Apis Partners is a private equity asset manager based in London, focused on investing in growth-stage companies within the financial services sector in growth markets. Founded in 2014, the firm is guided by an experienced team that has collaborated for over 20 years, bringing specialized expertise from leading firms in private equity and investment banking. Apis Partners leverages a strong network of over 20 financial services professionals and has an on-the-ground presence in five countries, bolstered by connections with 27 partner companies. The firm manages the Apis Growth Markets Fund III, which targets investments in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe, with a preference for ticket sizes between USD 60 to USD 70 million across 10 to 15 companies.

International Finance Corporation is a private equity and venture capital arm of The World Bank Group specializing in startups, early stage, mid venture, late venture, late-stage and growth stage companies and also provides growth and expansion capital, mezzanine finance, leasing, microfinance, SME banking, agriculture finance, housing finance, insurance, debt and asset recovery, financial restructuring and rehabilitation, acquisition financing, rehabilitation, and debt refinancing, loans, equity, quasi-equity, trade & supply chain finance and syndications. It seeks to invest in both direct and fund investments. The firm also invests through profit-participating loans, convertible loans, and preferred shares. Through syndications, it provides B loans, parallel loans, A loan participations (ALPS), and managed co-lending portfolio program. The firm does not seek to invest in production or trade in weapons and munitions; alcoholic beverages (excluding beer and wine); tobacco; gambling, casinos, and equivalent enterprises; radioactive materials; unbonded asbestos fibers; drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5 km. in length; and in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements, or subject to international bans, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides, ozone depleting substances, PCBs, wildlife, or products regulated under CITES. It does not lend directly to micro, small, and medium enterprises or individual entrepreneurs. For direct investments, the firm seeks to make equity investments. It also offers a full range of quasi-equity products with both debt and equity characteristics, called C-loans. In addition, the firm provides convertible debt and subordinated loan investments, and also offers preferred stock and income note investments. For fund investments, it seeks to invest in private equity, venture capital, and debt funds that invest in emerging-market securities. It seeks to makes investment through loans in projects, intermediary banks, leasing companies, and other financial institutions for on-lending. The firm seeks to invest in agribusiness & forestry with a focus on food security, sustainability and inclusive development; financial institutions with a focus on micro entrepreneurs and small businesses, digital finance, global trade, financial services; health sector with a focus on affordable pharmaceuticals & medical products, healthtech, quality healthcare networks & providers, and knowledge & capital transfer; education sector with a focus on skills & employability and reach & impact; infrastructure sector with focus on power generation, transmission, and distribution, transportation, water, utilities & municipal infrastructure; global manufacturing sector with a focus on textiles & apparel, automotive & machinery, construction materials, chemicals & fertilizers, and renewable energy; oil, gas and mining sector with a focus on exploration, appraisal and development, oil and gas pipelines, oilfield services, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, floating production, storage and offloading; telecommunications, media & technology sector with a focus on broadband development, infrastructure sharing, mobile@ frontier, and financial technology; tourism, retail and property sector with a focus on housing and commercial property; public-private partnership, global financial markets, information and communication technologies, edu-tech, consumer internet including ecommerce and cleantech, natural resources along with e-logistics/e-mobility, consumer technology, enterprise technology, smart cities, waste and sanitization. It invests globally and provides financing to entities based in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia with a focus on India, China, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, Central America, and the Caribbean, Western Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa. The firm investments typically range from $1 million to $100 million, with a limited number of investments in the $100,000 to $1 million range. It provides various financial products to private sector projects in emerging markets in developing countries. The firm seeks to invest in companies, financial institutions, and other businesses that are majority-owned by the private sector and that are based in a developing country that is a member of the Corporation. The firm generally subscribes to between 5 percent and 15 percent of a project's equity/Company’s equity and makes minority equity investments up to 20 per cent in a single project. It also prefers to take majority stake in its portfolio companies. For new projects, it provides up to 25 percent of the total estimated project costs, or, on an exceptional basis, up to 35 percent in small projects. For expansion projects, the firm provides up to 50 percent of the project cost, provided its investments do not exceed 25 percent of the total capitalization of the project company. In FinTech, the firm considers investments of $3 million to $20 million for a minority equity position, or a minimum of $10 million in debt with equity features. The firm also considers investment in women-owned businesses. It does not take an active role in portfolio company management. It finances projects and companies through loans from their own account and typically exits its investments done through loan within seven to twelve years. It usually maintains equity investments for a period between eight years and 15 years. The firm exits an investment by selling its equity stake through domestic stock markets or arrangements with project sponsors or through a public listing to broaden share ownership. International Finance Corporation was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia with additional offices across Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America.

Amaana Capital invests in post-Seed to Series B rounds of startups with demonstrated product market fit, strong unit economics, and asset-light business models. Amaana Capital is the Amaana Capital aspires to invest in the digitalization of the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia ("MENASA") area, with an emphasis on investing in creative entrepreneurs looking to scale their technology platforms to the next level.

