KPMG Singapore

KPMG in Singapore is part of a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. With 200,000 people in the network working together to deliver value in 154 countries and territories, we offer a globally-consistent standard of service based on professional capabilities, industry insight and local knowledge.

In the ASEAN region, KPMG member firms operate across all 10 countries. Our industry focus helps KPMG firms’ professionals develop a rich understanding of clients' businesses and the insight, skills and resources required to address industry-specific issues and opportunities.

Our dedicated Private Equity (PE) group in ASEAN comprises leading transaction advisory, deal origination, portfolio value creation and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Tax professionals. We firmly believe in accompanying portfolio companies throughout their investment lifecycle. Our value creation professionals specialise in working closely with the management of companies to embed best practices, improve operating and financial performance and build value prior to exit. We also help organisations prepare for an IPO and manage the sales process to enhance value upon exit.

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 & Company

Bain & Company is the management consulting firm that the world's business leaders come to when they want results. Bain advises clients on strategy, operations, information technology, organization, private equity, digital transformation and strategy, and mergers and acquisition, developing practical insights that clients act on and transferring skills that make change stick. The firm aligns its incentives with clients by linking its fees to their results. Bain clients have outperformed the stock market 4 to 1. Founded in 1973, Bain has 57 offices in 36 countries, and its deep expertise and client roster cross every industry and economic sector. Follow us on Twitter @BainAlerts.

CVC Capital Partners

CVC Capital Partners is one of the world’s leading private equity and investment advisory firms. Founded in 1981, CVC has completed over 300 investments in a wide range of industries and countries across the globe. Since establishment in 1999, CVC Asia has raised 4 dedicated Asia funds with total commitment of over US$10 billion. As of 31 May 2018, CVC Asia has completed 60 investments in the region.

Recent Asian investments include:

• Arteria: the largest independent enterprise broadband network operators in Japan with well invested nationwide fiber network
• Riraku: the largest budget relaxation service chain operator in Japan
• Hitowa: leading provider of senior homes and nurseries in Greater Tokyo, and national franchise cleaning service business
• MAP Active: the #1 retailer and distributor for sport-related and children-related products in Indonesia with more than 900 stores nationwide
• Nirvana: the largest pan-Asian integrated bereavement services provider, with operations across Southeast Asia
• EIC: China’s no.1 overseas educational counseling service provider

As of 31 May 2018, CVC Asia consists of 41 investment professionals across 9 offices in the region.

EV Growth

EV Growth is a venture capital firm that aims at Southeast Asia pioneering companies, especially Indonesia, to provide growth-stage capital injections, particularly in the Series B and above.

The fund is sponsored by 3 key strategic firms that bring together different backgrounds, capabilities, and strengths:

•East Ventures is the leading early-stage venture capital firm in SE Asia.

•SMDV is the VC arm of Sinar Mas group, a major corporation with deep resources and network in Indonesia and SE Asia.

•YJ Capital is CVC of Yahoo Japan, a leading publicly traded internet property in Japan.

EV Growth has been actively operating since the end of March 2018 and is currently targeting a US$ 150 million fundraising, at which US$ 100 million has been committed by the three venture capital firms. EV Growth expects to invest in startups with initial investment value starting from US$ 5 million.

Jungle Ventures

Jungle is a Singapore based Venture Capital Firm that invests in and helps build tech category leaders from Asia. Jungle has a dedicated team of operating partners and functional experts to support startups as they scale across the region or globally. The firm recently closed its second fund at US$100M, backed by leading institutions and family offices.

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.

Openspace Ventures

Openspace Ventures focuses on Series A and B investments in technology companies based in Southeast Asia. Key areas of investment for Openspace Ventures include fintech, healthtech, edutech, consumer applications and cloud-based solutions. Openspace Ventures is currently investing its second fund and has more than US$150 million in total assets under management. Openspace has invested in 19 companies, including Go-Jek, CXA, FinAccel, Topica, HaloDoc, Pathao and Love, Bonito.

ShawKwei & Partners

ShawKwei & Partners is a private equity fund manager with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. We invest in mid-market industrial and service companies operating across Asia.

We have been in Asia for over 25 years. Our deep knowledge and experience enables us to understand the unique challenges faced by Asian companies competing in today’s global markets.

We take significant ownership stakes in our investments coupled with a disciplined and hands-on management of those investments. Our investment philosophy is to guide companies to build better businesses and achieve long-term success.

The ShawKwei strategy, methods and practices are specially crafted for private equity investments in businesses operating in Asia. Together they form the partnership between ShawKwei and our portfolio companies.

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 II, has US$190 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.

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.

King & Spalding

King & Spalding helps leading companies advance complex business interests in more than 160 countries. Working across a highly integrated platform of more than 1,500 lawyers in 22 offices globally, we deliver tailored commercial solutions through world-class offerings and an uncompromising approach to quality and service.

Our infrastructure and energy projects practice includes over 300 lawyers worldwide who specialise in advising clients on world class projects in a range of sectors, including oil and gas, LNG, power, renewable energy, mining, petrochemical, ports and terminals, real estate and social infrastructure.

Our global experience throughout the project value chain gives us an in-depth understanding of the complex interplay among project agreements and how those agreements affect key milestones like development, financing, construction and commercial operations.

Clients count on our team to counsel them on the technical, commercial and geopolitical challenges unique to their projects. We have deep experience negotiating the full range of project development and financing contracts, in a variety of languages, across North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Many of the firm’s lawyers worked as in-house project counsel or engineers at world-class companies and investment banks prior to joining King & Spalding. Our diverse and specialised experience also includes midstream oil and gas assets (gathering and processing, storage, transport), hydro power, district energy, underground storage, upstream oil and gas, maritime transportation, mining and refining/petrochemicals.