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.

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.

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.

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.

KPMG Hong Kong

KPMG China is based in 23 offices across 21 cities with around 12,000 partners and staff in Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Foshan, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR. Working collaboratively across all these offices, KPMG China can deploy experienced professionals efficiently, wherever our client is located.

KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 153 countries and territories and have 207,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.

The KPMG Private Equity group brings together our leading transaction advisory, deal origination and M&A tax professionals who work on deals for private equity funds. They combine industry-specific skills with a deep understanding of the requirements of private equity funds as they search for the value-enhancing attributes of each deal. Our professionals work closely with the management of portfolio companies, embedding ‘best practices’ and helping build value prior to exit. Depending on the exit route, we also help prepare companies for IPOs, or manage the sales process.

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.

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.

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 41 companies with 26 exits. Today, Unison manages JPY 70 billion (~$640 million) for Japan Fund IV and KRW 500 billion (~$450 million) for Korea Fund II, respectively.

Unison’s Tokyo and Seoul office comprise of 34 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.

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.

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.

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.