Adams Street Partners

Founded in 1972, Adams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager, operating in more than thirty countries across five continents. Adams Street prides itself on the depth and breadth of its global investment capabilities, and its long-standing reputation as an innovator within the private markets space. Adams Street is consistently recognized for its steadfast commitment to providing clients with high quality investment opportunities, and its deep understanding of the broader private markets industry.

With 170+ staff in ten offices located in Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo, Adams Street’s deep industry experience and global outlook provides clients with customized access to the spectrum of private markets strategies. Adams Street is 100% employee-owned and independent, and manages over $32 billion in assets for more than 370 institutional investors, including corporate and public pensions, foundations, family offices and endowments.

Advantage Partners

Advantage Partners is a leading provider of services to private equity and similar funds focused on the Japanese and Asian markets. Advantage Partners was founded in 1992 by Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom and 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 55 companies representing total invested capital of over JPY350 billion across a wide range of industries and sectors. Advantage Partners has offices in Tokyo and in Hong Kong.

Bain Capital

Bain Capital, LP is one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms with over $105 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.

CarVal Investors

CarVal Investors, a leading global alternative asset manager, is focused on distressed and credit-intensive assets and market inefficiencies. Since 1987, CarVal’s experienced team has navigated through ever-changing credit market cycles, opportunistically investing $114 billion in 5,340 transactions across 80 countries. Today, CarVal Investors has $10 billion in assets under management in both credit and real estate strategies.

China Creation Ventures (CCV)

China Creation Ventures (CCV) was founded by the former KPCB China Managing Partner, Wei Zhou, and his TMT investment team of many years in KPCB China. CCV focuses on early stage and growth stage companies in TMT industry in China.

The companies they invested at early stage include JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), CreditEase (NYSE:YRD), Rong360 (NYSE:JT), ID5.com, Himalaya FM, Tan Tan Mobile Social (acquired by Momo, NASDAQ: MOMO), VenusTech (SZ:002439), Manzuo.com (acquired by SuNing), Miaopai Mobile Video (Yixia.com), ULUCU (NEEQ:837110), Miaozhen Systems, Asia Innovation Group, Meican.com, Scinor Water (acquired by TRCE:300332), KJY Water (NEEQ:835159), Arrail Dental,Wanka Online (HKSE:1762), Perfect Corp, Ice Kredit,Veer VR, Menya, Bizvane, Joyrun, Cowa Robot, Lomotif, Dingdong Class, Shukun Technology,etc.

CCV has been widely recognized by almost 50 industry medias and institutions within one and a half year, including China’s Top 5 Most Influential Venture Capitals by Sina, LP’S Favorite VC by 36kr.com, Annual Business Hunter by Economic Weekly, China’s Top 30 Internet Investment Institutions by Zero2IPO, China’s 15 Best Early-stage Investment Funds by FoFs, China’s 3 Most Growth-able Investment Institutions by CV, Best VC Top 20 by Hunting Cloud Network, and Annual Best New Investment Institute by Zero2IPO Group, China Venture, The Beijing News, China Investment, Small Table, etc.

CVC

CVC was established in 1981 and is a world leader in private equity and credit, with over $111 billion of funds committed and a global network of 24 local offices: 15 across Europe and the Americas and nine in the Asia Pacific region. CVC's private equity platform manages over $50 billion of assets and comprises four strategies: Europe/Americas; Asia; Strategic Opportunities; and Growth Partners, each of which benefits from CVC's global platform.

In Asia, CVC has one of the largest and longest-established pan-regional office networks of any private equity business and has been active in the region since 1999.  CVC's 47 investment professionals comprise a deep bench of senior leaders with extensive local knowledge and a strong track record of leading successful private equity investments in Asia.

Eaton Partners

For over three decades, Eaton Partners has been widely recognized as the world’s leading fund placement specialist. Since the firm’s founding in 1983, we have participated in raising over $90 billion of institutional capital across more than 110 highly differentiated investment funds, including private equity, private credit, real estate, real assets and hedge funds.

With over 75 employees in nine offices worldwide, our reach is extensive and our dedication to capital raising is unparalleled. Our professionals have strong, long-held relationships with over 4,000 of the largest, most active institutional investors in the US, Europe and Asia. Our investor network, from pension funds and consultants to endowments and foundations, all have a desire to invest substantial capital, with the average commitment of $50 million.

