Gimv is a European investment company with more than 40 years'​ experience in private equity. Listed on Euronext Brussels, Gimv currently has EUR 1.5 billion of assets under management. The portfolio contains around 60 portfolio companies, with a combined turnover of EUR 3.7 billion and more than 20,000 employees. As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial and innovative companies with high-growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s five investment platforms are: Consumer, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Smart Industries and Sustainable Cities. Each of these platforms works with a skilled and dedicated team across Gimv’s home markets of the Benelux, France and Germany and can count on an extended international network of experts. We are a strategic partner for ambitious companies wanting to grow into leaders in their sectors. We help them plan ways to speed up their expansion. We take a flexible approach based on our solid balance sheet, patient capital and long-term view. Hand-in-hand with growth companies, we are working on innovative solutions for tomorrow’s society.

Wellington Partners is one of the most successful pan-European venture capital firms. With funds totalling over € 800 million, we have invested throughout Europe in companies that have the potential to become real market leaders for more than 15 years. We are committed to providing outstanding entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to fund their strategies. We typically lead financing rounds ranging from € 0.5 million to € 20 million. Depending on the maturity of the company, our own commitment can go as high as € 15 million. Providing funding is only one part of our business. After funding, the entrepreneurs we back have access to the advice and guidance of our complete team and our entire global network. Our investment professionals operate out of four offices, located in London, Munich, Zurich and Palo Alto. The pan-European and transatlantic makeup of our organisation enables us to support our portfolio in expanding globally. To date, Wellington Partners has invested in more than 100 companies throughout Europe. We have been a part of great successes as well as dismal failures. In our view, success has always been the result of a great idea executed by a great team with strong leadership and commitment; plus an enormous amount of hard work and an ounce of luck, the good fortune to be in the right place at right time.

We have been a trusted partner for medium-sized companies and entrepreneurs since 1995. As a medium-sized investment company with many years of experience and a high level of personal commitment, we support companies in the DACH-region in their further development and growth. Through five funds, we have received over €1.0 billion in equity commitments and made over 50 investments. We are currently investing €325 million in equity from our GEP V fund.

FiveT Fintech is an independent venture capital boutique that redefines fintech investing through a demand-led investment model. The fund leverages direct feedback from financial institutions and implementation partners to drive investment decisions, prioritizing off-market opportunities through exclusive primaries, secondaries, and high-value carve-outs. With a proven team combining experience notably from Partners Group, UBS, and Palantir, FiveT Fintech has validated its approach through its first fund which achieved and is currently raising its second vintage. The fund targets innovative software companies transforming financial services through technologies like DLT and AI, with a primary focus on European markets.

TDR is a leading private equity firm with over €15 billion of assets under management and typically invests in strong European companies that are leaders in their markets. TDR has a 22-year track-record of working collaboratively with portfolio company management teams to deliver on a shared vision for growth and value creation, leveraging its investment, operational and data science expertise. TDR not only invests capital in portfolio companies, but also provides expert team resources to help bring about sustainable, positive and transformational change within its businesses.

PPM America, Inc. (PPM) is a client-focused investment manager. PPM has the experience and resources to provide our clients with investment solutions across markets, including fixed income, private equity and commercial real estate. However, like a smaller shop, PPM remains nimble, investment-led and responsive to the opportunities that our teams discover together. Our mission is to deliver specific client solutions and service to investors around the world with the goal of meeting investors’ unique investment objectives. In addition, PPM employees are committed to building our community and supporting local nonprofits that strengthen families and increase economic opportunities.

Founded in 1992, Cerberus is a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $60 billion in assets across complementary credit, private equity, and real estate strategies. We invest across the capital structure where our integrated investment platforms and proprietary operating capabilities create an edge to improve performance and drive long-term value. Our tenured teams have experience working collaboratively across asset classes, sectors, and geographies to seek strong risk-adjusted returns for our investors.

Founded in 1996, Vivo Capital is a global investment firm focused on healthcare. Vivo has approximately $5.4 billion in assets under management, invested in over 250 public and private companies worldwide. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Asia. The Vivo team consists of more than 50 multi-disciplinary professionals, including, physicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, operating executives, and industry experts. Vivo provides a multi-fund investment platform, covering growth equity, private equity including buyout, venture capital, and public equity. Vivo invests broadly in healthcare across all fund strategies, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and healthcare services, with a focus on the largest healthcare markets.

STAR Capital is a private equity firm focused on developing strategic asset-based businesses in Western Europe. Established in 1999 and primarily investing in businesses with an enterprise value of between €50 million and €1 billion, our strategy is focused on businesses characterised by strategic qualities that provide strong downside protection.

LGT Capital Partners is a leading alternative investment specialist with over USD 85 billion in assets under management and more than 600 institutional clients in 43 countries. An international team of over 650 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, Raleigh, San Francisco, Luxembourg and Sydney.