximately US$2.7 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 19 investment professionals located in Tokyo and Hong Kong. The firm also enjoys the support of prominent and highly committed Advisors located in Tokyo, Taipei, Singapore, London, New York, and Dallas.

Wellington Management

Tracing 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.

WERU Investment

WERU Investment is the first university-fueled asset management company in Japan. Our goal is to drive innovation and corporate growth through the capital market. We hold a discretionary investment management license in Japan and manage VC, PE, equity, and credit funds catering to our clients’ needs.

In our venture capital investment, we invest in global seed and early stage technology startups, investing in innovation and new businesses not only in Japan but around the world. In particular, we build original hypotheses from insights garnered through abductive research of industry and technology trends, taking a long-term perspective in investment and support of seed and early stage startups to grow as born-global companies.

Yanagi Capital Partners

Yanagi Capital Partners is a private equity firm dedicated to investing in Japan’s dynamic consumer sector. Established as a co-GP joint venture between CP Group (CPG) and CTBC Financial Holding (CTBC), our platform combines the institutional strength, global network, and deep credibility of our two sponsors to unlock significant value. The fund targets USD300 million in commitments to invest in high-potential mid-market Japanese consumer companies, with a strategic focus across the food and wellness value chain. 

Our mission is to partner with leading Japanese brands and support their transformation into globally recognized players. As Japan’s domestic market matures, we see tremendous opportunities to help companies expand overseas and meet the growing international demand for trusted, high quality Japanese products. We primarily invest in businesses within food & beverage, functional foods, beauty & wellness, restaurants, pet products, active lifestyle and household products. 

Our investment philosophy is guided by patience, discipline, data-driven decision-making. With an emphasize active partnership and value creation, Yanagi Capital Partners collaborates closely with portfolio companies to optimize performance, scale internationally, and unlock sustainable growth. Typical equity commitments range from USD 10 million and USD 50 million, reflecting our focus on minority growth investments that deliver strategic impact. 

What differentiates Yanagi Capital Partners is the strategic synergy between our sponsors. This partnership offers proprietary access to deal flow and distribution through a global retail ecosystem encompassing 15,000+ convenience stores and 2,500+ supermarkets. Beyond capital, we provide our portfolio companies with a unique platform to accelerate international sales, recruit top global talent, and navigate cross-border complexities—creating a distinct competitive edge. 

Our long-term ambition is to evolve Yanagi Capital Partners into a multi-strategy asset management platform serving Japan and the broader Asia region.

SAP

As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (www.simpsonthacher.com) is one of the world’s leading international law firms. The Firm was established in 1884 and has approximately 1,500 lawyers. Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., the Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.

The Firm regularly advises on market-defining fundraisings in Japan and has incomparable experience advising clients on fundraisings for Japan-focused funds. Complementing the Firm’s global preeminent private funds practice, our Japan team offer advice  on funds across asset classes and strategies, including private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, energy/renewable energy, secondaries, technology and growth/venture, as well as on SMAs and other alternative investment products and strategies. 

Active in Asia for almost three decades, Simpson Thacher advises on transactions and matters throughout the region, including in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Southeast Asia and Taiwan. We offer one of the largest on-the-ground teams, with multiple language capabilities, including Japanese, Mandarin and Korean. Our Tokyo and Hong Kong-based funds lawyers practice New York, English and Hong Kong law.

MSCI

MSCI (NYSE: MSCI Inc.) strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

100 Women in Finance

100 Women in Finance is a global nonprofit membership organization established in 2001, committed to strengthening the global finance industry by empowering women to achieve their professional potential at every career stage. The organization’s membership spans 30+ locations worldwide and is fueled by a network of over 600 global volunteers and corporate partners who collaborate to deliver on education, peer engagement, and impact initiatives. Guided by Vision 30/40, 100 Women in Finance aspires to shape the future of leadership in finance, aiming for women to hold 30% of senior investment and executive roles by 2040. Visit 100women.org to learn more.

AIMA

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is the global representative of the alternative investment industry, with around 2,100 corporate members in over 60 countries. AIMA’s fund manager members collectively manage more than US$3 trillion in hedge fund and private credit assets.

