In Paris this September, you too will have the chance to rub shoulders with giants of a far friendlier, approachable disposition! Worthy of its name IPEM Global, a stellar array of more than 900 global fund managers will be exhibiting, presenting, and orchestrating one-on-one meetings, not to mention enjoying a networking cocktail or two. To give you an international (i.e. beyond Europe) flavour of what to expect, here’s an amuse-bouche of GPs attending:
Bain Capital, one of the world's premier alternative asset management firms. Founded in 1984 by Mitt Romney, Bill Bain and Eric Kriss, the private equity arm pioneered a value-added, operationally intensive investment approach, moving away from traditional passive investing by embedding consulting-style operational improvements into its portfolio companies. John Connaughton is Chair of Bain Capital, with Chris Gordon serving as Co-Head of Global Private Equity. The firm manages approximately $225 billion across its entire multi-asset platform. It recently announced the final close of its Asia Fund VI, pulling in $10.5 billion in total capital to target deals across APAC.
Over its history, the private equity team has completed more than 1,450 primary and add-on investments globally. Key 2026 acquisitions include purchasing Vitabiotics (the UK's prominent vitamin supplier), Everllence (a globally leading engine manufacturer), and SupplyOn (a European manufacturing supply chain network).
Founded by Peter Brooke in 1984, Advent is a leading global private equity investor. With 17 offices across five continents, Advent oversees more than $100 billion in assets under management and has made more than 450 investments across 45 countries. Its current leadership team is headed by David Mussafer who serves as Chairman Emeritus and Managing Partner in Boston.
Since inception, Advent has developed specialist market expertise across five core sectors: business & financial services, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and technology. On July 6, 2026, Advent announced an agreement to sell its portfolio company, Ultra Maritime, to global defence firm Lockheed Martin for $3.45 billion. In July 2026 Advent tabled an offer of $53.4 billion to buy PayPal. The firm has also completed its first-ever direct investment in Japan by acquiring Japan Wellbeing Corp.
Founded in 2006 by Behdad Eghbali and José E. Feliciano, the firm is headquartered in Santa Monica and operates 14 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. As one of the industry’s leading investors, Clearlake manages $185 billion across private equity, credit, infrastructure, secondaries, and co-investments. It recently closed Clearlake Capital Partners VIII at $14.8 billion to capitalise on AI-driven transformations. Tony La Rosa, Managing Director of Technology and Clearlake's O.P.S.® framework, shared an interesting perspective on AI-native investing, remarking: "We believe that in five years, the firms that started building this asset in 2026 will be operating in a different category. We chose to be one of them.”
In 2022, Clearlake co-led a consortium with American investor Todd Boehly to acquire Chelsea F.C. for £4.25 billion. More recently, in June 2026 it completed a strategic platform acquisition of Pathway Capital Management adding $95 billion to its firm-wide AUM. Also in June, the firm's credit platform, Clearlake Credit, assumed management of 31 collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) from LCM, adding over $5 billion in liquid credit AUM.
Golub Capital is a market-leading asset management firm and direct lender specialising in private credit and sponsor finance. As of 2026, the firm manages over $90 billion in AUM. Lawrence Golub, co-CEO, founded the eponymous firm in 1994. His brother David Golub is President of the firm and CEO of Golub Capital BDC, a closed-end company listed on NASDAQ that mirrors the firm’s core strategy by investing primarily in senior secured and "one-stop" loans. Speaking on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee, David Golub has stated that 2026 is shaping up to be a tectonic "Darwinian moment" for private credit. Lower base interest rates, tighter yield spreads, and muted private equity M&A activity have intensified sector-wide competition. “The winners thrive, they adapt, and they grow, and the losers, they don’t,” said Golub.
Patria Investments is a leading global alternatives manager with deep roots in Latin America and a growing international footprint. It operates as the premier alternatives manager in Latin America, managing over $59 billion in assets. Patria’s leadership is anchored by co-founder Alexandre Saigh, who serves as CEO, Senior Managing Partner and board member, alongside Olímpio Matarazzo Neto as Chairman.
The firm reported record 2025 organic fundraising of $7.7 billion and fee-earning AUM of $40.8 billion. Its expansion has been driven by a consolidation-and-partnership model, including the acquisition of WP Global Partners to strengthen U.S. lower-middle-market private equity solutions, the acquisition of RBR Gestão to build out listed real estate in Brazil, and the completion of Solis to expand its credit platform. Patria has also indicated that future M&A and organic growth will increasingly focus on the U.K. and Europe, supporting a strategy to become a more diversified transatlantic alternatives platform.
