Matthew Ellengold

Aether Capital Partners is a London-based private equity impact firm founded in 2024. Aether focuses on supporting exceptional companies addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Our mission is to accelerate the growth of these businesses, unlocking substantial economic value while driving positive environmental and social impact. Aether’s distinctive approach is defined by its collaborative model of partnering with specialist organisations, such as NGOs and industrial groups. These partnerships provide unparalleled technical, operational, and commercial expertise to each strategy we design and implement. We are delighted to launch our first strategy in collaboration with Canopy Planet Solutions. This initiative aims to scale low-carbon innovations that are transforming supply chains in the packaging and textile industries, while simultaneously supporting the protection and preservation of the world’s ancient and endangered forests. This effort represents a vital step toward a more sustainable future.

Fidelity International offers investment solutions and services and retirement expertise to more than 2.9 million customers globally. As a privately held, purpose-driven company with a 50-year heritage, we think generationally and invest for the long term. Operating in more than 25 locations and with $893.2 billion* in total assets, our clients range from central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates, financial institutions, insurers, and wealth managers, to private individuals. Our Global Platform solutions business provides individuals, advisers and employers with access to world-class investment choices, third-party solutions, administration services and pension guidance. Together with our Investment Solutions & Services business, we invest $625.4 billion on behalf of our clients. By combining our asset management expertise with our solutions for workplace and personal investing, we work together to build better financial futures. *Data as of 31 December 2024.

Pollen Street is a fast growing and high performing private capital asset manager. Established in 2013, the firm has built deep capability across the financial and business services sectors aligned with mega-trends shaping the future of the industry. Pollen Street operates across private equity and credit strategies on behalf of investors including leading public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, asset managers, banks, and family offices from around the world. Pollen Street has a team of over 90 professionals. In Private Equity, Pollen Street is dedicated to buying and building great businesses serving the financial services ecosystem, working with firms who have a solid foundation and strong core attributes, supporting them and their management teams with expertise and capital to drive growth. In Private Credit, Pollen Street provides asset based secured finance to support everything from building homes, funding SMEs & corporates and vehicle financing. Pollen Street provides this funding through predominantly senior secured loans to non-bank lenders, banks, leasing businesses and technology companies.

Actis is a leading growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure. Actis has been building critical infrastructure focused on essential services in growth markets for over 20 years. Today, it is one of the largest and longest-standing sustainable infrastructure investors globally. Actis is a growth market specialist because this is where it sees the best risk adjusted returns. It has an industrialist mindset that brings deep operational expertise to every investment, and a focus on sustainability with the aim of mitigating risk, creating value and future-proofing assets. Actis invests at scale and draws on a legacy of over 70 years. Since inception, it has raised circa US$26 billion. In October 2024, Actis joined forces with General Atlantic, a leading global growth investor, creating a diversified, global investment platform with approximately US$108 billion in combined assets under management. Actis operates as General Atlantic’s sustainable infrastructure business. This strategic combination further enhances Actis’ focus as a leader in global sustainable infrastructure.

Infracapital invests in, builds and manages a diverse range of essential infrastructure to meet the changing needs of society and deliver the significant investment required to help build the future. We take an active role in all of our investments, to ensure they are adaptable and resilient with the scope for stable and sustainable growth. Our portfolio companies work closely with the communities where they are based, to the benefit of all stakeholders. Infracapital is one of the longest standing European infrastructure platforms, founded in 2001. The team has worked with more than 60 companies around Europe and has raised and managed over €9 billion of client capital across seven funds. Infracapital is part of M&G Plc, a leading international savings and investments business. M&G manages the long-term savings for around 5 million retail clients and more than 800 institutional clients in 26 markets. Total assets under management and administration are £332.8 billion (as at 30 June 2023)