Stride Consumer Partners

Venrock is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto that focuses on disruptive early-stage technology startups. Venrock partners with entrepreneurs who have grand ambitions and want to tackle big, hard problems that most think impossible. Venrock today consists of two separate programs: a traditional venture capital program, focused on early stage investing in healthcare and technology companies; and a later-stage healthcare program, which implements a venture capital-like long-term approach to investment opportunities in small capitalization public companies and late-stage private healthcare companies. Venrock was formed in 1969 as a venture arm of the Rockefeller family (the name Venrock being a compound of Venture and Rockefeller), who have a long history of venture-style investing dating back to the early 20th century.

CornerView Capital is an iGaming investment firm pursuing investments and acquisitions. Its stated approach emphasizes strategic partnerships and returns on initial investments.

Blue Cloud Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City. The firm provides expansion capital to high-growth B2B SaaS and cloud software companies across stages.

Cutting Horse is an operator-led growth equity firm backing founder-led consumer product and service businesses. It makes USD 1–10 million minority investments in companies with USD 1–20 million in revenue at seed, Series A or emerging growth stages. Its focus includes health and wellness, food and beverage, pet, home, and personal care.

Founded in 2013, Bryant Stibel deploys capital through Growth Equity, Ventures and Value platforms and provides strategic and operational support to businesses, with a focus on technology, media and data.

Edison Partners is a growth-stage venture capital firm based in Princeton, NJ that invests in technology-enabled companies in the Eastern United States. Edison focuses its investments on three areas in which it has deep exertise: Fintech, Healthcare IT and Enterprise Solutions. We have made more than 200 investments and exited more than 170 companies over a history spanning more than 30 years. Edison supports management teams with our industry, investing and operating expertise and access to our Edison Edge platform. We have seen the movie many times before, assist in avoiding pitfalls that are not obvious to less experienced investors, and bring an array of prior successful exits with roadmaps to get there.

KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit and hedge funds. The firm is a recognised global leader in private equity, with a long history of successful investments dating back to its founding in 1976. Although originally specialising in leveraged buy-out (control) transactions, KKR today participates in almost every asset class.

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.

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.

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

Adams Street Partners is a private-markets investment manager with primary and secondary fund investing, buyout and growth-equity co-investments, private credit, and direct venture growth.

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