Andrea Millioni

UniCredit Bank AG provides banking services. It offers banking and financial products to corporate as well as public and private sector clients. The company operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking and Other/Consolidation. The Commercial Banking segment offers consumer loans, mortgage loans, savings-and-loan and insurance products and banking services for retail customers. The corporate & Investment Banking segment operates through three divisions HVB, UniCredit Bank Austria AG and UniCredit spa. The other/consolidation segment encompasses the chief operating office business unit, activities of the group corporate center business unit and consolidation effects. The company was founded on July 1, 1869 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

SwanCap Partners GmbH operates as a private markets investment management company. The firm specializes in managed accounts and closed end funds. It focuses on primary fund investments, secondary investments, direct co-investments, as well as direct investments, such as minority equity and debt. The company was founded by Florian Kreitmeier in 2013 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

HGV Hanseatische Gesellschaft für Verlagsservice mbH is a publishing services company based in Hamburg, Germany. HGV provides services in customer, financial, and IT support, as well as data intelligence, to publishing clients. The German company has 200 employees across its locations in Hamburg, Kusterdingen, and Munich. HGV is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. The private company's services include handling orders, telephone sales, financial services, IT outsourcing, digital publishing, new media services, and project management. The company was founded in 1989 and is led by CEOs Andreas Bohn and Ludger Wicher.

Commerzbank AG (Investment Management) (Commerzbank-IM) is the asset management division of Commerzbank AG (XE: CBK, ADR: CRZBY), a corporate bank headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded in 1969, the firm manages various Commerzbank funds and provides investment management services to private and small business, as well as corporate clients, multi-nationals, financial service providers, and institutional clients Commerzbank-IM is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, which campaigns for active environmental protection, fair labor relations and the fight against corruption.

Nomura Asset Management Deutschland KAG mbH (Nomura AM Deutschland) is the wholly-owned asset management arm of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TK: 8604). The firm was formerly known as Maintrust Kapitalanlage GmbH and changed their name in 2010. They are based in Frankfurt Germany and manage mutual funds and segregated accounts for institutional clients, including pension funds, banks, insurance companies and corporates.

The Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA) is an organization that connects individuals who are interested in private equity and venture capital and want to take an active role in the association. The organization offers mentoring sessions and a platform for members to engage with each other.