Affiliated Managers Group

Verition Fund Management LLC is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor established in 2008, with its headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut, and an additional office in New York, New York. The firm operates as a multi-strategy and multi-manager investment platform, focusing on pooled investment vehicles. It engages in global investments across public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets, utilizing a long/short equity strategy. Verition employs a blend of quantitative, fundamental, and technical analysis, alongside external research, to inform its investment decisions. The firm has built a team of experienced portfolio managers who leverage their expertise from proprietary trading and client account management to navigate diverse investment opportunities.

Suma Capital is an independent investment manager based in Barcelona, founded in 2007. The firm specializes in private equity and infrastructure investments across Western Europe. Suma Capital collaborates with business owners to help them achieve their objectives, bringing a combination of expertise and thoroughness to each project. By partnering with entrepreneurs, Suma Capital aims to address significant challenges and drive growth in the companies they invest in.

Ara Partners is a private equity and infrastructure investment firm based in Houston, Texas, founded in 2017. The company specializes in decarbonizing the industrial economy by investing in sectors such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, industrial process electrification, waste management, and sustainable chemicals. Ara Partners focuses on businesses that contribute to lowering carbon emissions and enhancing sustainability within these industries. Its investment strategy typically involves providing growth capital, offering support, and facilitating buyouts to help portfolio companies expand and achieve significant environmental advancements.

Parnassus Investments is an independent, employee-owned investment management firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in 1984. The company primarily serves investment companies, pension plans, insurance firms, foundations, endowments, corporate retirement plans, investment consultants, and family offices. It manages a range of equity and fixed income mutual funds, focusing on U.S. public markets. Parnassus employs fundamental analysis and in-house research to identify investment opportunities, particularly in businesses with strong fundamentals that may be temporarily undervalued. The firm emphasizes socially responsible investing, avoiding companies involved in the manufacture of alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons, or nuclear energy. Parnassus aims to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns for its clients over the long term through its core equity and fixed income strategies.

Comvest Partners, established in 2000, is a prominent private investment firm specializing in providing equity and debt capital to lower middle-market companies across North America. The firm, headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, partners with managers and owners of companies to drive growth and create long-term value. Comvest Credit Partners, a division of Comvest Partners, offers flexible financing solutions, including senior secured, unitranche, second lien, and mezzanine capital, as well as equity co-investments. They provide credit facilities ranging from $25 million to $200 million to support refinancings, growth capital, acquisitions, buyouts, and recapitalizations for companies with revenues exceeding $20 million. Since its inception, Comvest has invested over $1.3 billion in more than 95 public and private companies.

EIG Global Energy Partners, established in 1982, is a private equity firm specializing in energy investments. It focuses on providing growth capital and buyout investments across the entire energy value chain, including upstream oil and gas, midstream, energy infrastructure, renewables, power generation and distribution, mining, real estate, and resource projects. EIG invests globally, with a significant presence in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm typically invests between $100 million to over $1 billion in its portfolio companies, and $50 million to $200 million in the geothermal sector. EIG's investment strategy involves taking majority stakes and focusing on engineering and developmental risks rather than geological and exploration risks. It has offices in Washington D.C., the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Asia, serving as a trusted partner to prominent energy companies worldwide.

Qualitas Energy is an infrastructure company founded in 2007 and based in Madrid, Spain. The company focuses on investing in the renewable energy sector, aiming to contribute to sustainable energy solutions. With a commitment to enhancing the energy landscape, Qualitas Energy seeks to develop and manage projects that promote clean energy initiatives.