Sponsors

Affinity Equity Partners

Affinity Equity Partners is an independently owned private equity fund managers established in March 2004 following the spin-off of the UBS Capital Asia Pacific team, the successful private equity arm of UBS AG in the region.  Affinity raised its fifth fund of US$6.0 billion in December 2017.  Affinity currently advises and manages approximately US$14 billion of funds and assets, making it one of the largest independent financial sponsors in the region. Affinity operates out of 6 offices: Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney, Beijing and Jakarta.

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.

Baring Private Equity Asia

Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) is one of the largest private alternative investment firms in Asia, with total committed capital of over USD 18 billion. The firm runs a private equity investment program, sponsoring buyouts and providing growth capital to companies for expansion or acquisitions with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region, as well as investing into companies globally that can benefit from further expansion into the Asia Pacific region. BPEA also manages dedicated funds focused on private real estate and private credit. The firm has a 22 year history and over 180 employees located across offices in Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore. BPEA currently has approximately 38 portfolio companies active across Asia with a total of over 190,000 employees and sales of approximately USD 36 billion.

BC Partners

BC Partners is a leading international investment firm with over €20 billion of assets under management in private equity, private credit and real estate. Established in 1986, BC Partners has played an active role in developing the European buy-out market for three decades. Today, BC Partners executives operate across markets as an integrated team through the firm’s offices in North America and Europe.

Since inception, BC Partners has completed 105 private equity investments in companies with a total enterprise value of €130 billion and is currently investing its tenth private equity fund.

Citic Capital

Founded in 2002, CITIC Capital Holdings Limited is an alternative investment management and advisory company. The firm manages over USD29 billion of capital across 100 funds and investment products through its multi-asset class platform covering private equity, real estate, structured investment & finance, and asset management. CITIC Capital has over 150 portfolio companies that span 11 sectors and employ over 820,000 people around the world.

CITIC Capital’s private equity arm, CITIC Capital Partners, focused on control buyout opportunities globally, has completed over 70 investments in the past years in China, Japan, Europe, and the U.S. etc.  It currently manages USD7.4 billion of committed capital.

CVC

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 30 September 2019, CVC Asia has completed over 60 investments in the region.

Recent Asian investments include:

• MAP Active: the #1 retailer and distributor for sport-related and children-related products in Indonesia with more than 900 stores nationwide
• Arteria: the largest independent enterprise broadband network operators in Japan with well invested nationwide fibre network
• Nirvana: the largest pan-Asian integrated bereavement services provider, with operations across Southeast Asia
• RKE: China’s #1 foreign toll road operator
• Good Choice: Korea’s #2 provider of online accommodation booking services
• UnitedLex: India’s tech-based technology based enterprise legal services provider

As of 30 September 2019, CVC Asia consists of 51 investment professionals across 9 offices in the region.

Lexington Partners

Lexington Partners is a leading global alternative investment manager primarily involved in providing liquidity to owners of private equity and other alternative investments and in making co-investments alongside leading private equity sponsors. Lexington Partners is the largest independent manager of secondary acquisition and co-investment funds with more than $38 billion in committed capital. Lexington has acquired over 3,000 secondary and co-investment interests through over 800 transactions with a total value in excess of $47 billion, including $12 billion of syndications. Lexington also invests in private investment funds during their initial formation and has committed to more than 390 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, and Santiago. Lexington also has senior advisors located in Asia, Australia, and the United States.

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP)

Established 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 32 operating company investments and over 100 bolts-ons and joint venture acquisitions at the company level. PEP has managed ~A$9B of equity funds over the last 20 years, and is currently investing PEP Fund VI, which is A$2.5B Fund. 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 is currently raising the PEP Secure Assets Fund (SAF), an A$750M fund focused on middle-market, operationally leveraged infrastructure investments in Australia and New Zealand. The Fund targets assets with contracted cashflow and operational upside and aims to deliver IRRs in the range of 14-16%.

The firm recently held the first close for SAF, and has now completed the first two acquisitions for this fund, both in leading companies in Australia and New Zealand operating in the utility smart metering sector.

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 a Responsible Investing Award for Manuka Health.

Adamantem Capital

Adamantem Capital is an Australian Private Equity firm established in 2016. Adamantem invests in mid market companies with an enterprise value between A$100 - $300m based in Australia and New Zealand and typically invests in buyout and partnership opportunities alongside founders and management teams. Adamantem is an opportunistic investor and sector agnostic, but with extensive networks and experience in Australian and New Zealand healthcare, business services and consumer staples. Adamantem has an investment team of 18 professionals with extensive experience in private equity, management consulting, corporate strategy and a long track record of successful partnerships with management teams.

Alvarez & Marsal

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) when conventional approaches are not enough to activate change and achieve results.

A&M’s dedicated Global Private Equity Services team provides independent analysis across the investment lifecycle that delivers results for investors and their portfolio companies. We integrate our financial, tax, commercial and operational expertise to seamlessly translate pre-deal due diligence findings and leverage our interim management approach to deliver post-deal operational improvements.  Our Asia team have deep experience working with Asia and global businesses and investors to substantially impact performance.

Privately-held since 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that delivers business performance improvement, turnaround management and advisory services to organizations seeking to transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action. Our senior professionals are experienced operators, world-class consultants and industry veterans who leverage the firm's restructuring heritage to help leaders turn change into a strategic business asset, manage risk and unlock value at every stage.

B Capital Group

B Capital Group backs transformative entrepreneurs building the next generation of groundbreaking technology companies. B Capital Group is building the next generation technology investment firm that invests in pioneering healthcare, financial services & insurance, industrial, and consumer enablement companies. With offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Singapore, B Capital Group focuses on investing in companies that are ready to scale across the global stage. B Capital Group is backed by partners who are both experts and innovators, and together they are reimagining venture capital by connecting emerging technology startups with global, market-leading corporations. Through its sponsorship from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), B Capital Group provides the right introductions at the right time and partners with new companies to build and scale sustainable businesses.

Barclays

Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US.

With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 80,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.

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.

CCV

CCV was founded by former KPCB China Managing Partner, Wei Zhou, together with his TMT investment team of 10 years at the firm.

Leading the top-tier Silicon Valley VC China fund for 10 years, CCV brings a dynamic combination of investors with global perspective and local experience to TMT investment, focusing on early stage and growth stage investments, including innovation in technology, consumer internet and enterprise.

For over 10 years, our team have backed founders building iconic companies from the early stage. Nearly 30% of investments have become unicorns, including JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), CreditEase (NYSE:YRD), Rong360 (NYSE:JT), Himalaya FM, Tan Tan (acquired by NASDAQ:MOMO), VenusTech (SZ:002439), Manzuo.com (acquired by SuNing), Yixia.com, ULUCU (NEEQ:837110), Miaozhen Systems, Asia Innovation Group, Scinor Water (acquired by TRCE:300332), KJY Water (NEEQ:835159), and Arrail Dental.

