Blackstone Innovations Investments

Oaktree Capital is one of the world's leading alternative investment managers. Oaktree has its original roots in high yielding and distressed credit/debt, although today invests across the spectrum from equity to debt. There are four primary strategies: credit, private equity, real assets, and listed equities. Credit comprises approximately 70% of the portfolio, with private equity and real assets comprising most of the remainder. Oaktree has a strong culture and investment philosophy focused on risk control, consistency, market inefficiency, specialisation, bottom-up analysis and disavowal of market timing.

Fiera Capital is one of the largest independent investment management firms in Canada. We invest in equity, credit and fund of funds opportunities globally and use a number of partners with local expertise. Our core investment platforms are Fiera Properties (direct real estate investment primarily in North America), Fiera Infrastructure (mid-market and core infrastructure investments in OECD countries), Fiera Comox (direct Agriculture and Private equity investments globally) and Fiera Private lending (real estate and business lending). Fiera Capital offers a broad spectrum of investment strategies across asset classes, styles and capitalization ranges. We are one of only a handful of independent investment firms providing extensive expertise in Canadian active and structured fixed income, Canadian and foreign equity, asset allocation and non-traditional investment solutions through a broad range of strategies and services. Fiera Capital is a research-driven investment firm. We believe that disciplined, methodical analysis and the consistent application of a rigorous investment approach produce superior performance. Our active management model stresses teamwork and the free exchange of ideas among a group of highly experienced investment professionals. Fiera Capital was formed in 2003 through the acquisition of Elantis Investment Management from the Desjardins Group.

HPS Investment Partners is a leading global debt investor. We employ various strategies across senior and mezzanine loans, asset backed debt and asset backed leasing, and private equity. We participate in both privately negotiated and syndicated deals. HPS was originally formed in 2007 as a division of Highbridge Capital Management.

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.

Advent International is a global private equity firm focusing on buyouts and growth equity investments across five core sectors: business and financial services, healthcare, industrial, technology, and retail/consumer.

Warburg Pincus is a global investment manager with private equity, real estate and capital solutions strategies. Its technology investments have included early-stage financings, growth equity and management buyouts.

Ardian is one of Europe's largest private investment houses. We manage five separate strategies: Fund of Funds, where we invest in other funds (US$49bn under management), Direct Private Equity (US$15bn), Infrastructure (US$10bn), Private Debt (US$7bn) and Real Estats ($1bn). We invest globally, generally in developed markets, although each strategy differs in terms of geography. We have more than 550 employees based in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Zurich, New York, San Francisco, Santiago, Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo, Jersey and Luxembourg. Ardian was founded under AXA, the insurance company, in 1996, and was spun off as a an independent company in 2013.

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm focused on growth-stage investments in software and technology companies, with over $80 billion in assets under management.

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) is a global alternative asset manager investing across private debt, credit, real assets, and private equity strategies from its London headquarters.

Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm, with more than $90 billion in combined assets under management and committed capital and a team of professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia. Silver Lake's portfolio companies collectively generate more than $243 billion of revenue annually and employ more than 586,000 people globally.

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

Muzinich & Co is a global credit investor headquartered in New York. Muzinich is focused on corporate credit and invests in both public and private credit around the world.

L Catterton is one of the world's leading consumer products focused private equity firms. L Catterton has deep expertise in consumer products, having made more than 200 investments since 1989, and being co-owned by LVMH (which owns brands including Louis Vuitton). We are able to provide our portfolio companies with access to substantial in-house and external resources to drive operational improvements and further growth. L Catterton has five current consumer brand investing platforms: a Flagship Buyout fund focused on $50-400m investments in North American and European companies, a North American Growth fund focused on $10-50m investments, a Latin American Fund focused on $40-75m investments, a Western Europe fund focused on EUR 25-75m investments, and an Asia fund focused on $50-150m investments. L Catterton also has a real estate fund that invests as a co-developer in large scale, mixed-use projects anchored by luxury retail. L Catterton was formed in 2016 through the merger of L Capital (the PE arm of LVMH) and Catterton, a US Private Equity firm.

New Mountain Capital is a growth-oriented alternative investment firm managing private equity, credit, and net lease strategies, with a focus on defensive growth industries in the middle market.

General Catalyst combines seed- and growth-focused VC funds with company creation and business buyouts, alongside tailored founder-capital solutions.

General Atlantic is a global investment manager with growth equity, credit, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure strategies.

H.I.G. Capital is a global alternative investment manager with private equity, growth equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure and growth-stage healthcare strategies.

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.