AIMA draws upon the expertise and diversity of its membership to provide leadership in industry initiatives such as advocacy, policy and regulatory engagement, educational programmes and sound practice guides. AIMA works to raise media and public awareness of the value of the industry.

AIMA set up the Alternative Credit Council (ACC) to help firms focused in the private credit and direct lending space. The ACC currently represents over 250 members that manage over US$1 trillion of private credit assets globally.  

AIMA is committed to developing skills and education standards and is a co-founder of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation (CAIA) – the first and only specialised educational standard for alternative investment specialists. AIMA is governed by its Council (Board of Directors).

Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

The 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.

Japan Private Equity Association (JPEA)

The Japan Private Equity Association(JPEA) actively seeks to contribute to the development of Japanese economic society by enhancing the quality of the private equity business in Japan and ensuring the healthy development of the industry.  Most recently, there were 64 members and 120 supporting members. (As of 14th May, 2025)

JVCA

The Japan Venture Capital Association (JVCA) is an organization centered on venture capital (hereinafter referred to as VC) that supports the start-up, growth, and development of promising unlisted companies. Since its launch in November 2002, the association has been working toward the goal of further strengthening mutual cooperation within the VC industry and its role in nurturing venture companies. The number of regular members of the association, which includes VC and corporate venture capital firms, is 295 companies, and the number of supporting members, which includes companies that support the industry, is 393 companies.

Singapore Venture Capital Association (SVCA)

The Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SVCA) was formed in 1992 under the patronage of the Economic Development Board to promote the development of the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) industry. From a humble start of two, our membership now exceeds one hundred and continues to grow in tandem with the industry's development.

To foster greater understanding of the importance of venture capital and private equity to the Singapore economy in support of entrepreneurship and innovation and to look after the interests of our members, promote professional development, raise professional standards as well as facilitate collaboration among members.

As a not-for-profit organisation, the association strives to:

• Promote the professional development of the industry through awards, training, workshops and conference
• Facilitate interaction and collaboration among its members through regular networking events
• Act as a platform for dialogue on regulatory and policy issues pertaining to VC and PE through data research, feedback and consultation with members and regulatory authorities
• Build linkages to centres of VC and PE activities in the region through active participation at regional and global VC & PE Initiatives

VEC

Venture Enterprise Centre (VEC) was established in 1975 under a license from the Minister of International Trade and Industry (now the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry) to support the development of startups. It became a general incorporated foundation in 2012. The VEC supports the creation and development of startups by carrying out projects such as “research and information provision”, such as surveys of investment trends by venture capitalists and others, “policy proposals” through surveys and research on specific issues, and “development of the entrepreneurial environment” to promote interaction between entrepreneurs and supporters.

Women in Law Japan (WILJ)

Women in Law Japan (WILJ) is a leading professional network dedicated to supporting women in the legal profession and their allies. Distinctively positioned in Japan, WILJ brings together both Japanese and international legal professionals, fostering meaningful connections across jurisdictions, sectors, and career stages. Guided by its mission to Inspire, Connect, and Empower, WILJ provides a dynamic platform for networking, mentoring, professional development, and leadership growth. Through its diverse and inclusive community, WILJ promotes the advancement of women in law while strengthening collaboration and allyship across the broader legal ecosystem. Today, WILJ’s growing membership spans more than 20 countries and over 40 jurisdictions. Through its vibrant community and impactful programming, WILJ continues to enhance the visibility, influence, and success of women in law in Japan and beyond.

Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ)

Law.asia is an award-winning portal providing news, analysis and expert advice on business law in Asia to in-house counsel, lawyers in private practice and other business and legal leaders. It features the proprietary editorial content and archives of our premium legal magazines – Asia Business Law Journal, China Business Law Journal and India Business Law Journal – along with videos, law firm listings, awards and much more. Produced by Law.asia Limited, an independent media company, Law.asia is multilingual, offering content in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Soken

AL-IN, founded in 2006, is a leading magazine specialized asset management information for institutional investors.

AL-IN uniquely covers traditional asset classes such as equity and bond but also alternative asset, like HF, PE, real estate, infrastructure and others.

AL-IN compiles the latest and timely topics from its unique and objective point of view.

The magazine is delivered with free of charge to the institutional investors, pension funds and financial institutions.