Wanka Online (HKSE:1762) went public in December 2018, less than 18 months after CCV’s series B investment. Besides, many of CCV’s portfolio companies have seen significant business growth and closed multiple funding rounds, including JD Digits, Perfect, Ice Kredit, Zuzuche, Veer VR, Menya, Bizvane, Joyrun, Cowa Robot, Lomotif, Dingdong Class, Shukun Technology, and Yunhu Health. Several portfolio companies are also preparing for IPOs in the next 18 months.

CCV is widely recognized as a top emerging TMT venture capital firm by peers and the entrepreneur community. It was named among China’s Top 3 High Growth Venture Capital Firms by CV, 2019 China’s Top 10 Growth Venture Capital Firms and 2019 China’s Top 20 Fintech Venture Capital Firms by CVCRI, China’s Top 15 Early-stage Venture Capital Firms by FoF Weekly, China’s Top 30 Internet Venture Capital Firms by Zero2IPO. CCV has won nearly 70 awards within 2 years, and its partner was named among China’s Best Venture Capital Investors by Forbes and Fortune.

China Growth Capital (CGC)

China Growth Capital (CGC) is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in Beijing in 2006. The firm funds companies from seed to Series B stage in enterprise, technology and marketplace. The typical investment size ranges from $1M to 5M with a hard cap ceiling at $15M per company. CGC was known for its fintech success since its spin-off of CreditEase which was an incubation project with a public subsidiary NYSE: YRD. After 2014, CGC deepened its search in enterprise and technology as it believed the foundation has been built, during the past two decades, to foster the creation of China's own enterprise and core tech players.

CGC manages $1B in both RMB and USD funds. It provides tremendous support to help its 270 (and counting) portfolio companies, especially when it comes to strategy, business development and team building. Some of the notable portfolio include: NASDAQ: TIGR, Tongdun, Quant Group, WISECO, Wish, SMZDM, Miss Fresh, PingCAP, WeRide.ai, DeePhi (sold to NASDAQ: XLNX), Landspace Technology, nreal, AIBee and etc.

China Renaissance Capital Investment (CRCI)

China Renaissance Capital Investment (CRCI) is an independent mid-market private equity investment manager focused on investment in companies in services, healthcare, energy, and advanced manufacturing. Founded in 2005, CRCI manages China Harvest Funds, providing growth capital and making buyout investments in its focused sectors.

It is an essential investment philosophy of CRCI to fund companies that are led by strong entrepreneurs where Partners of CRCI can add substantial value through their prior business operation, advisory and principal investing experiences in the Greater China market. CRCI currently has a team of 40 professionals with offices located in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

Coller Capital

Coller Capital is one of the world’s leading investors in private equity’s secondary market. The firm acquires interests in private equity funds and portfolios of private companies from their original owners.

Founded in 1990, the firm is headquartered in London, and has offices in New York and Hong Kong. Coller’s multinational investment team – the world’s largest dedicated to secondaries – has a truly global reach.

In December 2015, the firm closed Coller International Partners VII, with capital commitments of $7.15 billion and backing from approximately 170 of the world’s leading institutional investors.

CVCapital

CVCapital is a Chinese investment bank for global economy. With our initial focus on the TMT and Consumer sectors, CVCapital has successfully completed multiple landmark transactions in China. In recent years, we have expanded  our verticals into Enterprise Service, Healthcare，Deep Technology and Advanced Manufacturing, striving to provide professional and efficient investment banking services.

CVCapital pools together complementary professional talents with deep industry knowledge, extensive experience in transaction structuring and execution, broad project-sourcing capacity, and a global mind-set.We are a full-service financial advisory firm for China-domestic & cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and strategic financing transactions.

In constant pursuit to better serve our clients, CVCapital became the very first Chinese investment bank to strategically expand our footprint internationally, with the 2014 establishment of CVCapital Securities as the Firm’s U.S. Securities broker-dealer licensed entity. Now we have offices around the globe in Hong Kong, Munich, Seattle, and Silicon Valley, with future expansion plans into Israel, India, Japan, and Korea.

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 $100 billion of institutional capital across more than 125 highly differentiated investment funds, including private equity, private credit, real estate, real assets and hedge funds.

With over 80 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.

In January 2016, Eaton Partners became a wholly owned subsidiary and affiliate of Stifel Financial Corp., a leading middle-market investment bank, to further ensure Eaton Partners’ success at the highest level of the global placement business.

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, 2019.

EQT

EQT is a differentiated global investment organization with a 25-year history of investing in, developing and owning companies, and has a demonstrated track-record of attractive, consistent investment performance across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies. EQT manages and advises a range of specialized investment funds and other investment vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to generate attractive returns and future-proof companies.

EQT has three Business Segments – Private Capital, Real Assets and Credit. All Business Segments are guided by a responsible approach, a digital transformation agenda as well as a thematic investment strategy.

Since inception in 1994, EQT has been a thought-leader in the private markets investment industry. As one of the first private equity firms in Northern Europe, EQT has grown its geographical presence and successfully established and scaled businesses in areas such as Infrastructure, Real Estate, Venture Capital, Credit, and Public Value. Today, the Group conducts its businesses through offices in 15 countries across three continents with approximately 650 FTEs.

EQT’s well-established platform, ability to generate consistent attractive returns and long-term relationships with Fund Investors, and its unique culture, values and brand, have enabled EQT to raise EUR 62 billion of capital since inception.

Gaja Capital

Gaja Capital is a leading private equity firm in India’s mid-market. Gaja Capital is a high-touch and control focused firm with team of strong operating professionals. Gaja Capital seeks to partner with entrepreneurs and professionals to build the future champions of Indian economy in high growth sectors of education, financial services, consumer and healthcare. Gaja Capital is currently investing out of its third fund, a US$ 240 mn fund with commitments from marquee global investors US endowments, pension funds and foundations. The firm has an AUM of USD 450 mn including the previous two funds.

Gaja Capital was founded in 2004 by indigenous professionals with extensive operating and investing experience in India. With an exceptional network of some of India's most successful entrepreneurs, Gaja Capital has leveraged its deep local connect to partner with emerging businesses in India.

GTJA Investment Group

Founded in Shenzhen in 2001, GTJA INVESTMENT GROUP (GIG) is dedicated to investment in healthcare industry with a focus on strategic equity investment. GIG is involved in the every investment stages which includes PIPE、M&A, PE, VC, and angel investment. Currently, GIG has the largest and most professional team for healthcare investment in China. We have established an eco platform in healthcare investment sector, and are committed to become a healthcare investment institution with global influence.

GIG has an AUM of RMB 20B and has raised 26 funds dedicating to the healthcare industry. GIG has invested in more than 140 companies, 70 of which are in the healthcare industry. 15 portfolio companies have gone through IPO, and notably, GIG also acts as the holding company of Boya Bio-Pharmaceutical (SZ.300294) ---- a domestic leader in blood products.

GIG is deeply rooted in China with operating offices in 8 major cities including Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing. We are on the way growing into an investment group with global vision and impact.

Hamilton Lane

Hamilton Lane is an alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets services to sophisticated investors around the world. The firm has been dedicated to private markets investing for more than 28 years. We employ 374 professionals in 16 offices around the world with approximately $64.5 billion in discretionary assets under management and oversight of an additional $409 billion in advisory assets as of June 30, 2019. We provide a wide array of discretionary and non-discretionary services tailored to address the needs of our clients. We are proud to have been named a Best Place to Work by Pensions & Investments for seven consecutive years.

