Bioscience Managers

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 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.

Life.SREDA VC is a FinTech-only venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore. We invest globally through three separate funds, including a blockchain-focused fund. We target those entrepreneurs who are reshaping the world of finance and have high probability to scale on late-A or B rounds. Our investment strategy is geared to hedge risks and achieve synergy effect between companies within our portfolio. Life.SREDA was established by Slava Solodkiy and Igor Pesin.

Jane VC is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in female-led companies. We invest in all sectors and in all regions. Jane VC typically incests $25K to $150K per deal, and unlike most venture funds, we welcome unsolicited email pitches from promising entrepreneurs.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures backs new, cutting-edge companies that are developing clean energy innovations. Breakthrough Energy Ventures was created by the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, whose goal is to make sure that everyone on the planet can enjoy a good standard of living, including basic electricity, healthy food, comfortable buildings, and convenient transportation, without contributing to climate change. The Breakthrough Energy Coalition is backed by 28 global high net worth individuals including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, Richard Branson and Ray Dalio. We have four criteria. 1) We only invest in technologies with the potential to reduce at least half a gigaton of greenhouse gases every year, about 1 percent of projected 2050 global emissions. 2) We only invest in companies that will ultimately be able to attract additional investment from other investors. 3) We will only invest in projects that our technologists deem scientifically feasible at scale. 4) We target areas in cleantech being neglected currently by other investors. Our first investing principle is to leverage innovation as broadly as possible. We don't limit ourselves to early- or late-stage companies; to small, medium, or large enterprises; or to particular geographies or technologies. We have very long term investment horizons which allows us to incubate and develop technologies not targeted by traditional investors.

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.

The Future Fund is an Australian sovereign wealth fund. The Future Fund aims to generate strong risk adjusted returns over a long-term horizon and operates independently of the Australian government. The Future Fund does not make direct investments. We employ a small number of specialist external managers across asset classes including equities, private equity, venture capital, special opportunities, property, infrastructure, debt and alternatives. The Future Fund has an annual return target of 6%.

IFM Investors is one of Australia's leading investors, with a strong track record of investment across four key asset classes: debt investments, listed equities, infrastructure and private equity. With respect to private equity, IFM looks for minority or majority investments in Australian and New Zealand mid-market ($50m to $300m valuation) growth companies. IFM is sector agnostic, however particularly likes healthcare, consumer brands, technology and business services. IFM Investors is owned by 27 Australian superannuation funds.

Bain Credit, part of the Bain Capital group, provides flexible capital around the world across credit strategies including distressed, high yield, and special situations.

Sixth Street is a multi-strategy investment manager with growth investing, direct lending, real estate, infrastructure, asset-based finance, insurance solutions and public-markets platforms.

Bain Capital is a private investment manager with private equity, growth and venture, credit, and real-assets businesses.

TPG Capital is a global multi-strategy asset manager headquartered in California that invests in private equity, credit, real estate, and hedge fund strategies. TPG begun as a private equity investor before expanding into other strategies, and that remains the largest part of the business with more than $60bn under management, representing about 60% of total capital. TPG Sixth Street Partners (the Credit and Special Situations fund) manages $30bn of investments. TPG Real Estate manages $11bn in equity and debt investments. TPG Public Equity Partners manages $2bn of assets. hello ;) TPG was founded as the Texas Pacific Group in 1992 by David Bonderman, James Coulter and William Price.