Updata Partners is a Washington, DC-based private equity firm that provides growth equity and operating expertise to growth-stage technology companies, primarily in software-enabled and B2B software businesses. The firm partners with management teams to scale companies that show substantial growth potential, combining capital with seasoned operating experience from former executives and entrepreneurs. Since inception, Updata has committed capital exceeding $1.5 billion and has supported more than 75 entrepreneurs across investments in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Asia-Pacific region. The team's deep software industry background, averaging more than 25 years per partner, aims to accelerate growth and create market-leading companies.

Allectus Capital is an investment company focused on potentially disruptive technology businesses. It oversees approximately USD$300 million in investments primarily in Asia Pacific and the United Kingdom for clients of ICM Limited. Allectus invests with a long-term perspective, seeking deep value opportunities.

GE Equity invests globally across various sectors, focusing on established companies with high growth potential. It takes minority ownership positions and offers growth capital, buy-out co-investments, secondary direct purchases, recapitalizations, and LP investments.

WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm with cross-border operations in the United States and Greater China. Founded in 1993 and based in San Francisco, the firm maintains a presence in Beijing and Taipei and invests in early and early-expansion stages across the United States, Mainland China, Taiwan and the Asia Pacific. It focuses on technology, healthcare, biotech, artificial intelligence, robotics, fintech, sustainability and new media, supporting portfolio companies from seed through growth rounds and working to help them scale globally through international collaboration.

Unigestion SA is a privately owned investment manager based in Geneva, Switzerland, with additional offices in Zürich. The firm specializes in providing tailored investment solutions primarily to institutions and high-net-worth individuals. It manages separate client-focused equity portfolios and hedge fund of funds, employing quantitative analysis to guide its investment strategies. Unigestion invests in public and private equity, venture capital, and hedging markets worldwide, with a particular focus on Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. In private equity, the firm engages in direct investments, fund of funds, and both primary and secondary investments, primarily targeting small and mid-sized companies. Its investment approach includes buyouts, growth capital, and special situations, focusing on enterprises valued up to approximately $1.14 billion. Unigestion's secondary investments are concentrated on middle-market funds, and it typically invests in smaller deal sizes ranging from $5 million to nearly $37 million. Founded in 1971, Unigestion serves over 500 clients globally.

Allianz Global Investors is a global investment management firm backed by Allianz. It provides active investment strategies for individuals, families, and institutions, including mutual funds, managed accounts, and alternative investments across equity, fixed income, and multi-asset portfolios. The firm serves a broad client base such as individuals, financial advisers, asset managers, pension funds, insurers, banks, foundations, and charities, and conducts investments across global public markets. It emphasizes fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock selection complemented by macro analysis and external research, supported by a global research network. With offices across multiple countries, Allianz Global Investors delivers research-driven investment capabilities and risk management to clients worldwide. The firm manages assets in the hundreds of billions of dollars, reflecting its large, diversified platform within Allianz's asset management business.

Merian Global Investors is an independent asset management firm based in London, England, established in June 2018 following the acquisition of the single-strategy investment capabilities of Old Mutual Global Investors by its management team and TA Associates. The firm focuses on building a specialized asset management business, emphasizing the value of active investment management tailored to clients' expectations. Merian aims to attract and retain skilled investment professionals who are experts in their respective fields, providing them with the necessary operational, risk management, and distribution support to excel. This approach allows investment professionals the freedom to make decisions without the constraints of a centralized investment view.

The U.S. Department of Energy is a government agency established in 1977, located in Washington, D.C. Its primary mission is to ensure the security and prosperity of the nation by tackling energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges. The Department focuses on promoting transformative scientific and technological solutions to address these issues, thereby supporting the country's energy needs and environmental sustainability.

RRJ Capital is an Asian investment firm established in March 2011 and headquartered in Central, Hong Kong. Founded by Richard Ong, the firm specializes in private equity investments, primarily targeting sectors such as healthcare, financial institutions, technology, and logistics. With a team of over 20 employees, RRJ Capital focuses on opportunities in China and Southeast Asia, while also exploring prospects across the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the United States. The firm successfully closed its inaugural fund in June 2011, raising a total of US$2.3 billion to support its investment strategies.

