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Thorney Investment Group is Alex Waislitz’s private investment group, investing in listed and unlisted equities, digital currency and real estate. It manages the listed Thorney Opportunities and Thorney Technologies investment companies.

Advent Partners is a Melbourne based private equity firm specialising in mid-market businesses. It is one of Australia's most experienced managers, having invested in more than 90 companies over more than 30 years. Advent has a clear investment criteria: it focuses on privately owned businesses in growing markets, with strong management tearms, operating profits if $5 to $30 million, and enterprise values of $20 to $150 million. Advent can do both minority and majority investments, with shareholdings ranging from 33 to 95%. It usually seeks to exit within three to five years. Advent has a broad industry focus, with the only exceptions being property development, agriculture and resources.

Tanarra is a diversified investment manager investing for superannuation funds, financial institutions and family offices across private and public equity, debt, venture capital and special situations; its venture activities include Tanarra Ventures and Tin Alley Ventures.

Blackbird is an Australia and New Zealand venture capital firm backing ambitious technology companies from the earliest stages through later growth. It invests across software, deep tech, climate, fintech, health and other technology-led sectors, with portfolio companies including Canva, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, Zoox and Halter.

Bioscience Managers is an international healthcare investment firm that finances and enables innovative science and technology with the potential to transform healthcare. Bioscience Managers invests in private and public healthcare companies with clear technological and market advantages in any territory, where we are confident that our engagement with management will deliver commercial success and returns for investors. We are both geographically and therapeutically agnostic. We invest in public and private healthcare companies in any territory which work in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics or digital health, which are in or near clinical development or commercialisation. Our strategy is to take a a meaningful stake in our investee companies, including board representation, advisory and or hands-on-roles to augment existing skills and to build a proactive and supportive relationships. We are part of the PhillipCapital Group, which has £30bn under management across 16 offices around the world.

Light Warrior is Radek Sali's private investment firm. Radek Sali was previously the CEO of Swisse vitamins and led the business over a 10 year growth period to a $1.7bn sale in 2015. Light Warrior invests in a variety of businesses, from early stage startups to more established businesses. Light Warrior is a socially minded, positive and principle-driven investment firm. Investments to date include an investment in Jimmy Grants food outlets, Hydralyte, Made by Cow, and Stratosphere Agency.

The CEM Group is a Melbourne based private investment group focussed on investing in and growing innovative businesses. CEM seeks to control investments in niche-oriented companies where we can partner with existing management teams to build industry leading businesses through internal growth and selective add-on acquisitions. The firm's original background was real estate (including Quest Apartments and a large number of real estate development assets), however it has since broadened its horizons. Since founding in February 2015, CEM has invested in over 25 companies.

Nash Capital is a private equity manager with $150m of funds under management. We invest between $10m-$30m in SME's across Australia and New Zealand, and seek to acquire companies between $10m to $100m in Enterprise Value.

RCF Innovation is Resource Capital Funds’ growth private equity strategy focused exclusively on mining equipment, technology and services companies.

Jagen is the Melbourne-based family office of Justin Liberman, a member of the well-known Liberman family, Jagen is very active in real estate investing, as well as venture, growth and private equity.

REA Group is a listed digital advertising business focused on property. It operates property websites and related services and holds strategic investments in other businesses.

Nine Entertainment Co (NEC) is Nine’s listed parent company and operates a media network spanning broadcast, streaming, publishing and digital out of home.

The Foundry invests in health, wellness and beauty brands based in Australia. The Foundry was set up by Michael Da Gama Pinto, the former CFO of Swisse Wellness, an Australian health supplements brand sold in 2015 for US$1.5bn. The Foundry has an experienced management team with expertise in product expansion, both into local and offshore markets, including China.

Conscious Investment Manager is an investment manager that is focused on investing in assets which earn a market rate financial return, but have a social or environmental benefit. We currently manage The Impact Fund, a diversified impact investment fund focused on real assets, and a number of other bespoke funds. The Impact Fund believes that we should stop considering financial returns and social purpose as a 'trade off', and instead look for synergies, to create sustainable, long-lasting positive impact through our investments.

Trimantium is a principal investment and advisory firm backed by a network of global investors. It aims to invest in entrepreneurs and is open to a range of investment classes, industries and business stages.

Adventure Capital's current fund, the Digital Accelerator LP, is a super-angel style venture fund focused on finding and guiding early-stage tech companies that are highly capital efficient and have global ambition and scope. The investment approach is active and startups benefit from the experience the team has in rapid early-stage growth and exits, leveraging the strong digital media ecosystem built around the team both in Australia and internationally.

Backing great Australian start-ups is in our DNA. We are a team of investors, entrepreneurs and business leaders with a passion for building businesses and we have been successful in doing so. To date, Aura Group has been an integral part of the success stories of a number of local start-ups from a variety of sectors. These include Catapult Sports (global leader in wearable analytics), Finsure (Australia's fastest growing mortgage aggregator) and InStitchu (Australia's leading online provider of tailored menswear). The Aura Investment Doctrine has been shaped through the years of experience we have in this asset class both as founders and investors. It is a widely referenced document within our firm and has become our philosophy for the Venture Capital landscape. This Doctrine outlines key criteria that must be observed when identifying new opportunities and includes engaging with a proven concept, Identification of positive thematics, Deep assessment of the business environment, Ensuring a clear path to profitability and Partnering with a strong management team. If a company does not possess all of these characteristics we simply will not invest.

NextGen is a future-focused alternative investment specialist, offering wholesale investors a range of innovative investment solutions. At NextGen, we firmly believe that Artificial Intelligence will be the defining technology of our time and have positioned ourselves to be key contributors to the rapid advancements in technology, which will transform our way of life in the years ahead. Our experience, knowledge, and network throughout the AI technology, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and many other sectors, allow us to offer a unique mix of exciting investment opportunities that are unavailable to public markets. The NextGen Artificial Intelligence Fund is the first fund of its kind released within the Australian market. With the applications of AI permeating multiple sectors, our fund, although having its roots in Technology, is somewhat sector agnostic.