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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Small Giants is a social impact fund that invests and nurtures in businesses and entrepreneurs that are socially equitable and environmentally sustainable. We look at everything from start-up social enterprises to sustainable property development and food systems. We look for companies that choose to be great, instead of big. Small Giants was founded in 2007 by Danny Almagor and Berry Liberman.

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.

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.

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

PICTON Investments is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on delivering resilient outcomes through a diversified platform of alternative investment strategies.

Versant Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on biotechnology and life sciences, with a primary focus on novel therapeutics targeting important unmet medical needs. Versant Ventures both develops its own projects, and invests in external companies. In both instances we provide the necessary funds to bring the product to launch. We have a large team of scientists, known as our Discovery Engines, which develop and validate new biological discoveries and technologies. We also invest in externally developed IP in companies throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.

Novacap is one of the most prominent private and growth equity firms in Canada. We look for entrepreneurial companies that are leaders in a market niche and focused on profitability. Novacap is focused on building world-class companies in two main market segments: Industries and TMT. NOVACAP INDUSTRIES invests in middle market companies within traditional industries that have the potential to become global leaders by enhancing their operations, product offering, and market reach or through industry consolidation. NOVACAP TMT invests in companies focusing on growth and market leadership in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications market. Novacap TMT partners with first-class management teams and actively works with them to build leading global organizations.