DNB Bank is a prominent Norwegian financial services group headquartered in Oslo, offering a comprehensive range of financial products and services to both retail and corporate customers. Established in 1822, DNB provides loans, savings accounts, advisory services, insurance, and pension products. The bank's personal banking offerings include various savings and investment options. For corporate clients, DNB delivers investment banking services that encompass financial and strategic advice related to capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. Its clientele spans multiple sectors, including energy, manufacturing, healthcare, shipping, and technology. DNB distributes its services through various channels, including mobile and online banking, bank offices, and in-store outlets, ensuring accessibility for its diverse customer base.

Semtech is a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products and related solutions for power management, protection, advanced communications, human interface, test and measurement, wireless and sensing applications. It designs, manufactures and markets integrated circuits and connected services for IoT, including connectivity modules, gateways and routers, serving customers in communications, computers and peripherals, automated test equipment, and industrial markets. The company operates through segments including Signal Integrity, Analog Mixed Signal and Wireless, IoT Systems and IoT Connected Services, with the majority of revenue generated by Analog Mixed Signal and Wireless. Geographically, Asia-Pacific accounts for a substantial portion of revenue, with operations in North America and Europe.

Liquidity Group is a New York City based lending and financing firm that uses artificial intelligence and decision science to provide growth capital to mid-market and late-stage companies. It offers growth credit, term loans for expansion, revolving credit lines for working capital, and acquisition financing across technology, e-commerce, retail, information technology, and life sciences sectors, with a focus on rapid capital deployment and long-term client relationships.

PAG is an independent, Asia-focused alternative investment management firm founded in 2002 and based in Hong Kong, with offices across Asia, Australia, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. It manages capital across three core strategies: private equity, real estate and absolute return investments. In private equity, PAG pursues large-scale buyouts, control transactions and structured minority investments, with a preference for opportunities in financial services, healthcare, information technology, media, telecommunications, education and consumer sectors, often targeting investments in China. In real estate, it runs funds that pursue opportunity and core-plus properties across Japan, China and the broader Asia-Pacific region. The absolute return franchise provides flexible financing solutions to meet short- and long-term needs and aims to build stable partnerships over time. Originating as the Pacific Alliance Group, PAG positioned itself as one of the region's leading Asia-focused investment managers, combining independent management with a broad geographic reach.

ST Telemedia is a principal investment firm focused on communications, media, data centers and infrastructure technology. It pursues long-term value creation through buyouts and growth equity investments across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas. Headquartered in Singapore with an office in Beijing, the firm supports portfolio companies with platform-building and growth strategies and leverages its parent organization for resources. Founded in 1994, ST Telemedia targets infrastructure-driven opportunities across technology-enabled sectors worldwide.

Revolution is a Washington, D.C.–based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Steve Case, with an additional office in San Francisco. It backs technology-enabled startups that disrupt traditional industries and supports both early-stage and growth-stage companies, often taking leadership roles in financings and serving on boards. The firm operates a family of funds, including Revolution Ventures and Revolution Growth, and seeks opportunities across sectors such as consumer internet, software and services, media, financial services, healthcare, and other technology-enabled businesses. It emphasizes geography, aiming to back high-potential ventures in regions beyond traditional hubs by pairing capital with hands-on involvement and broad entrepreneurial networks.

Nuvei is a payments technology company that provides payment solutions to merchants and partners worldwide. It offers the Native Commerce Platform, a cloud-based system for accepting payments across mobile or in-app, online, unattended, and in-store channels. The company supports a range of services, including payout options, card issuing, banking, risk management, and fraud management, delivered through a modular, scalable technology platform. Nuvei serves customers across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific region, and works with a network of direct sellers and channel partners such as resellers, software vendors, and marketplaces. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Montreal, it focuses on enabling next-generation payments and expanding global acceptance for its clients.

Established in 1997 and headquartered in Hong Kong, BPEA EQT is a prominent private equity firm with over USD 20 billion in committed capital. The company focuses on buyouts and growth capital investments across Asia Pacific, supporting companies' expansion or acquisitions, and also manages dedicated funds for private real estate and credit.

WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing unified threat management solutions tailored for businesses of various sizes. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company offers a comprehensive range of security products, including firewall appliances, virtual private networks (VPN), and multi-factor authentication. Its flagship product, the WatchGuard extensible threat management (XTM) appliance, combines multiple security features such as stateful packet firewall, zero-day attack prevention, anti-spyware, anti-spam, anti-virus, intrusion prevention, and URL filtering into a single integrated device. By focusing on simplicity and accessibility, WatchGuard aims to empower midmarket businesses and distributed enterprises to effectively shield themselves from emerging cybersecurity threats. The company operates globally with additional offices in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America, and it functions as a subsidiary of Gladiator Corporation.

