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Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit, and Global Investment Solutions. With $441 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2024, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies, and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 2,300 people in 29 offices across four continents.

Charterhouse is one of the longest established private equity firms operating in Europe. The firm connects expertise and capital, partnering with ambitious founders and management teams to drive transformational change. Charterhouse has a selective, conviction-led approach to investing in high-quality mid-market European companies across the Services, Healthcare, Specialised Industrials and Consumer sectors. It targets transactions with an enterprise value of between €200m and €1.5bn. Charterhouse’s international team works in an integrated and flexible manner, allowing the firm to combine the skills, knowledge and experience of its entire team to help build successful businesses over the long term. The firm has completed more than 150 acquisitions over 35 years of activity in the European buyout market.

TPG (Nasdaq: TPG) is a leading global alternative asset management firm, founded in San Francisco in 1992, with $229 billion of assets under management and investment and operational teams around the world. TPG invests across a broadly diversified set of strategies, including private equity, impact, credit, real estate, and market solutions, and our unique strategy is driven by collaboration, innovation, and inclusion. Our teams combine deep product and sector experience with broad capabilities and expertise to develop differentiated insights and add value for our fund investors, portfolio companies, management teams, and communities.

Brookfield is invested in long-life, high-quality assets and businesses around the world that form the backbone of the global economy. With over $925 billion in assets under management, and over 100 years’ experience as an owner and operator, we put our own capital to work in virtually every transaction, aligning interests with our partners and investors, and bringing the strengths of our operational expertise, global reach and large-scale capital to bear in everything we do.

ECP (Energy Capital Partners) is an investor in critical infrastructure focused on electrification, decarbonization, reliability and sustainability. Founded in 2005, ECP’s investment team has an early mover advantage in the sector as we have been successfully investing through multiple energy transitions over the last 30 years, including ECP’s senior partners whom have been investing in critical electrification and decarbonization real asset infrastructure since the mid 1990s and are experienced owners of ESG-related businesses. With 100 employees and over 825+ years of cumulative energy experience, ECP is built on cutting edge strategies and opportunities linked to decarbonization and clean energy.

Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm that pioneered The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify, acquire and build market-leading companies through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. GTCR is focused on investing in transformative growth in companies in the Business & Consumer Services, Financial Services & Technology, Healthcare and Technology, Media & Telecommunications sectors. Since its inception, GTCR has invested more than $24 billion in over 270 companies, and the firm currently manages over $27 billion in equity capital. GTCR is based in Chicago with offices in New York and West Palm Beach.

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which we invest. Our more than $1 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, real assets, secondaries and hedge funds.

Found in 2017 C Capital is a Swiss listed APAC Private Markets platform active across private and private credit. Since our inception, we have demonstrated an impressive track record by strategically managing a private equity fund and a private credit fund. In September 2022, we underwent a significant rebranding and emerged as C Capital, reflecting our evolution and commitment to diversifying investment strategies. We have expanded our portfolio to include private credit and hedge funds, while maintaining a focus on disrupting industries in the consumer, technology, and blockchain sectors worldwide. At C Capital, we go beyond traditional asset management – we empower and accompany successful entrepreneurs on their journey. With a hands-on approach, we have invested in more than 60 portfolio companies, boasting an impressive achievement of nurturing 20 unicorns among them. Our involvement spans the entire growth trajectory, leading deals from Series A to Series C stages, ensuring sustained success for our partners. One of the distinctive features of our ecosystem is its wide-reaching impact, with a daily touch point on 15 million consumers. This expansive network enhances our ability to identify and capitalise on emerging opportunities, further solidifying C Capital's position as a forward-thinking and influential force in the global investment landscape.

Screendoor is a venture capital fund of funds platform for the next generation of venture capital firms. Uniquely founded by accomplished GPs alongside institutional LPs with over a decade of experience, we invest anchor LP capital in new fund managers and provide them with curated mentorship from our iconic GP Advisors. Since inception, Screendoor has evaluated over 90% of new funds launched, giving the firm unmatched visibility into the early-stage VC landscape. Screendoor is both a signal and a partner, helping new GPs get in business and scale smarter to become an enduring firm. For LPs, Screendoor offers investors differentiated exposure, early visibility into rising firms and the notoriously opaque VC ecosystem, and a refined pipeline of transparent, direct relationships. We serve as an extension of LP teams to identify and access alpha before it becomes consensus so that institutions can build stronger, more effective venture portfolios with greater precision and purpose. Backed by long-term, patient capital, Screendoor is reshaping how the next generation of VCs get their start—and how great firms are built.

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.