For more information, please follow Hamilton Lane on Twitter: @hamilton_lane.

HQ Capital

HQ Capital is a leading independent manager of alternative assets, investing on behalf of institutions and families in global private equity and U.S. real estate since 1989. The firm’s 139 employees manage US$11.9 billion in total assets from 10 offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

Through HQ Capital Private Equity and HQ Capital Real Estate, we develop private equity and real estate investment solutions that meet specific client objectives. To deliver these solutions we leverage our investment experience, global network and the business relationships of our local teams. With our innovative and entrepreneurial culture, strong investment acumen, and commitment to social responsibility, HQ Capital is a trusted partner to our clients worldwide.

HQ Capital Private Equity provides a full range of investment programs through commingled funds and separate accounts. We invest in funds on a primary basis, acquire private assets on a secondary basis and co-invest directly alongside our relationship fund managers. Since inception, we have invested in 426 North American, European and Asian private equity funds established by 219 fund managers and have invested directly in 72 companies. HQ Capital currently manages US$6.4 billion in original private equity commitments.

Loyal Valley Capital

Loyal Valley Capital (LVC) is a thematic, research-driven private equity firm with strong entrepreneurial culture that invests in middle market companies positioned to benefit from secular industry transformation in China. With over US$1.5 Billion of committed capital, LVC mainly focuses on the following segments: New Consumer (Media, Entertainment and Education), Healthcare and also covers Specialty Industrials and Financial Services. Our investment process is characterized by in-depth top-down and bottom-up fundamental research to uncover secular themes and extensive industry mapping to deploy capital in a high conviction and disciplined approach. We pride ourselves as a trusted influential shareholder relentlessly focused on active value creation, accelerating growth via strategic initiatives and our extensive network of business leaders in China. LVC manages capital on behalf of international institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds, funds of funds and family offices, as well as elite entrepreneurs and founders of China’s Fortune 500 enterprises.

LVC was founded in 2015 by Andy Lin, an experienced investor and accomplished entrepreneur. He is the founder of China Universal Asset Management (“CUAM”), one of China’s top asset managers with over US$70B in AUM, known for its industry leading research and award-winning investment records.

Madison India

Madison India Capital is one of India’s leading private investment firms specializing in the consumer, business services, technology and financial services industries. Since we are specialists in our sectors of focus we are a value added investor with a deep set of industry and capital markets relationships.

• We strive to build long‐term partnerships with other institutional co-investors as well as management teams of high growth middle market companies that strive to shape the consumer, business services, technology and financial services industries in India.
• Our typical investment consideration is $10 to $35 million in companies and we will also evaluate equity investments of up to $100 million in conjunction with our limited partners.
• We are currently investing out of our most recent fund, Madison India Opportunities IV, which closed in November 2017.
• We involve partners with operational backgrounds in the due diligence process and subsequent development of portfolio companies. While we are not involved with the day‐to‐day operations of companies we provide a resource and a constructive sounding board to our portfolio companies. 

Maison Capital

About Maison Capital

- We carefully select each growth/early growth opportunity with a high success rate and mitigated risks.

- An alpha fund, we have consistently achieved superior returns in the lifetime of the firm.

- We carefully control the fund size with a select group of investors.

- Seasoned partners, each with over 10 years of investment and entrepreneurship experience, both on-shore and off-shore.

- Consistent investment philosophy throughout market cycles and sector boom and doom.

- We emphasize social responsibility in our investments as well as in our own practice.

Navis Capital Partners

Navis Capital Partners was founded in 1998 in order to make private equity investments in buyouts, recapitalisations and financial restructurings in Asia, particularly on enterprises with a strong presence in Southeast Asia. 

Navis acquires control of its portfolio companies. Since its founding, Navis has made over 75 controlling investments most of which have been completed with little reliance on acquisition finance. All Navis’ companies are leaders or near leaders in their fields. Industries/segments in which Navis has invested include food processing, fast food/casual dining, industrial products, fast moving consumer goods, outdoor advertising, auto rentals, consultancy and professional services, 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. Navis’ investment model places a low reliance on leverage to drive its equity returns. 

The firm manages several private and public equity capital commitments totaling ~USD 5 billion, and whose investors include a number of well-known US, European, Middle Eastern and Asian commercial and investment banks, pension funds, insurance companies, corporations, foundations, as well as a number of high net worth individuals and family offices. Navis has one of the largest private equity professional team in Asia, comprising more than 70 individuals, supported by 40 administrative staff, in six offices across the region. 

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.

Pagoda Capital

Pagoda Capital is an innovative global healthcare investment platform with accelerated value creation and commercialization in China.

Led by Mr. James Ieong, the team has extensive experience in private equity in China, Australia, Europe and the US. All deals are proprietary sourced via the team’s penetrated global network and industry connections.

Capturing China growth as the economy continues to transform to a consumer-driven market, Pagoda focuses on investing in company with unique business model and is scalable, with high growth potential and is led by visionary management. The firm also invests in selective cross border deals.

Pagoda has invested in major landmark deals including DiDi, Meituan Dianping, JD Finance, Icon Group to name a few. We continue to see a very strong and active deal flow and will be raising a second USD Fund shortly.

The firm is anchored and supported by global institutional investors including sovereign wealth fund, corporate pensions, financial institutional and family offices. Recently it has successfully raised a three billion RMB fund based in the Greater Bay Area.

Pantheon

Pantheon is a leading global private equity, infrastructure, real assets and debt fund investor that has invested on behalf of over 585 investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, over four decades. Founded in 1982, our eight global offices include three in Asia, in Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo from which the firm has operated since 1992, 2014 and 2018 respectively. Pantheon has developed an established reputation in primary, co-investment and secondary private asset solutions across all stages and geographies. Our investment solutions include customized separate account programs, regional primary fund programs, secondaries, co-investment, infrastructure and real assets programs. As at March 31st, 2019 Pantheon had $46.3 billion assets under management and we currently have around 300 global employees. Pantheon is majority-owned by Affiliated Managers Group Inc. (“AMG”), alongside senior members of the Pantheon team.

Permira

Permira is a global investment firm that finds and backs successful businesses with growth ambition. Founded in Europe in 1985, the firm advises funds with a total committed capital of approximately US$48 billion (€44 billion). The Permira funds make long-term control buyout investments and strategic minority investments in companies with the ambition of transforming their performance and driving sustainable growth. Over more than three decades, the Permira funds have made over 250 private equity investments in five key sectors: Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial Tech and Services and Technology.

The Permira funds have been operating in Asia for more than a decade with offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai. During that period, over US$3.6 billion (€3.2 billion) of capital has been deployed into major investments in the region including ABS, Arysta LifeScience, Galaxy Entertainment, Grobest, John Masters Organics, Sushiro, Tricor and Topcast Aviation. 