Sierra Wireless, Inc. is a provider of device-to-cloud Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, primarily operating in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company is structured into two main segments: IoT Solutions and Embedded Broadband. The IoT Solutions segment delivers recurring connectivity services, cloud management software, and cellular modules and gateways, while the Embedded Broadband segment focuses on high-speed cellular embedded modules used in various applications, including automotive and mobile computing. Sierra Wireless serves a diverse clientele, including enterprises, industrial firms, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), utilizing both direct and indirect distribution channels such as distributors and mobile network operators. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Richmond, Canada, Sierra Wireless has established itself as a key player in the wireless communication equipment sector, addressing the needs of industrial, commercial, and public safety markets.

Goldman Sachs is a global financial services firm that provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. It advises on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and other corporate actions; underwrites public offerings and debt; and helps clients raise capital through various markets. The firm engages in market making and client execution across fixed income, currencies, commodities, and equities, and offers securities services including financing and lending to institutional clients. Its asset management and wealth advisory businesses manage assets and provide investment solutions for a broad client base, including institutions and individuals. Headquartered in New York, the company serves clients worldwide and operates across multiple business lines to support capital formation, risk management, and investment activities.

Crescent Point Group, established in 2003, was a Singapore-based private equity firm that specialized in consumer-sector investments across China and Southeast Asia. The company, now acquired by Ares Management Corporation, focused on identifying and backing promising businesses in the region's growing consumer market.

Equinix is a global data center and interconnection provider that enables digital businesses to connect with customers, employees, and partners. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company operates 260 data centers across 71 markets. It serves more than 10,000 customers, including 2,100 network providers, across five verticals: cloud and IT services, content providers, network and mobile services, financial services, and enterprise. Revenue is predominantly derived from renting space to tenants and related services, comprising about 70%, with more than 15% from interconnection services that link customers to networks and cloud providers. It focuses on providing secure, scalable infrastructure for digital ecosystems and supports a broad ecosystem of partners and customers worldwide.

bioMerieux designs, develops, manufactures, and markets in vitro diagnostic systems for clinical and industrial applications. Its products include reagents, instruments, software, and services for screening, diagnosing, monitoring infectious diseases like HIV and tuberculosis, as well as cardiovascular diseases and cancers. bioMerieux serves private sector laboratories, hospitals, food industries, and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

Datalogic is an Italian company that designs and manufactures data capture and factory automation solutions, including barcode readers, mobile computers, RFID systems, sensors for detection and measurement, machine vision, and laser marking systems. Its products support industries such as retail, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, and healthcare by enabling automatic data capture, tracking, and process automation. The company serves global markets with a strong presence in Italy and expanding reach across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and the EMEAI region.

ChinaEquity is a private merchant bank based in China, specializing in venture capital, private equity, and direct investments. The firm focuses on high-tech enterprises across the Greater China region, particularly in sectors such as technology, media, telecommunications, biotechnology, environmental technology, sports, medicine, and natural resources. With a clear development strategy and innovative business model, ChinaEquity aims to balance supply and demand in the capital market, offering comprehensive solutions to all participants in the investment cycle. The company has established a strong portfolio and a high-quality customer base, leveraging resources and networks that span Silicon Valley, Wall Street, Europe, and Greater China. Founded in 1999 by Chao Y. Wang, who previously held a senior position at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, ChinaEquity benefits from a team of experienced professionals with backgrounds in prominent financial institutions and high-tech enterprises. The firm maintains favorable relationships with Chinese governmental bodies, international financial institutions, and high-tech companies, allowing it to navigate the complex political, economic, and cultural landscape of the region effectively.

Founded in 1999, AlpInvest Partners is a global investment firm specializing in private equity. It invests across the spectrum of private equity markets, including buyouts, venture capital, mezzanine, distressed securities, secondary funds, and co-investments. The firm focuses on investments in technology, life sciences, industrials, financials, consumer goods, energy, information technology, telecommunications, and healthcare sectors worldwide.

Founded in 1870, Deutsche Bank is a global financial institution headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. It offers a wide range of services including asset management, retail banking, private wealth management, corporate banking, and transaction banking. The bank serves clients across various sectors such as financial institutions, healthcare, media, technology, and governments worldwide.

Aker Horizons is a Norwegian investment company focused on incubating and developing businesses that tackle fundamental challenges to sustainable living. It invests in renewable energy sectors and emission-reducing technologies, aiming to create substantial value while promoting planet-positive investing.

