Yendys Capital

Launched in 2016, Investec Emerging Companies has been actively executing on its "Advise, Invest, Connect" strategy and pursuing its goal of becoming the pre-eminent strategic partner and trusted adviser to entrepreneurs and their emerging companies in Australia.

Fairfax Digital Ventures is part of Fairfax Media, a leading multi-platform media company in Australasia. Fairfax Digital Ventures invests in early and growth stage internet based companies. Its current portfolio includes businesses in digital publishing, online dating, weather services, e-health, online education, subscription video-on-demand, online jobs search and online tenders. Digital Ventures welcomes approaches from companies with proven traction seeking investment funds (either through cash or investment-in-kind through advertising) to expand their existing business in Australia, or seeking assistance to launch a proven overseas business model locally in Australia.

Lederer (Group) is an Australian-owned family business founded by Paul Lederer. It describes a property investment portfolio and a focus on creating communities within its buildings.

BridgeLane is a single family office committed to sustainable innovation and capital growth across diverse asset classes.

Marinya Capital is an Australian single-family office associated with John B. Fairfax’s branch of the Fairfax family, making property investments and allocating capital to external fund managers.

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.

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.

EQT Partners is a global alternative investment firm with strategies across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, growth equity, and public value.

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.

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.