Clearwater Capital Partners provides investors with access to a full spectrum of special-situation investments in public and private debt or equity of local, Asia-region issuers. In doing so, Clearwater also assists owners and management, particularly of the region's often capital-constrained small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to create financial and operating restructurings that will allow their companies to succeed. In addition, by facilitating these successful restructurings, the firm has become a valuable and trusted resource to the region's banks, brokers and other business intermediaries.

Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean technology companies. For over two decades they have partnered with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class enterprises. Kinetic is gratified to be partners with many remarkable entrepreneurs in the creation of industry defining companies like Ciena, VerticalOne, Corvis, Cerent, Peace Software, Broadware, APX, Calix, Altierre and SmartSynch. Kinetic Ventures VIII, capitalized by corporate pension, endowment and family office investors primarily invests in early stage companies. They also selectively invest in seed and growth stage opportunities. Areas of focus for the fund include: - Communications. Solutions that bring greater speed, functionality, usability or accessibility to voice, data and video networks. - Information Technology. Solutions that deliver greater efficiency, collaboration, security and functionality to users. - Power/Clean Technology. Solutions for the power and related industries that take advantage of the ongoing and rapid evolution in communications, information and energy technologies.

Village Capital uses the power of peer support to change the traditional dynamics between investors and entrepreneurs, providing access to entrepreneurship for everyone. We recruit entrepreneurs solving specific problems in agriculture, energy, education, financial inclusion, and health. We then put the power of investment in the hands of the entrepreneurs, who award pre-committed seed funding to the two ventures ranked highest by the entrepreneurs at the end of every program. Our programs connect high potential, early-stage entrepreneurs with the people, institutions, and capital they need to succeed. We support early-stage ventures with a 501c3 nonprofit that operates training programs for founders, investors, and communities. We also manage a for-profit, managed investment fund that provides early-stage capital to top graduates of each program, as selected by their peers. Our unique peer-selection model received McKinsey/Harvard Business Review’s prestigious M-Prize for innovation in 2013, and we have supported more than 550 enterprises across 51 programs in 9 countries. Since 2009, Village Capital has supported more than 1,000 entrepreneurs through our programs and partnered with affiliated investment funds, including VilCap Investments, that have invested seed capital in more than 90 program graduates. Over the past 8 years, our program graduates have gone on to generate $61.5M in revenue, reach 8.5 million customers, and create over 11,500 jobs. 96% of our alumni would recommend our program to other entrepreneurs, and to date and 91% of our entrepreneurs are still in business.

AE Industrial Partners provides management expertise, strategic direction and financial resources to organizations involved in highly technical manufacturing, distribution, MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) and logistics / data services. By leveraging our industry networks and operating backgrounds, as well as our experience in equity investing, mergers & acquisitions, debt management and business strategy, we work to increase our portfolio's profitability and ensure long-term success.

For over 40 years, we have been pioneers in the field of offshore medical support and occupational health. Working closely with our clients, we help to ensure that your workforce is healthy, productive and safe even in the most challenging operating environments. Our foundations and extensive experience in the North Sea have given us great insight into the specific needs of offshore communities. Building on this far-reaching knowledge, we are continually developing and evolving our solutions to meet the changing needs and challenges of our clients. We understand that in this ever-changing world the need to invest in original technology is vital. Through intelligence and innovation, we are helping our clients to centralise their data gathering, standardise their medical support and provide global support whilst reducing operational risk and improving cost efficiencies.

DAI is a global development company that tackles fundamental social and economic development problems. DAI works on the frontlines of global development transforming ideas into action—action into impact. They work with a wide range of clients, including national and local governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, private corporations, and philanthropies.

FTI Consulting, founded in 1982 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., offers a wide range of business advisory services aimed at managing change, mitigating risk, and resolving disputes globally. The firm operates through several segments, including Corporate Finance & Restructuring, which focuses on turnaround strategies, bankruptcy, valuation, and mergers and acquisitions. Its Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment provides services such as anti-corruption investigations, cybersecurity, forensic accounting, and dispute resolution. The Economic Consulting segment offers expertise in financial analysis, expert testimony, intellectual property, and public policy. Additionally, the Technology segment specializes in e-discovery and data compliance, while the Strategic Communications segment advises on public affairs and crisis management. With a workforce of approximately 3,500 employees across 26 countries, FTI Consulting leverages its extensive expertise to address complex challenges across various industries, including healthcare, financial services, and energy.

Founded in 2011, Mediterra Capital Management is a private equity investment firm based in Istanbul, Turkey. The firm focuses on investing in small and mid-market companies in Turkey. The firm seeks to invest in the consumer, business services, export manufacturing, capital goods, and information technology sectors.

ICON is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. We specialise in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support Clinical Development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies.