Ping An Overseas Holdings / Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong)

China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited and Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (2318.HK and 601318.SH), and are Ping An’s main overseas platforms for direct investments and asset management. We offer a wide range of investment products, asset management, and investment consulting services, from alternative investments, including private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private credit assets, to capital markets investments in fixed income, ETF, Cross-Asset Risk Premia investments and more. We draw on our strong investment research and portfolio management capabilities to provide our customers with comprehensive value-added services and solutions.

Samena Capital

Samena Capital is a principal investment group focusing on investments across multiple asset classes in the Subcontinent, Asia, Middle East and North Africa, collectively known as the SAMENA region. Samena Capital was established in 2008 by some of the most prominent valuepreneurs from the SAMENA region and is today uniquely capitalised with equity of approximately US$80 million.

Samena Capital currently manages total capital commitments of approximately US$1.0 billion across a range of closed-ended fund structures and is a Cayman Islands exempted company. It has four regulated investment advisors based in London (FCA), Dubai (DFSA), Hong Kong (SFC) and Mauritius (FSC).

ShawKwei & Partners

ShawKwei & Partners is one of the oldest independent private equity fund managers in Asia with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai.

ShawKwei has been investing in middle-market industrial and service companies operating across Asia for over 25 years. Our deep knowledge and experience enable us to understand the unique challenges faced by Asia 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 includes teamwork 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.

Sino-Ocean Capital

Since its founding in 2013, Sino-Ocean Capital has quickly emerged as one of the leading firms in China’s burgeoning alternative asset management industry. Riding on uninterrupted growth since inception, our AUM surpassed RMB 90 billion (USD~20billion) by the end of 2018, with diversified business lines including Real Estate Investment, Private Equity, Credit Investment, Investment Advisory and Overseas Investment.

In Sino-Ocean Capital, prudence and diligence are emphasized in our daily operation to ensure our fiduciary duties to our investors and limited partners. We leverage our deep understanding of the industry to refine our investment views and practice price discovery for undervalued assets. We strive to enhance the value of our investments by optimizing operation efficiency and creating synergies for our investment targets. With our market-tested full cycle capacity of fundraising, investment, management and exit, we pursue a win-win situation by relentlessly enhancing asset value appreciation and capital efficiency, with the ultimate goal of creating shared value for both our shareholders and society.

Our large-scale fund management platforms and investment platforms include:

- Beijing Sunrise Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.

- Beijing Yuanjie Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.

- Beijing Yuanlang Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.

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 Japan and related Greater China control buyouts in the mature industrial and technology, consumer, business services and financial services sectors. The firm manages three Funds which have accumulated approximately US$2.1 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 14 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 32 companies with 23 exits. Today, Unison manages JPY 70 billion (~$640 million) for Fund IV. In Korea, Unison Capital raised KRW 307 billion (~$280 million) for its debut fund and has 6 portfolio companies with 2 exits. Korea Fund II has recently held a final close at KRW 500 billion (~$450 million). To date, cumulative investment amounts are JPY 950 billion (~$8.5 billion) and KRW 340 billion (~$310 million) in enterprise value, respectively.

Unison’s Tokyo and Seoul office comprise of 31 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.

Värde Partners

Värde Partners is a leading global alternative investment firm with roots in credit and distressed. Founded in 1993, the firm has invested more than US$60 billion since inception and manages over US$14 billion on behalf of a global investor base. The firm’s investments span corporate and sovereign credit and restructurings, real estate and mortgages, private equity and direct lending. In Asia Pacific, Värde is a leading provider of alternative credit and investor in distressed and stressed situations. The firm established its regional headquarters in Singapore in 2008 and has four additional offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Sydney and Tokyo.

ZWC Ventures

ZWC Partners is an investment group that covers early-mid stage, and growth stage investments in dual currency structure. We strive to provide value adding services and capital for innovative business models in China and Southeast Asia regions, with a special focus in Consumer Tech，Enterprise Services/Industrial Technology，China Plus，etc. Our portfolio includes Tantan, 4th Paradigm, Global Scanners, Xiaodian, Bulter Tu, etc. Our investments with our associated fund includes VIPKID, Yitu Technology, Mobike, JD Finance, Miaopai, Xpeng Motor, Wattpad, etc.

ZWC Partners is initiated by a group of successful entrepreneurs, FOF, family offices, leading TMT corporate and business leaders. Building on their success and experience in the Greater China region, they are devoted to expand their business network to overseas, facilitating the cross border resources integration, and the exchange of business model know-hows, creating a synergy effect within our groups of portfolios.  We are a group of passionate investors who strive to support innovative entrepreneurial endeavors, fostering the next and uprising unicorns globally.

Fangda Partners

Firm Overview

Founded in 1993, Fangda Partners is one of the most prestigious law firms in the PRC. It now has over 700 lawyers serving international and domestic clients on various commercial matters through its teams in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The firm is known for its strength in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity (including both fund formation and downstream investment), intellectual property and dispute resolution, and is consistently ranked as a leader across these practice areas.

Investment Funds Practice

We are widely regarded as one of the most preeminent law firms in investment funds and investment management in China. We have extensive experience in structuring, negotiating and documenting a broad range of the investment fund products and vehicles, in both RMB and USD fund contexts, representing the leading fund sponsors and selected groups of well-regarded institutional investors.  

We believe we have the leading investment funds practice in China, with one of the strongest client rosters in the industry. Our investment funds practice is established and led by our partner Richard Guo, “one of the pioneering practitioners in fund formations in China” and a "go-to person" and "the most knowledgeable lawyer in this field,” according to Chambers Asia-Pacific. As Chambers Asia Pacific noted, our team is “unanimously regarded as truly outstanding in the field (of investment funds),” is “a leading player particularly in relation to the structuring and formation of private equity and renminbi-denominated funds,” and is “probably the best PRC firm for handling fund formation work”.

We have consistently been recognized as one of the top firms in investment funds practice in Asia:

• Investment Funds (PRC Firms) (Band 1), Chambers Asia-Pacific, 2012 – 2019
• Investment Funds Firm of the Year - Asialaw Asia-Pacific Legal Practice Awards, 2017
• Investment Funds Firm of the Year – China, China Law & Practice, 2018
• Investment Funds (Outstanding) , Asialaw Profiles, 2018 – 2019
• Investment Funds – China (Tier 1), IFLR 1000, 2014, 2017 – 2019
• Investment Funds – China (Active), IFLR 1000, 2015 & 2016
• Firm of the Year - Alternative Investment Funds, ASIAN-MENA Counsel, 2014
• Investment Funds and Private Equity PRC Law Firm of the Year, Chambers China Awards, 2013
• The Asian Law Firm of the Year (Investment Funds) nomination (the only PRC firm among the four nominees), Private Equity International, 2011

Fangda Partners

Tel: +86 21 2208 1166

Fax: +86 21 5298 5599

www.fangdalaw.com

Morrison & Foerster

With more than 1,000 lawyers in 17 offices in the world’s key financial and technology centers, Morrison & Foerster’s world-class international practice is well-positioned to serve clients across the rapidly expanding global economy. We have an exceptionally strong Asia platform with an expansive reach of over 200 lawyers in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

Morrison & Foerster’s  Asia Private Equity Practice

Having recently been credited as 2018 Deal Firm of the Year by ALB Hong Kong Law Awards and advisor to the Private Equity Deal of the Year by China Law & Practice Awards, M&A Deal of the Year for North Asia by The Asian Lawyer as well as M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) by ALB Southeast Asia Awards, we have by far the most active Private Equity and M&A practice in the Asia Pacific. Clients praise us for “highly responsive, very  detail-minded and provide sensible advice” that truly understands “the commerciality needed in  private equity deals.” (Chambers Asia Pacific 2019)

Our team is unrivaled and recognized for its depth and breadth of experience handling complex high profile cross-border transactions in the region in the technology, life sciences, real estate, financial services, manufacturing and industrials sectors. We regularly represent private equity investors, venture capitalists, private equity fund sponsors and issuers in a wide variety of private equity transactions, including buy-outs (leveraged and non-leveraged), early and late-stage venture investments, and restructurings and recapitalizations.