Dynatrace, Inc. is a software intelligence company that offers a comprehensive platform for managing and optimizing enterprise cloud applications. The Dynatrace platform enables users to monitor and analyze their entire IT infrastructure, providing insights into application performance, user experience, and operational efficiency. Its product suite includes tools for monitoring various application environments, such as mobile and web applications, as well as network services. Additionally, Dynatrace provides solutions for real user monitoring and synthetic monitoring to ensure application availability and performance. The platform’s advanced capabilities support customers in modernizing IT operations, accelerating software delivery, and enhancing digital experiences. Dynatrace serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, insurance, retail, and manufacturing, and operates globally with a strong presence in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Inchcape is a multinational automotive company that distributes and retails premium and luxury vehicles through partnerships with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It operates in three segments: distribution of new vehicles and parts across Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe, and Africa; retail sales of new and used vehicles in the UK and Europe.

Tress Capital is a private equity firm focused on the cannabis sector, investing in segments such as lab testing, biotech, media, manufacturing and processing, cultivation, and technology including software and hardware. It provides debt and equity financing to companies across the cannabis value chain and operates globally, with activity in the United States and regions including Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Founded in 2013 and based in New York, the firm seeks opportunities to support growth and development within the cannabis market.

Harley-Davidson manufactures and sells heavyweight motorcycles across custom, cruising, touring, and adventure segments. It offers motorcycle parts, accessories, and related services. The company also provides financing options, insurance products, and protection plans through its captive finance arm.

Allegion is a global security products company that provides mechanical and electronic security solutions under brands such as Schlage, Von Duprin, LCN, CISA and Interflex. Ireland-domiciled and formed through a spin-off from Ingersoll Rand in 2013, Allegion serves commercial, institutional and residential markets across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa, and Asia Pacific, with products sold in more than 120 countries. Its offering covers security needs for education, healthcare, government, offices and homes. In fiscal 2024, more than 75% of its sales were generated in the United States.

Resources Connection LLC, operating as Resources Global Professionals, Inc., is a professional services company that specializes in providing intellectual capital and execution capability services across various business disciplines including finance, accounting, internal audit, human capital, information management, supply chain management, and legal services. Through its policyIQ application, the company helps clients document and communicate policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure employee compliance. Serving industries ranging from aerospace to healthcare to telecommunications, Resources Connection was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, with practice offices across Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia Pacific, and North America. As a subsidiary of Resources Connection, Inc., the company focuses on solving problems, executing tasks, and transferring knowledge to meet the needs of a wide range of industries.

Reckitt is a multinational company that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of health, hygiene, and home products. It offers a diverse range of items, including personal care products such as acne treatments, facial washes, and first aid supplies, as well as household items such as disinfectants, cleaning agents, and pest control solutions. The company's well-known brands include Dettol, Nurofen, Durex, Gaviscon, Mucinex, and many others. Reckitt also produces infant and child nutrition products, catering to various consumer needs. Founded in 1823 and headquartered in Slough, United Kingdom, Reckitt operates across multiple regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, establishing a significant global presence in the retail sector.

Founded in 1996, Resources Connection is a professional services firm headquartered in Irvine, California. It offers consulting services across various domains such as business strategy, finance and accounting, risk management, human resources, technology, and supply chain management, serving diverse industries.

Vincera Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1997, with its headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, and an additional office in Menlo Park, California. The firm specializes in a range of investment stages, including start-up, early stage, late stage, growth capital, mature, expansion, and mezzanine investments. Vincera Capital focuses on various sectors, such as electronic components, green energy, consumer retail, technology, healthcare, and specialty chemicals. Its investment strategy primarily targets companies in the Asia Pacific region, particularly emphasizing Taiwanese-owned enterprises in China, while also considering opportunities in Taiwan. The firm typically invests between $500,000 and $20 million in its portfolio companies.

Founded in 2011, Social Capital is a Menlo Park-based investment firm dedicated to advancing humanity by solving global challenges through technology. They empower entrepreneurs and innovative products by building a unique platform that redistributes power, capital, and opportunity.

Founded in 2014, Reinventure is a Sydney-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in FinTech and adjacent industries across Asia-Pacific. With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner, Reinventure champions founders with transformative industry visions.