Over ten years, Brand Capital has partnered in the building of over 850+ indigenous brands. It has enabled the introduction of new concepts of print advertising in the form of jackets, panorama adverts and flaps, emulated across other print media. Since its inception, Brand capital has helped build several iconic brands and create immense enterprise value. But most of all, Brand Capital has enabled the discovery of ‘Brand value’. Different from an archetypal Private Equity player, we succeed in contributing ‘Intellectual Capital’, thus supporting the creation of a brand strategy and planning media-spread to optimize value. We now have investments across sectors as wide as – Retail, FMCG, Consumer Durables, Realty, Digital and Mobile, E-Retail, Health & Wellness, Financial Services, Consumer Services and several more. Our invested value today stands at USD 2.5 Billion, driven by our disruptive innovation and the power of the media properties across "The Times Group". - See more at: http://brandcapital.co.in/#sthash.YJ6lB0CB.dpuf

N5Capital is a Beijing-based leading venture capital firm focusing on early stage investment in mobile internet. N5Capital is the only early stage USD venture fund in China specializing in mobile internet, big data and cloud’s disruptive convergence with consumer sectors. N5 believes these technologies are emerging to be the infrastructure of productivity growth and consumer behavior transformation. Founded in 2013 by Mr. Will Jiang and Mr. Weiguo Zhao, N5Capital is currently managing two RMB funds and one USD fund, with the total capital managed at $350 million USD. In 2016, N5Captial was awarded the Top 20 Early Stage Venture Capital Firm in China. The power of mobile disruption in the internet savvy Chinese population guarantees a strong investment potential. With more than 60 companies in its portfolio, N5Capital has represented some of the most leading-edge tech companies, including Talking Data, 360 Finance, Car 300, Hot & Hot, Viva Video, LGD, Ofashion and inMotion/SoloWheel. N5Capital has a unique GP team combination with a collective successful track record spanning from angel, early stage, and growth stage to corporate M&A with approximately 30 years combined investment experience. N5Capital analyzes in consumer sectors such as finance, retail, housing, automobile, travel among others and invests in start-ups that thrives on either build or leverage the underlying technology to disrupt or recreate the industry value chain . Through an expansive network, in-depth industry analysis and rigorous user behavior research, N5Capital is shifting the investment landscape for both start-ups and investors. For more information, visit www.n5capital.com.

MindWorks Capital invests in and empowers Asia's most promising entrepreneurs to establish transformative businesses. MindWorks manages capital for university endowments, global asset managers, fund of funds, family offices, and Asia's top new economy innovators.

Artha India Ventures, established in 2012 and based in Mumbai, is an early-stage investment firm that focuses on mentoring and investing in emerging startups across various sectors. With a diverse portfolio that includes over 47 startups, Artha India Ventures has engaged in a wide range of industries, from hospitality and travel to fintech and e-commerce. Notable investments include platforms for last-minute hotel bookings, online classes, cosmetic e-commerce, and at-home salon services. The firm also invests in technology-driven solutions, such as microfinance credit rating platforms and cloud telecommunications. In addition to providing capital, Artha India Ventures supports entrepreneurs through accelerator programs, emphasizing value creation and innovation in the entrepreneurial landscape.

The Indian Angel Network (IAN), established in April 2006, is a prominent platform that connects successful entrepreneurs and CEOs who seek to invest in early-stage ventures with high growth potential. It aims to revolutionize angel investing in India by providing not only capital but also valuable mentoring and strategic insights to startups. The network leverages the expertise of its members, who are well-equipped to evaluate the potential and risks associated with early-stage investments. In addition to its core activities, IAN manages the IAN Fund, which focuses on seed and early-stage investments across various sectors, including healthcare, artificial intelligence, fintech, and more. This fund targets investments ranging from approximately INR 2.5 million to INR 500 million, reflecting a commitment to nurturing innovative businesses in India's rapidly evolving market landscape.

Boeing is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Chicago that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling a wide range of aerospace products and services, including commercial and military aircraft, satellites, and defense systems. The company operates through two primary business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes, which focuses on the production of jetliners, and Boeing Defense, Space & Security, which develops military aircraft and related technologies. Boeing is recognized as one of the largest aerospace manufacturers globally and is a leading provider of defense, space, and security solutions. Additionally, its Global Services division offers aftermarket support to airlines and government customers. With a workforce exceeding 170,000 employees across the United States and around the world, Boeing leverages a diverse pool of talent to drive innovation and meet the evolving needs of its clients. The company also engages in investment strategies through its pension fund, which manages approximately $22 billion in assets.

New Silk Route is a growth capital firm. It focuses on the Indian subcontinent, as well as other rapidly growing economies in Asia. The company was founded by Rajat Gupta in 2006.

Welcome to Jacob Ballas Capital, a leading India focused private equity advisory firm. We serve as the Advisor to the Investment Managers of three India focused private equity funds with over USD 600 million under management

Founded by Bill Elkus in 1998, Clearstone Venture Partners is a venture capital firm with offices in Santa Monica and Menlo Park, California. The firm manages over $650 million of committed capital in the technology sector, and has helped finance early-stage rounds in numerous successful companies such as eToys, Overture, PayPal, United Online, MP3.com, Jump and eMusic. Clearstone's limited partners include the investment affiliates of The State of California, JP Morgan, The University of California, The State of Michigan, The State of Pennsylvania, The University of Pittsburgh, Moore Capital and others.

Idealab is a technology incubator that provides resources to allow start-ups to rapidly introduce innovative products and services. The company’s mission is to challenge the status quo, to be bold, and to tackle big ideas. Idealab provides the first round of capital, recruits a CEO and team, and then works with the company to quickly ramp up its business.