Our deep sector knowledge and unrivaled insight into the private fund market across several asset classes allows us to raise capital efficiently and effectively. We thrive on working alongside the most innovative funds and consistently partner with the highest-quality fund managers.

We are the pioneers of fund placement. We are placement experts.

Eaton Partners is a division of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Member SIPC and NYSE. Eaton Partners subsidiary Eaton Partners (U.K.) LLP is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Eaton Partners subsidiary Eaton Partners Advisors (HK) Limited is approved as a Type 1-licensed company under the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong. Eaton Partners and the Eaton Partners logo are trademarks of Eaton Partners, LLC, a limited liability company. ® Eaton Partners, 2018.

Globis Capital Partners

Globis Capital Partners is one of Japan's leading independent venture capital firms. 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 has set new VC standards in Japan.

Founded in 1996, Globis is one of the oldest continually operating independent VC firms in Japan. It has actively managed five funds totaling approximately USD 650M, including the fifth fund which was raised in 2016. The majority of LPs are institutional investors both from and outside of Japan. Globis focuses on Japan's high-growth sectors, such as the internet, mobile, e-commerce, social media, and 6-techs (Finance, Healthcare, Education, Auto, Home, Frontier). All closed funds were ranked in the top quartile in global VC in their respective vintage years. *

Globis takes a lead role in a financing round and provides hands-on management support to its portfolio companies. Its key strengths are in the network of talents in the venture ecosystem that Globis Capital Partners has built, and the unequaled experience in guiding portfolio companies to Japanese public markets.

*Source: Cambridge Associates, Globis analysis

Hamilton Lane

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) is a leading alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets solutions to sophisticated investors around the world. Dedicated to private markets investing for 27 years, the firm currently employs 360 professionals operating in offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East. With approximately $469 billion in total assets under management and supervision as of December 31, 2018, Hamilton Lane offers a full range of investment products and services that enable clients to participate in the private markets asset class on a global and customized basis. For more information, please follow Hamilton Lane on Twitter: @hamilton_lane.

HarbourVest Partners ハーバーベスト・パートナーズ･エルエルシー

ハーバーベスト・パートナーズ･エルエルシー（HarbourVest Partners, LLC）は、独立系のグローバル・プライベートマーケットのスペシャリストとして、35年以上の投資経験を持ち、500億ドルを超える資産を運用しています。グローバル規模の強力なプラットフォームを活用し、専用ファンドやコミングルファンドを通じて、投資家にプライマリーファンド投資、セカンダリー投資、および共同投資への投資機会を提供しています。100名以上の投資プロフェッショナルを含む400名を超える従業員がアジア、欧州、アメリカ合衆国で活躍しており、340億ドル以上のプライマリーファンド投資、190億ドル以上のセカンダリー投資、80億ドル以上の事業会社への共同投資を運用しています。弊社とパートナーシップを結ぶことにより、投資家は専用ソリューションや、長期的リレーションシップ、実践的なアイディアおよび優れた投資実績へのアクセスを実現できます。

Japan Industrial Solutions

ジャパン・インダストリアル・ソリューションズは、日本を代表する金融機関である日本政策投資銀行・みずほ銀行・三井住友銀行・三菱UFJ銀行がアンカーとなり、2010年に設立いたしました。

1号ファンドでは1000億円、2号ファンドでは1050億円を調達し、普通株、種類株、転換社債型新株予約権付社債、貸付債権等の投資手法を用い、日本の大企業、中堅企業を対象に、再生、再編、事業承継、成長支援の投資テーマを軸に12社への投資を実施しております。

信頼性の高いスポンサーとの連携や幅広いリソースとネットワークの活用を強みとして、投資先企業の良きパートナーとして最適解を提供し続けます。

Jupiter Impact Partners

Jupiter is the brainchild of a team of seasoned and progressive minded investors who share the core belief that sustainable investing holds the key to the future success of Asia. Our aim is to make impactful social and environmental changes through small medium sized enterprises in Asia while generating risk-adjusted returns for our investors.

