Brevan Howard Asset Management

High-Tech Gründerfonds is Germany's leading and most active early-stage investor, specializing in pre-seed and seed financing for technology-driven startups. Since 2005, HTGF has invested in over 800 companies across three core sectors: Industrial, Climate & Deep Tech, Life Sciences & Chemistry, and Digital Tech. As a public-private partnership backed by the German Federal Ministry, KfW Capital, and leading industrial corporations, HTGF brings more than capital to the table. The firm provides deep technical expertise, entrepreneurial experience, and an extensive network of industry leaders, scientists, and investors to help founders build international market leaders. HTGF's investment team combines backgrounds in venture capital, technology, and startup operations to support companies through every stage of early development. With a fund volume exceeding €2 billion and the ability to follow on in later financing rounds, HTGF offers comprehensive support from initial concept through growth phases. The firm's portfolio includes successful exits and IPOs across diverse technology sectors, demonstrating a proven track record of identifying and nurturing breakthrough innovations. HTGF strengthens Germany's technological backbone by empowering visionary founders who have the courage to shape the future.

We partner with leadership teams from forward-thinking corporations, early to late-stage fintechs, and venture capital firms to drive new capabilities that transcend traditional business models. Approach We invest in, build and partner to develop commercial solutions that support the overall vision and strategy of Franklin Templeton. This includes early to late stage fintech funding, as well as seed capital for wealth management, asset management and wealth-tech platforms and solutions that align thematically with our core focus areas: Tech Enabled Distribution Advisor Enablement Digital Assets & Blockchain Direct to Consumer Artificial Intelligence & Data Science Why Work with FTSV? We back bold entrepreneurs, engaging through our global reach, patient strategic capital, talent development, and deep domain expertise across asset management and financial technology.

Cameron Ventures is an early-stage venture fund with affiliate operating companies that serve customers across the United States, primarily in insurance, banking and asset management. Our team is able to empower its portfolio companies with access to financial and strategic capital, seasoned real-world management teams, and a substantial customer base.

Maven 11 is a crypto-native fund that partners with brave outliers challenging the status quo by redefining ownership. Our core belief is that by redefining ownership, you create a more open, transparent and inclusive world. Maven 11, which was among the earliest crypto-focused venture capital firms to be registered in Europe, initiated its inaugural fund in 2017. Since then, it has evolved into the M11 Group, a company that boasts a team of over 20 professionals with a global presence across all continents. The M11 Group now offers a range of products, including multiple Venture Funds, Credit Pools, and Asset Management services.

Manulife Financial Corporation is a Toronto-headquartered financial services institution founded in 1887, operating across Asia, Canada, and the United States. The company delivers life and health insurance, wealth management, investment management, retirement planning, group benefits, and retail banking services through subsidiaries including John Hancock in the United States and Manulife Bank. With more than 135 years of operation, Manulife serves millions of individual, family, and institutional clients across its three core geographic markets. The company's business model spans the full spectrum of financial services distribution, from individual insurance policies and retirement accounts to employer-sponsored group benefits and investment management mandates. Product lines include traditional life and health insurance, workplace benefits administration, retirement planning services, discretionary investment management, and commercial and retail banking solutions. This diversified revenue base allows Manulife to maintain positions across multiple customer segments and risk profiles within the financial services value chain. Manulife's technology infrastructure incorporates Salesforce for customer relationship management, Power BI and Tableau for business intelligence and analytics, and Excel for financial modeling and analysis. The company positions digital innovation as a core operational priority alongside its traditional financial strength, though specific digital product offerings or platform investments are not publicly detailed. Roy Gori serves as Chief Executive Officer.

The emergence of bitcoin and subsequent blockchain technologies has generated a new digital asset class in which scarcity is based on mathematical properties. Through cryptographic verification and game-theoretic equilibrium, blockchain-based digital assets can be created, issued, and transmitted using software.