Japan’s private equity market is enjoying a renaissance. According to Bain, Japan was one of the world’s most attractive PE markets, with 2025 deal value at JPY4.8 trillion, record exit value of JPY2.4 trillion, and continued momentum from governance-driven take-privates and corporate carve-outs. Some of its well-known PE players include: The Longreach Group; J-STAR; NSSK (Nihon Sangyo Suishin Kiko); T Capital Partners, and Mercury/Mercuria Investment. Here are a few more who are confirmed for Paris:
Ark Totan Alternative serves institutional investors through disciplined manager selection, rigorous underwriting, and ongoing investment monitoring. The firm has been investing since 2014, building a 20-strong team in Tokyo with a stable of more than 20 domestic institutional investors. Taketo (Tuck) Furuya founded Ark Totan Alternative in 2010. Before establishing Ark, he was with Ant Capital Partners, where he marketed the firm’s investment strategies to international investors. Earlier in his career, he worked at AllianceBernstein in Tokyo and Goldman Sachs in New York.
SISI Innovations Co., Ltd. is a Japanese Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) firm focused on global impact investing. Headquartered in Taito-ku, Tokyo, SISI was established in August 2025 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Yachiyo Engineering Co. (YEC), a prominent Japanese infrastructure and development consulting firm. Its name reflects its core investment mission: “Sustainability Implementation for Social Impact".
SISI distinguishes itself through a proprietary Theory of Change that seeks to move beyond carbon metrics alone and toward broader, system-level impact. The firm targets high-impact startups, projects, and technologies across areas such as AgriTech, climate resilience, automation, and sustainable food systems. Its approach is closely tied to Yachiyo Engineering’s open-innovation strategy, positioning SISI as a vehicle for building new businesses and services through startup collaboration. Recently, the firm partnered with Great Wave Ventures to establish SISI Great Wave Partners, a joint venture designed to manage their flagship international impact fund.
Breakthrough Victoria was created to back the kinds of opportunities traditional capital often leaves behind: complex, ambitious ideas that need time, conviction and sustained support to reach their potential. Over the past five years, Breakthrough Victoria has committed patient capital backing companies before the broader market fully recognises their potential. Since inception 46% of the 35 portfolio companies it has backed have progressed to follow-on funding. Overall, it has made 103 investment commitments, attracted $1.5 billion in co-investment and returned $86.7 million in capital to investors. Seven university partnerships have also been established in that time. The Hon. John Brumby AO is Chair with day-to-day leadership provided by CEO Rod Bristow. In June 2026, the firm announced a new JV with LaunchVic called Innovation Victoria, with a mission to deliver new pre-accelerator programs for Victorian founders.
FC Capital is a prominent, Sydney-based alternative asset manager and non-bank private debt lender. Founded in 2012, the firm specialises in providing tailored credit capital and direct lending solutions to mid-market corporations and small-to-medium enterprises across Australia and New Zealand. The firm manages roughly A$4 billion in funds under management (FUM) across equity and private credit strategies under the stewardship of current CEO, Christian Brehm. FC Capital provides an extensive set of news and insights on market developments in Australia, including economic updates and charts of the month.
In a mid-2026 feature with Private Debt Investor, Brehm highlighted that US and European private credit markets have become highly saturated. Consequently, global institutional investors are actively rotating capital into Australia. He noted that while Australia's property-backed lending space is seeing intense margin compression, FC Capital's core focus (corporate lending mid-market) is experiencing a 30% year-on-year growth in deal pipeline.
Founded in 2018, Global Ventures is a leading, United Arab Emirates-based international venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage startups across emerging markets, specifically targeting MENA. The Dubai-headquartered firm manages roughly $400 million in AUM and has backed more than 70 portfolio companies spanning Healthtech, Fintech, Foodtech and Sustainable Technology. Global Ventures was founded by the prominent Arab venture capitalist and entrepreneur Noor Sweid, alongside co-founder and General Partner Basil Moftah. Noor has consistently been named to Forbes’ list of the World's Top 50 Women in Tech. Global Ventures regularly posts insightful research. Its latest report asks whether tokenisation is the next chapter of the UAE’s capital markets.
EAAA, the alternatives arm of Edelweiss, is one of the leading, multi-strategy asset management alternatives platforms in India with more than 15 years of experience of managing long term patient capital. Established in 2008 and based in Mumbai, the firm specialises heavily in private market strategies, particularly targeting the rapid expansion of India's corporate credit and physical infrastructure. It manages approximately $8.7 billion in AUM. Collaboration is a key feature of how EAAA Alternatives operates, based on an “All for One, One for All” spirit to drive outcomes where everyone succeeds.
Its senior leadership team consists of Executive Chairman, Rashesh Chandrakant Shah; CEO, Amit Agarwal; CEO, Subahoo Chordia, and President and COO, Harish Agarwal. In July 2026, EAAA signed concession agreements with the National Highways Authority of India for two toll roads in Tamil Nadu, awarded under the NHAI’s Toll, Operate, Transfer (TOT) program.