NSSK

NSSK is an investment business with a focus on Japan. The Founding Members have been core members of the Japan business of TPG and NSSK is an extension of the investment activities performed by the Founding Members and its Senior Advisors.

NSSK’s mission is to build a best-in-class investment firm to generate superior returns on our investments. We protect the interests and reputation of our business partners at all times. NSSK will provide expansion capital, critical business processes for operational improvement and management talent from its network of domestic and international operating executives.

We identify and recruit the very best person for every job, take great pride in the professional quality of our daily interaction, stress creativity in everything we do, emphasize teamwork as a culture and ensure that integrity is at the heart of everything we do.

Ocean Link

Ocean Link is a pioneering consumer PE fund with a focus on China’s travel and leisure sectors. Through a USD fund and an RMB Fund, Ocean Link currently has over US$700 million under management. With teams in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, Ocean Link invests across the value chain and sub-verticals of the travel and leisure sectors, including online & offline travel services, hotels and resorts management companies, destination services and entertainment, sector-related technology and business solutions providers. Ocean Link actively applies its deep sector insights and network to create value every step along investment life cycle.

Ocean Link’s strategic partners and shareholders include Ctrip - the largest online travel agency in China, and General Atlantic - a leading global growth equity firm. The funds’ LPs include Chinese and global corporates, financial institutions, and sovereign wealth funds.

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Permira

Permira is a global investment firm that finds and backs successful businesses with growth ambition. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds with a total committed capital of approximately €32 billion. The Permira funds make long-term investments in companies with the ambition of transforming their performance and driving sustainable growth. In the past 32 years, the Permira funds have made over 200 private equity investments in five key sectors: Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrials and Technology. Permira employs over 240 people in 14 offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

Strait Capital

Strait Capital Investment Group is an Asia-based private equity company that specializes in providing growth capital to companies in the consumer-related, healthcare services, and entertainment sectors in Asia. The firm was established in 2013 by three founding members who have worked together for over 15 years and served as investment professional in Asia since the 1990s. The team has a track record of generating top-tier returns over 60 transactions amounting to approximately US$1 billion in Asia. Strait Capital Investment Group manages approximately US$240 million and currently has eight investment professionals located in Taipei and Shanghai.

China Consumer Fund, Fund I, has US$192 million under management, 78% from institutional investors and 22% from family office, with geographical spread 45% from Japan and 55% from Taiwan. We are seeking investment opportunities equipped with significant minority interests, market leading position, sound management expertise, and interests and vision that aligned with the firm’s strategy as well as potential of accelerated growth. The team has established a reputation to grow with its portfolio companies through value creation and it is steadfast in its approach. 

The Longreach Group

The Longreach Group is an established independent private equity firm with offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo. The firm focuses on buyouts in Japan in the mature industrial and technology, business services, consumer related, and financial services sectors with a related and selective Greater China focus. The firm manages three Funds with approximately US$1.9 billion of limited partner and co‐investment capital, and has a strong track record of portfolio company value creation and realizations. Longreach is an independent and focused group committed to achieving sustained success for the investment funds it sponsors.

Longreach currently has 13 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.

Unison Capital

Unison Capital, originally founded in 1998 by three founding members, operates mid-cap buyout funds in Japan and Korea. In Japan, Unison Capital is widely recognized as a pioneer in the industry and has the longest track record in its space. In 2014, Unison Capital expanded in Korea to apply its well-tested mid-cap strategy and harness its deep Japan network for value-add.

Since its inception, Unison has launched four Japan-focused funds and invested in 29 companies with 20 exits. Today, Unison manages JPY 70 billion (~$700 million) for Fund IV. In Korea, Unison Capital raised KRW 307 billion (~$280 million) for its debut fund and has four portfolio companies and one exit was completed in September 2017. To date, cumulative investment amounts are JPY 850 billion (~$8 billion) and KRW 320 billion (~$280 million) in enterprise value, respectively.

Unison’s Tokyo and Seoul office are comprised of 30 investment professionals, having diverse professional backgrounds in finance, strategy consulting and operations. Furthermore, Unison’s broader network extends to in-house management advisers, financial institutions, consulting firms, and other experts in two countries and beyond to drive the robust growth of our portfolio companies.