Great Circle Ventures

#1 Blackstone

Blackstone is a global alternative asset manager investing across private equity, real estate, credit and insurance, multi-asset, secondaries, tactical opportunities, infrastructure, life sciences, growth and energy transition strategies.

#2 The Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group is a global private equity and alternative asset manager headquartered in Washington DC, USA. Carlyle was founded in 1987 and has grown to become one of the largest, most well known and most respected private equity managers globally. Carlyle operates across four principal strategies: Corporate Private Equity ($75bn AUM), Real Estate and Infrastructure ($44bn AUM), Global Credit ($34bn) and Fund of Funds / Investment Solutions ($34bn AUM). Carlyle was founded in 1987, originally as an investment banking boutique, by five founders: William Conway, Stephen Norris, David Rubenstein, Daniel D'Aniello and Greg Rosenbaum. Carlyle went public through a NASDAQ listing in May 2012.

#3 Oaktree Capital

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.

#4 Fiera Capital

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.

#5 HPS Investment Partners

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.

#6 HIG Capital

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

#7 The Riverside Company

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused exclusively on mid-market growth businesses valued at up to $400 million. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 520 transactions. We bring strong operational and financial resources and pride ourselves on being a good partner. We prefer to partner with sellers seeking to remain involved in the company as we work together to enhance processes, expand product offerings and attract new customers. We move quickly for compelling opportunities, and can close transactions within 30 to 90 days.

#8 Upfront Ventures

Upfront Ventures is a Santa Monica (USA) based early stage venture fund that invests in startups headquartered in the United States. The vast majority of our investments are at the Seed or A-round stage, with a median cheque size of around $3 million. We can invest earlier or later for exceptional founders and have separate pockets of capital that can invest up to $40 million in a single company. We Upfront Ventures prides itself on our values. We give direct, honest feedback. What you see is what you get. We invest early, with strong views and taking strong positions. Upfront Ventures was formerly known as GRP Partners.

#9 Truelink Capital

Truelink Capital is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on middle-market buyouts in business services and industrials.

#10 Monogram Capital Partners

Monogram Capital Partners is a Beverly Hills private equity firm founded in 2014. It partners with consumer brands and the supply-chain and services businesses supporting them, spanning food and beverage, beauty and personal care, pet, and consumer/business services. It reported approximately USD 1.75 billion in regulatory AUM in November 2025.

#11 Greycroft Partners

Greycroft Partners is a New York based venture capital firm with a flexible, long term investment approach. We can invest at any stage of a startup's lifecycle, and have separate funds that invest at earlier stages ($100K to $5m first cheque, with follow-on rounds up to $10m) and later stage pre-IPO rounds ($10m first cheque, up to $35m total). Greycroft is flexible on ownership percentage, check size, and board seats which means we can bring together syndicates that may be impossible with the stricter requirements of other funds. We are truly long-term, and we often hold investments for over ten years. Although we have a greater number of investments in the US, we can and have invested globally, including Europe and Asia. Our portfolio companies benefit from active, hands-on assistance from the partners. Greycroft's partners work as a team, which means our CEOs have access to the collective rolodex and expertise of the entire partnership. We leverage an extensive network of media and technology connections to help you gain visibility, build strategic partnerships, and successfully exit.

#12 B Capital Group

B Capital Goup invests in B2B startups in four areas: consumer enablement, financial services & insurance, health & wellness, and industrial & transportation. Our team has substantial expertise and connections in these areas and is able to leverage this skillset to assist our investee companies in reaching scale. We look for transformative startups and invest in an early expansion stage (usually Series B or C), at a time when the company is reading for rapid growth and acceleration. We focus on India, South East Asia and the United States and we have a partnership with Boston Consulting Group and its BCG Digital Ventures accelerator. B Capital was founded by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly.

#13 Hayman Family Office

The Hayman Family Office was formed by the Hayman Family following the sale of Giorgio Perfume in 1987, and was further boosted by the sale of Discus Dental in 2010. Hayman Family Office has primarily been focused on Hayman Properties, a property developer, manager and investor, since 2011.

#14 Mohn Family Trust

Mohn Family Trust is the family investment vehicle of Jarl and Pam Mohn.

#15 CAVU Consumer Partners

CAVU Consumer Partners invests in consumer brands across food and beverage, beauty and personal care, pet, and wellness. It backs growth-stage opportunities as well as earlier investments and incubations, providing brand-building and operating support. Its fifth fund closed with USD 325 million of commitments, exceeding its USD 275 million target, announced in February 2026.

#16 Wavemaker Partners

Wavemaker Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore. In Southeast Asia, Wavemaker focuses on enterprise and deep technology companies. We have invested in more than 80 companies in the region (80% in enterprise, 20% deep tech). In Los Angeles, we have a long history of technology investments across a number of categories. We usually start with small investments in early-stage companies, and work with these companies before participating (where appropriate) in larger follow-on fundraisings. We invest in a larger number of companies per fund than most VCs and believe this approach maximises returns to our investors. Wavemaker is the regional partner for Southern California and South East Asia for the Draper Venture Network (DVN), one of the world's leading VC collectives.

#17 Arowana

Arowana is an investment holding group that invests in, builds and operates businesses across AI infrastructure, renewable energy, electric vehicles, education, circular economy and enterprise software. Its venture exposure includes the Vivarium venture studio.

#18 Trimantium Capital

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.

#19 BMH Capital

BMH Capital provides corporate and venture advisory and capital-markets services; BMH Ventures invests from seed through late-stage private rounds.

#22 Fifth Wall

Fifth Wall is the largest venture capital firm focused on improving, future-proofing, and decarbonizing the built world.

#24 Sassoon Investment Corporation

Sassoon Investment Corporation (SassCorp) is the family office and operations platform of the Sassoon family through Asia Pacific and the Americas. Today, Sassoon invests in and owns businesses in a variety of industries, especially in retail, food & beverage, technology, real estate, and education. We also actively invest in new and established fund managers. The Sassoon family has a long history, with their wealth originating through merchant and trade activities in the 18th century onwards.

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