Cadence Translate

Cadence Translate is a leading language service provider for the capital markets. We deploy professionally trained interpreters, translators, and transcribers to facilitate research and business across the language barrier, including investor due diligence, cross-border M&A, international roadshows, multilingual management meetings, and financial report translations. We leverage a community of over 2,500 linguists that speak over 20 languages in 400 cities around the globe. Our client service team offers 24-hour coverage to ensure that language never hinders our clients' projects. We operate out of New York, Los Angeles, and Beijing.

Carey Olsen

Carey Olsen has one of the largest private equity and venture capital practices in the offshore world - advising clients on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey from a global network of nine international offices including Hong Kong and Singapore.

Our private equity and venture capital team comprises over 20 partners and a total complement of more than 70 lawyers, many of whom trained and worked at leading international law firms. This pedigree enables us to deliver the highest levels of technical skill and client service in both English and Mandarin.

Our team advises on all aspects of private equity and venture capital from initial fund structurings and formation, fundraisings and financings to listings, buyouts, acquisitions and disposals as well as portfolio restructuring and disputes.

We advise public and private funds across all major asset classes, including credit and debt funds, clean tech/green funds, real estate funds, retail and listed funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, infrastructure funds and crypto funds.

Our clients include many of the world’s leading private equity houses, venture capital funds, investment and private banks, institutional investors, boutique investment firms, insurance groups and pension funds as well as specialist private equity funds. We have also acted for a significant number of target companies in private equity / venture capital transactions across a wide range of industry sectors.

We have longstanding relationships with all of the top 25 international law firms and work with them on a regular and repeat basis.

We are consistently ranked as a top tier law firm for private equity and venture capital work, which reflects the strength and depth of our expertise in this sector.

Our credentials include:

• We advise all of the world’s top 10 private equity firms
• We advise all of the world’s top 10 private equity real estate firms
• We advised on the world’s largest ever investment fund – the Softbank Vision Fund

For more information, please visit https://www.careyolsen.com/services/investment-funds or contact Michael Padarin, Michael.padarin@careyolsen.com +852 3628 9006

DealCloud

DealCloud, an Intapp company, provides a single-source deal, relationship, and fund management platform to enable over 600 clients to power their deal-making process from strategy to origination to execution. We offer fully configurable solutions purpose-built for the complex relationships and structures of private equity and growth capital firms, investment banks, private and publicly traded companies, debt capital providers, and other investors.

Eze Castle Integration

Founded in 1995, Eze Castle Integration is a global managed service provider delivering strategic technology solutions and complete managed IT services to the alternative investment management industry.

With over 660 clients around the globe, we deliver complete cloud solutions, premier IT services and cybersecurity protections encased in award-winning client service and IT support.

With offices across London, the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore, we provide localised service on a global scale. Learn more about us by calling +852 3189 0101 (Hong Kong) and +65 6622 2345 (Singapore).

Linnovate Partners

The Linnovate Story

Linnovate has established itself as a leading next generation asset services and BPO company with AUA of over US$ 35bn. Its founder, Henry Lin, had a vision to transform how the sector operates by introducing automation to unlock added value and simplify processes. By automating mid-back office administrative tasks, Linnovate also helps its clients reduce costs and complexity. Investment managers raising new funds can let Linnovate handle all operations, from fund administration to portfolio monitoring, allowing the investment team to focus on generating ROI.

The company’s proprietary blend of in-house software and third-party systems provides a robust, flexible platform for the secure management of private equity, venture capital, real estate, debt fund administration and portfolio monitoring services. Linnovate’s simplicity attracts both new customers – 50% of its client base are first time asset service users – but also established market leaders across the APAC region.

Our Services

Fund Administration Services: Linnovate automates 80 per cent of Fund Administration processes, including fees calculation, bookkeeping and fund reporting, for optimal efficiency and reliability. By outsourcing Fund Administration to Linnovate, clients can leverage the latest technology for lower costs and faster service.

Portfolio Monitoring Services: Linnovate’s portfolio management services are built on its proprietary data hub technology platform, which provides a full range of post-investment management services, including the analysis of quarterly reports and KPI information.

Fintech Consultancy Services: Linnovate’s dedicated Fintech Consultancy arm develops customized software solutions and provides technology consultancy for use both in-house and with a range of clients. From Solution Analysis and Selection to Third Party System Integration to System Deployment and Support, Linnovate covers the entire lifecycle of each innovation, giving exceptional service to strategic clients who need specific tailored solutions.

SMP Net – our “Smart Monitoring Platform”

As part of the wider Linnovate family of automation tools, our cutting-edge SMP Net solution ensures processed reports, advanced dashboards and other deliverables are deployed via a secure environment where clients can access multiple levels of investment data and analytics with a single click from any device – laptop, mobile phone and tablet.

SMP Net serves our fund administration and portfolio monitoring clients, and is also used to support entrepreneurs in managing capital tables, With SMP Net, regular reporting becomes a straightforward process, while you can also benefit from the ”cap table” analysis feature, which simplifies the creation and management of your own capital table.

Merrill Corporation

Merrill Corporation is a leading global SaaS provider for participants engaging in the M&A lifecycle. Clients trust Merrill’s innovative applications, excellent customer service and deep subject expertise to successfully navigate the secure sharing of their most sensitive content. The company’s flagship product, DatasiteOne, powers secure, intelligent due diligence and enterprise collaboration for thousands of deals in more than 170 countries.

Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling is a leading global law firm with over 850 in financial and business centers throughout Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. Fluent in more than 60 languages, our lawyers have acted in many of the region’s most complex, high-profile and first-to-market transactions with local law capabilities in major international markets, practicing Hong Kong, U.S., English, French, German, Italian, OHADA and Saudi law. We are ranked on The  American Lawyer 2019’s A-List, which honors the 20 top law firms in the United States. In addition, we are consistently ranked as a top-tier law firm in Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East by leading global independent directories, including Chambers, IFLR1000 and The Legal 500 among others.

We are among the first global law firms to receive approval from the PRC government to establish an office in China (in Beijing since 1993), with dedicated teams based in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. With a longstanding commitment to China, we have advised on opportunities and challenges offered by China’s rapid growth for 40 years. The China offices have extensive knowledge and industry experience in virtually every sector, including healthcare, technology, media and telecommunications, automotive, energy and natural resources, infrastructure, government and state-owned companies. We are widely recognized as a leading law firm for Investment Funds, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity, Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution and Project Finance.

