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Founded in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is an investment firm with an investment strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses. We work collaboratively with corporate and family business sellers on transactions to maximize value. We believe many corporations, CEOs and entrepreneurs select CD&R as their partner because of our reputation for trustworthiness and operational leadership. We practice investing as a craft, relying on a dedicated and cohesive team with a shared sense of purpose and values. Our investment approach blends skilled investment judgment with extensive experience driving growth and operating excellence.

Our mission at VenCap is to build a concentrated portfolio of venture funds from those VCs that consistently back the top 1% of companies and deliver strong and consistent performance to our investors. We work closely with the venture firms with whom we invest to provide insight and analytics that help inform their own decisions. We believe that this focus gives us a competitive advantage when it comes to identifying and accessing the best firms in the industry. We believe that venture capital is a long-term business that is based on strong personal relationships. We have been trusted to manage capital by many leading institutions and family offices across the world with whom we have developed strong and lasting relationships based on trust, transparency and authenticity. More information on our website: https://www.vencap.com/

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries.

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.

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organisation with nearly three decades of consistent investment performance across multiple geographies, sectors, and strategies

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.

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.