WoodWing Software BV, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Zaandam, Netherlands, specializes in multi-channel publishing software solutions. The company caters to magazine and newspaper publishers, corporate publishers, media production houses, creative agencies, brands, and marketing departments. Its offerings include Elvis Cloud, a digital asset management solution, and WoodWing Inception, which facilitates content production for various digital channels. Additionally, WoodWing Enterprise streamlines the publishing process, while WoodWing Marqy focuses on marketing asset management. The company also provides WoodWing Cloud for digital content creation and analytics, Smart Styles as a plugin for Adobe InDesign, and a publishing solution for Apple News. WoodWing serves a global customer base through a network of over 90 partners across more than 100 countries, with regional sales offices in Europe, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific.

Founded in 2009, Yuuwa Capital is an Australian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments. It targets biotechnology and software companies across Asia-Pacific, providing both capital and expertise to help founders turn ideas into successful businesses.

HubSpot is a cloud-based growth platform that provides marketing, sales, and customer service software for businesses worldwide. Its offerings include a suite of applications such as customer relationship management, search engine optimization, blogging, website content management, messaging, chatbots, social media, marketing automation, email, predictive lead scoring, sales productivity, ticketing and helpdesk, customer NPS surveys, analytics, and reporting. The platform can be used as standalone modules or as an integrated package, enabling inbound marketing and sales processes that attract visitors, convert leads, and close customers. HubSpot serves mid-market B2B customers and emphasizes helping organizations grow better. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and serves the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region, with professional, phone, email, and chat support available.

January Capital is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that provides flexible, bespoke capital to ambitious founders in the Asia Pacific region, focusing on software, e-commerce, digitization, internet, and technology companies.

Grooves is a Tokyo-based provider of a social recruiting platform that develops and operates software to connect engineers, candidates, recruiters, and agencies, aiming to streamline the recruitment process. The platform serves Japan and the Asia-Pacific region and has supported thousands of corporate customers since 2004.

Seviora Capital is an asset manager, providing investors with venture capital and growth funds, along with tailor-made solutions. Seviora Capital presents a fund dedicated to investing in private Agri-Food companies in the Asia Pacific region. Seviora T3F Fund engages in minority investments in pioneering and disruptive companies, with a specific focus on venture capital and early growth-stage enterprises. In addition, Seviora Capital extends bespoke solutions in funds of funds across diverse alternative asset classes. This approach is designed to consistently deliver returns to investors throughout economic cycles.

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is a global company specializing in personal care and wellness products, offering a diverse range of skin care, nutritional supplements, and weight management solutions. Its product lines include ageLOC, which features customized skin care systems and anti-aging devices, as well as Epoch products that utilize botanical ingredients. Established in 1984 and headquartered in Provo, Utah, Nu Skin operates in over 50 markets worldwide, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The company markets its products under the Nu Skin, Pharmanex, and ageLOC brands, utilizing a direct-selling model that includes both independent distributors and online platforms. In addition to product development, Nu Skin is committed to sustainability initiatives, aiming to transition to reduced and sustainable packaging by 2030, and supports global community efforts through its Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation, which focuses on improving children's health and education.

Cielo specializes in recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), serving a diverse range of industries including healthcare, life sciences, financial services, consumer brands, technology, media, and engineering. The company offers comprehensive staffing solutions, from sourcing to interviewing, empowering clients to attract and hire top talent more efficiently.

Plexus Corp. is a U.S.-based Electronic Manufacturing Services company that offers comprehensive solutions across various stages of product development. Its services encompass product conceptualization, design, commercialization, manufacturing, fulfillment, and ongoing support. The company operates flexible manufacturing facilities designed to accommodate diverse product lines and configurations, serving customers globally in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions. Plexus provides end-to-end solutions for 140 branded product companies in sectors including networking and communications, healthcare and life sciences, industrial and commercial, as well as defense, security, and aerospace. The company also offers services on a consignment basis and turnkey solutions that include material procurement and warehousing.

ThoughtSpot provides an AI-native intelligence platform that empowers enterprises to explore any data, ask questions, and uncover actionable insights. It offers intuitive natural language search, enabling users to generate answers from business data at every point of decision-making. ThoughtSpot serves various industries, with clients including NVIDIA, Hilton Worldwide, Capital One, and Huel.

Adecco Group is a global provider of human capital solutions, offering staffing, HR services, and career resources to organizations and associates. It serves clients across industries and geographies with flexible placement, permanent recruitment, outsourcing, and consulting, including engineering, digital and IT sectors. The group operates through three business units: Adecco, Akkodis, and LHH, and works with clients ranging from manufacturers to service providers, delivering local and international talent solutions and shaping the future of work. The company originated in Switzerland in 1996 and now serves Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, South America, and North Africa.