Strategic Year

Strategic Year Holdings Limited (“Strategic Year”) is a private investment holding company.  The Founder of Strategic Year has 20 years of private equity investment experience in the Asia Pacific region. We adopt a value-oriented investment approach, utilizing our extensive local networks to originate and execute proprietary investment opportunities. We also spend tremendous efforts adding value to our investees.

Over the past 20 years, we have accumulated significant investment experience in the following sectors: education and professional services consumer, TMT, environmental products/services, natural resources/mining, advanced manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, retail, logistics, energy and alternative energy, and financial services.

We have always been a value-added investor. The areas of value-add that we have been providing to our portfolio companies include: business development, bolt on acquisitions or divestitures, board membership, strategic review, sales and marketing initiatives, human resource matters, subsequent fund raising, capital market access etc.

Our strategy is to leverage our local networks to originate and execute proprietary, value-oriented investment opportunities, maximizing value for our portfolio companies and their various stakeholders.  We believe this proactive and value-oriented approach will benefit our investors and ourselves through time.

C Ventures

C Ventures is the first investment club for the world’s most elite families and funds, bridging the West and the East, curating a global cultural ecosystem targeting the Millennials and the Z Generation, with a focus on disruptive businesses in technology, lifestyle and media. Our dedicated and expert team have access to the most highly sought-after deals through collective network of top global entrepreneurs, family and thought leaders.

Carta

Carta (formerly eShares) is an equity management platform for founders, investors, and employees. Carta's software helps companies and investors track their cap tables, valuations, portfolio investments, and employee equity plans. Carta’s mission is to map and expand the global ownership network in order to increase liquidity and transparency between shareholders - including building a global private exchange for secondary shares.

Carta's company services platform manages over $500 billion in equity for more than 13,000 private and public companies, including Coinbase, Robinhood, Flexport. Carta's investor services platform manages over $12 billion of assets for over 300 VC funds, including Northern Light VC, Slow Ventures, Tribe Capital.

Founded in 2012, Carta has raised over $450 million from Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Tiger Global, Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Menlo Ventures, and other global marquee investors.

Globis Capital Partners

Globis Capital Partners is one of Japan's leading independent venture capital firm that primarily invests in Japanese IT startups from early stage to pre-IPO stage.  Globis has actively managed six funds totaling approximately USD 1 billion, including Globis VI (USD 380 million) raised in 2019. 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 80% of LPs are institutional investors both from and outside of Japan.

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.

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.

*Source: Cambridge Associates, Globis analysis

HighLight Capital (HLC)

HighLight Capital (HLC) is a health industry focused fund. We are dedicated to investing in leading life science enterprises which provide innovative products and services to advance diagnosis and treatment of diseases and to promote healthy living. HLC currently manages both RMB & USD fund with total AUM of nearly 10 billion RMB.

With extensive experience, we have accumulated unique insight into health related industries and have established a strong presence across sub-sectors such as biotechnology (innovative therapeutics, CRO/CMO etc), medical technology (medical devices, IVD etc.) and consumer health (hospital chains, personal care etc.).

HLC portfolio includes high quality companies such as WUXI, Phamaron, Mindray, Yuwell, BrightGene, Sansure Biotech, Kintour Medical, Malo Clinic, Loving Pet Hospital, Chowsing Pet etc.

HIKE Capital

HIKE Capital, a Chinese founders fund, was established in Dec. 2015, co-founded by Mark Yang and Anna Xu.

Mark is also the CEO of Chehaoduo Group, founder of Ganji.com. Anna is the founder of NetEase News app.

As a founders fund, many of our venture partners and counselors are former founders with domain expertise, including the founder of Gaode Map and co-founder of Dianping.com (HKEx:03690). We consistently back visionary founders through all phases of growth and provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and sources they need in the technology ecosystem.

We currently managing an early-stage fund and a growth fund, covering extensively from series pre-A to series C, focusing on consumption upgrade and technological innovation. As a unicorn hunter, HIKE Capital invested in Guazi, Chehejia, FlashEx, RELX, Baby English, Huohua, and ZBox.

Jungle Ventures

Jungle Ventures 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. The firm closed its second fund in 2016 at US$100M, backed by leading institutions and family offices. Jungle is currently raising its third fund targeted to be US$200M.

Long Hill Capital

Long Hill Capital was founded in 2016 by the team who previously led China investing practice for global investment firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) for over a decade as a next-generation thesis-driven venture capital firm based in China. With offices in Shanghai and Beijing, we today manage over $450M in capital from premiere global investors including endowments, foundations, pension funds and financial institutions.

At Long Hill Capital, we seek to make longevity a gift of life for every Chinese by investing in technology enabled transformations of healthcare and consumer sectors. Together the Long Hill Capital team have decades of experience helping to build industry leaders in our five core thesis areas of focus: Healthcare Services, Healthcare Technology, Enabling Infrastructure for Health, Consumer Health&Wellness and Aging Consumer.

Qiming Venture Partners

Founded in 2006, Qiming Venture Partners is a leading China venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Seattle, Boston and San Francisco Bay Area. Currently Qiming Venture Partners manages seven US Dollar funds and five RMB funds with over US$4 billion assets under management.

Qiming Venture Partners strives to be the investor of choice for top entrepreneurs in China. Since our debut, we have backed over 310 fast-growing and innovative companies across China in the TMT, healthcare sectors. Over 60 companies are already listed on NYSE,NASDAQ, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, HKEx and Gretai Securities Market or achieved exit through M&A. There are also nearly 30 portfolio companies that have been recognized as unicorns in the industry.

Vickers Venture Partners

Vickers was founded in 2005 by Dr. Finian Tan and his 4 partners with offices in Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York, London and a presence in San Diego. Our portfolio covers life sciences, technology, media, and telecommunications as well as consumer businesses and financial services. Vickers seeks to create long term value for our investors by investing in and building a stable of companies with large growth potential. With people on the ground trawling for deals, Vickers’ competitive advantage stems from its multi-nationality, its experience and knowledge of the markets, its network of government and industry leaders, and its track record in the region and beyond.

Track Record:

Vickers has invested in and led co-investments for a total of $999 million in 58 early stage companies across five funds. The total value as of Q2’19 is $2.98 billion, with a net multiple of 2.83x. Three out of five funds are currently in the top quartile when compared to Preqin’s database and Vickers Fund IV is currently the best performing vintage 2012 fund.

Proprietary Sourcing:

Highly differentiated network of prospective investments. Network built over 14 years from a combination of market recognition of high profile past successes, a growing prior investment pipeline and active out-reach by the firm’s principals. Vickers consistently reviews over 6,000 deals a year with, on average, ten investments coming to fruition.

Proven Investment Process:

The firm’s Investment Committee operates a proprietary risk allocation model and deal filtering process. This is an iterative process that is continuously reviewed and honed to maximize the best risk reward in portfolio. This process has led to 80% success rate for early stage investments; approximately 30% of successful transactions have generated at least a 5x MOIC or 25% IRR.

Cooley

Cooley LLP is an international law firm representing clients in a wide range of industries from our offices in Asia, Europe and the United States. With 1000+ lawyers, Cooley has the range and expertise to serve clients of all sizes to seize opportunities in today's global marketplace.

Our dedication to China's fund industry is unparalleled and unrivaled by any other law firm. Cooley has been advising on China-related matters over three decades, dating back to 1989, when the firm advised on the formation of the first institutional venture capital fund investing in China. Today, we are counsel to 500+ private investment fund organizations worldwide, including more than 80 fund managers with their primary operations in China and numerous other managers outside of the PRC making investments in portfolio companies in China. We form considerably more dollar-denominated China venture capital and growth equity funds in dollar terms than any other law firm worldwide. We have a team of 40+ specialist fund formation lawyers and dozens of other practitioners dedicated to serving our clients headquartered and doing business in China. Multiple members of our team are Mandarin-speaking, Chinese native fund formation specialists who assist our China funds clients and their investors in both USD and RMB fund formation matters. Cooley has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and soon in Singapore, and works closely with Cooley’s United States and European offices to serve fund clients worldwide.

As a full service global law firm, we regularly assist our China fund clients and their portfolio companies with complex mergers, acquisitions and disposition transactions, a wide variety of private financing and capital markets transactions, public company disclosure issues, share distributions, local and cross-border intellectual property issues, licensing transactions, joint ventures, as well as supply and distribution arrangements, among other matters.

Adams Street Partners

Adams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager with investments in more than thirty countries across five continents. Drawing on 45+ years of private markets experience, proprietary intelligence, and trusted relationships, Adams Street strives to generate actionable investment insights across market cycles. Adams Street is 100% employee-owned and has approximately $40 billion in assets under management. Adams Street has offices in Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo.

HarbourVest Partners

HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets investment specialist with 36 years of experience and more than $64 billion in assets under management, as of June 30, 2019. The Firm’s powerful global platform offers clients investment opportunities through primary fund investments, secondary investments, and direct co-investments in commingled funds or separately managed accounts. HarbourVest has more than 500 employees, including more than 125 investment professionals across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. This global team has committed more than $37 billion to newly-formed funds, completed over $21 billion in secondary purchases, and invested over $11 billion directly in operating companies. Partnering with HarbourVest, clients have access to customized solutions, longstanding relationships, actionable insights, and proven results.

LGT Capital Partners

LGT Capital Partners is a leading alternative investment specialist with USD 60 billion in assets under management and more than 500 institutional clients in 37 countries. An international team of over 450 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, Dublin, London, Paris, Vaduz, Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney.

Linnovate Partners

The Linnovate Story

Linnovate has established itself as a leading next generation asset services and BPO company with AUA of over US$ 35bn. Its founder, Henry Lin, had a vision to transform how the sector operates by introducing automation to unlock added value and simplify processes. By automating mid-back office administrative tasks, Linnovate also helps its clients reduce costs and complexity. Investment managers raising new funds can let Linnovate handle all operations, from fund administration to portfolio monitoring, allowing the investment team to focus on generating ROI.

The company’s proprietary blend of in-house software and third-party systems provides a robust, flexible platform for the secure management of private equity, venture capital, real estate, debt fund administration and portfolio monitoring services. Linnovate’s simplicity attracts both new customers – 50% of its client base are first time asset service users – but also established market leaders across the APAC region.

Our Services

Fund Administration Services: Linnovate automates 80 per cent of Fund Administration processes, including fees calculation, bookkeeping and fund reporting, for optimal efficiency and reliability. By outsourcing Fund Administration to Linnovate, clients can leverage the latest technology for lower costs and faster service.

Portfolio Monitoring Services: Linnovate’s portfolio management services are built on its proprietary data hub technology platform, which provides a full range of post-investment management services, including the analysis of quarterly reports and KPI information.

Fintech Consultancy Services: Linnovate’s dedicated Fintech Consultancy arm develops customized software solutions and provides technology consultancy for use both in-house and with a range of clients. From Solution Analysis and Selection to Third Party System Integration to System Deployment and Support, Linnovate covers the entire lifecycle of each innovation, giving exceptional service to strategic clients who need specific tailored solutions.

SMP Net – our “Smart Monitoring Platform”

As part of the wider Linnovate family of automation tools, our cutting-edge SMP Net solution ensures processed reports, advanced dashboards and other deliverables are deployed via a secure environment where clients can access multiple levels of investment data and analytics with a single click from any device – laptop, mobile phone and tablet.

SMP Net serves our fund administration and portfolio monitoring clients, and is also used to support entrepreneurs in managing capital tables, With SMP Net, regular reporting becomes a straightforward process, while you can also benefit from the ”cap table” analysis feature, which simplifies the creation and management of your own capital table.

MVision

Founded in 2001, MVision is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading independent international advisory firms, focusing on raising capital for Private Equity, Real Assets, Real Estate, Credit and Direct transactions in both the developed and emerging markets.

MVision’s continued expansion in Asia, making us one of the region’s largest advisers, is driven by our ability to identify and attract outstanding clients who are current and future market leaders.

MVision’s global team of over 50 professionals deliver valuable bespoke advice, strategic industry insights, and creative solutions to our clients, as well as nurturing close working relationships with local Asian investors, providing them access to our diversified and high quality client base. Together we represent 19 nationalities, speak 21 languages and operate out of offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, San Francisco and Sydney.

We firmly believe that fund-raising is far more than a one-time event; we continue to assist our clients with the on-going task of funding and growing their businesses effectively, managing issues such as positioning, growth and performance.

We take pride in our long established relationships with the global investor base. These relationships give us an in-depth insight into their focus and decision making processes; they enable us to target the optimal investor base for our clients and create effective and efficient marketing strategies.

We provide thoughtful, strategic guidance and a streamlined fundraising process that we have developed and refined through the closing of over 100 funds in the last decade.

Merrill Corporation

Merrill Corporation is a leading global SaaS provider for participants engaging in the M&A lifecycle. Clients trust Merrill’s innovative applications, excellent customer service and deep subject expertise to successfully navigate the secure sharing of their most sensitive content. The company’s flagship product, DatasiteOne, powers secure, intelligent due diligence and enterprise collaboration for thousands of deals in more than 170 countries.

Alvarez & Marsal

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) when conventional approaches are not enough to activate change and achieve results.

A&M’s dedicated Global Private Equity Services team provides independent analysis across the investment lifecycle that delivers results for investors and their portfolio companies. We integrate our financial, tax, commercial and operational expertise to seamlessly translate pre-deal due diligence findings and leverage our interim management approach to deliver post-deal operational improvements.  Our Asia team have deep experience working with Asia and global businesses and investors to substantially impact performance.

Privately-held since 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that delivers business performance improvement, turnaround management and advisory services to organizations seeking to transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action. Our senior professionals are experienced operators, world-class consultants and industry veterans who leverage the firm's restructuring heritage to help leaders turn change into a strategic business asset, manage risk and unlock value at every stage.

Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie is a transactional powerhouse with over 2,500 deal lawyers and expertise in over 46 countries. We excel in cross-border deals - over 60% of our deals are multi-jurisdictional. We are global and local, combining money market sophistication with local excellence.

We lead on major transactions with expertise which spans banking and finance, capital markets, corporate finance, funds, M&A, private equity and projects.

We provide a full end to end service which incorporates all key specialisms including tax, merger control, employment, pensions, litigation, and intellectual property, and we continue to help clients integrate new businesses after they acquire them. Many of our specialists are best in class in their fields.

Our sector expertise has been developed over decades working with leading multinational corporations and investors in technology, healthcare and life sciences, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, and in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

The combination of our deep sector local expertise, and our ability to work seamlessly across each of the countries and specialisations means we can add unique value in shaping, negotiating and closing the deal.

The results speak for themselves - we lead on and close 3 deals a day.

Barclays

Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US.

With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 80,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.

Waterbridge Ventures

Founded in 2016, WaterBridge Ventures (WBV) specialises in being the first institutional investor in fast growing early stage technology ventures in India. Led by veteran investors, Manish Kheterpal and Sarbvir Singh, the fund’s vision is to be a trusted and game changing partner for technology entrepreneurs to help them build large and sustainable businesses.

WBV has made 16 investments across Fintech, Health-care, Mobility, Edtech and Enterprise, SaaS. Deep value add approach employed by WBV has resulted in leading VC asset class returns with an unprecedented 80% success rate in portfolio companies. For every dollar WBV has invested, our portfolio has gone on to raise $15 Million of external capital from funds like Lightspeed, Matrix, SAIF and Sequoia.

WBV team has over 70 years of global and India business building experience. The partners have invested over $600 Million with strong performance track records for private equity and venture capital firms like J.P. Morgan, Providence Equity, Capital18, Actis, DEG, Aquarius and Rho Ventures.

WaterBridge Ventures is continuing to build its franchise to tap into the opportunities in the $3 Trillion high growth Indian economy. India, the third largest digital economy on the world, is poised to deliver several hundred billion dollars of value creation over the next decade following in the footsteps of the US and China. WBV is well placed to play its part in capturing a share of that value and being the trusted partner for its investors in India.

SS&C Intralinks

Intralinks, an SS&C company, is a leading financial technology provider for the global banking, dealmaking and capital markets communities. As pioneers of the virtual data room, our technology enables and secures the flow of information, empowering our customers to work more productively and with complete confidence. Intralinks facilitates strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and investor reporting. Our solutions enhance these activities by streamlining operations, reducing risk, improving client experiences and increasing visibility. We’ve earned the trust and business of more than 99 percent of the Fortune 1000 and have executed over USD 34.7 tr worth of financial transactions on our platform.

Alter Domus

An increasing number of top asset managers, lenders and family offices around the globe choose Alter Domus as their partner of choice.

Whether you manage a small stand-alone fund with a limited number of investments or a large multi-billion dollar buyout fund with a complex stream of investments in multiple jurisdictions, we understand your world. Thanks to our deep knowledge of the alternative investment industry, we know first-hand the complex technical and operational challenges you face.

Our vertically integrated approach provides you with solutions across the entire value chain of investment structures, from middle office support at fund level, all the way down to local special purpose vehicles and property companies. At any stage, our talent pool of over 2,200 employees apply their expertise and leverage our cutting-edge technology to put you ahead of the game and let you stay focused on your core activities.

We offer you a comprehensive range of services spanning fund administration, corporate services, agency services, CLO collateral administration, credit and structured product services, depositary services, transfer pricing, wealth administration, domiciliation, and management company services, thus providing you an easier, faster and more streamlined process.

Whether you are a local or a global player, thanks to our international network of 40 offices and desks, we are where you need us to be.

Benchmark International

INTERNATIONAL SELL-SIDE ADVISER

Benchmark International’s global offices provide business owners in the mid to lower-mid market with creative, value-maximising solutions for growing and exiting their businesses. With decades of global M&A experience, Benchmark International’s deal teams, working from 12 offices worldwide, have assisted hundreds of business owners in achieving their personal objectives and ensuring the continued growth of their businesses.

We represent business owners who are highly motivated and want to take the next logical step with their businesses, to which they have dedicated a significant amount of time and effort over many years. Whether they seek to take their business to the next level, to exit, or just to find a way to diversify their personal wealth, entrepreneurs from around the world have relied on Benchmark International’s large team of experienced professionals and motivated buyer networks to achieve their objectives.

Benchmark International’s engagements are handled by a tight-knit team of professionals who have each mastered the specialised skillsets necessary to perform the following roles and achieve a successful outcome.

To date, Benchmark International has handled engagements in excess of $6 billion across 30 industries.

Blackpeak

Blackpeak is an international investigative research firm.

Founded in Asia, the firm now operates from strategic locations in key financial and economic centers, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, New York, Washington DC and London.

We handle highly complex research assignments, including integrity due diligence, internal and external investigations, asset searches, business intelligence for institutional and hedge fund investors, stakeholder mapping, political risk research and more.

Over 500 clients rely on Blackpeak’s services, including the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, corporations and law firms.

In 2019, Blackpeak was acquired by Acuris, a provider of global data, intelligence, research and analysis.

Mainstream Fund Services

Mainstream Fund Services is part of Mainstream Group Holdings Limited (ASX: MAI), a global provider of full service fund administration and custody services.

As at June 2019 the Group provides administration services to 1,012 funds and more than 101,000 investors with funds under administration of AUD $173 billion. Mainstream specialises in providing fund services to alternative funds including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and real estate funds.

Mainstream employs 259 people, with operations in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, the Isle of Man, Malta, Ireland and the Cayman Islands.

Preqin

Preqin is the home of alternative assets, providing indispensable data, solutions and insights to support alternative asset professionals at every stage of the investment cycle. Since 2003, we have been the most trusted source of information on alternative assets, spanning private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure, private debt, natural resources and secondaries. Our products and services are relied upon by more than 60,000 industry participants in over 90 countries, for a range of activities including fundraising, investor relations, asset allocation, fund manager selection and business development. Preqin is an independent business with over 400 staff based in New York, London, Singapore, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Manila.

The Executive Centre (TEC)

The Executive Centre (TEC) opened its doors in Hong Kong in 1994 and today boasts over 130+ centres in 32 cities and 14 countries. It is the third largest serviced office business in Asia with annual turnover in excess of US$235 million.

The Executive Centre caters to ambitious professionals and industry leaders looking for more than just an office space - they are looking for a place for their organization to thrive. TEC has cultivated an environment designed for success with a global network spanning Greater China, Southeast Asia, North Asia, India, Sri Lanka, the Middle East, and Australia, with sights to go further and grow faster. Each Executive Centre offers a prestigious address with the advanced infrastructure to pre-empt, meet, and exceed the needs of its Members. Walking with Members through every milestone and achievement, The Executive Centre empowers ambitious professionals and organizations to succeed.

Privately owned and headquartered in Hong Kong, TEC provides first class Private and Shared Workspaces, Business Concierge Services, and Meeting & Conference facilities to suit any business' needs.