Anna Dingley

Innovate UK promotes, supports and invests in technology research, development, and commercialization. The firm provides access to information about the funding and support opportunities through a range of channels. The company was founded on July 1, 2007 and is headquartered in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

Montanaro Asset Management Ltd. (Montanaro) is an independent Great Britain-based specialist asset management firm founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in London and provides asset management services to a range of professional or institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies, family offices, wealth managers and charities. Montanaro is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and believes that ESG related issues are essential to valuing companies, being a good investment manager and in being a better investor.

UBS Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. (UBS AM-JP) is the wholly-owned Japanese asset management subsidiary of UBS Asset Management AG, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (NYSE: UBS; SW: UBSGE) in Switzerland. Established in 1972, the firm is based in Tokyo and provides fund management, discretionary asset management and off-shore pooled vehicle management services to financial institutions, public and private pension funds, corporations and wholesale intermediary clients.

Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd. (AIGSL) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Ltd., ultimately held by Aviva plc (LSE: AV, ADR: AV) in Great Britain. Previously known as Morley Fund Management Ltd., the firm was founded in 1973, merged with Norwich Union Investment Management Ltd. in 2000 and underwent restructuring in 2008. Headquartered in London, AIGSL provides investment management services and related advisory to various subsidiaries of the Aviva Group and external clients such as retail funds, pension funds, and other institutional investors.

JPMorgan Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. (JPMorgan AM Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese asset management subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management (Asia), Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. The firm was founded in 1990 and formerly known as JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management (Japan). Headquartered in Tokyo, JPMorgan AM Japan provides financial advisory and investment management services to individual investors, government entities and institutions including pension funds.

Five Arrows Ltd. is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, founded in 1899. The private company is based in Aylesbury, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The British company has €23 billion of AUM with offices in several locations. The corporate private equity business of Five Arrows has over €9 billion of assets under management and focuses on investing in companies with highly defensible market positions, strong management teams, business models with high visibility of organic unit volume growth, and strong unit economics. The company's sectors are limited to healthcare, data and software, and technology-enabled business services. Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI) and Five Arrows Capital Partners (FACP) are respectively the European and corporate private equity arms of Rothschild & Co's merchant banking business.

QTec Analytics Ltd. provides turnkey flooring solutions. It offers polished concrete, industrial flooring, shop flooring, floor stripping, industrial resin flooring, decorative flooring and terrazzo grinding services. The company is located in Lymm, the United Kingdom.

GO Investment Partners LLP (GO) is the investment management subsidiary of Governance for Owners Holdings Ltd., which is owned by Go Investment Partners Group LLP in Great Britain. The firm was founded by Stephen Brown and Peter Butler in 2004 as Governance for Owners LLP. Headquartered in London, GO provides continuous and regular investment management services on a discretionary basis to private investment funds that they have organized. Funds may be structured as pooled vehicles with multiple investors or as single investor vehicles. GO is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) convention.

Part of UBS Group AG, SG Warburg & Co. Ltd. provides security brokerage services.

Youatwork Ltd. offers employee benefit programs. Its range of programs include the following: lifestyle benefits, salary sacrifice benefits, reward and recognition, as well as long service awards. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The Royal Shakespeare Co. operates as a British live theatrical presentations company. The private company is based in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The company was founded by Peter Reginald Frederick Hall and the CEO is Michael Clasper.

Future Route Ltd. designs and develops financial data transmission software. It offers validis a software as a service for automated accounts validation and review service for accountants, auditors, banks, and companies. The company was founded by Stephen Cole and Christopher G. Poll and is headquartered in Southampton, the United Kingdom.

Defaqto Ltd. operates as a financial services technology firm that develops a fintech platform for advisers and also provides independent ratings of financial products and funds. It offers ratings, software solutions, consultancy and data services, and publications and events. The company was founded by Alastair Harold Whitehead in 1994 and is headquartered in Haddenham, the United Kingdom.

Nesta Investment Management LLP. (NESTA Investments) subsidiary of Nesta formerly NESTA, is a venture capital firm founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in London city United Kingdom.

Windmill Hill Asset Management Ltd. (WHAM) is a privately-owned investment management firm headquartered in Waddesdon, UK. Founded in 1997, WHAM is the investment manager of three major philanthropies associated with the Rothschilds.

StorMagic Ltd. develops software solutions. It product SvSAN is designed specifically for small and large enterprises. The firm offers remote, branch office, end user computing, cloud service providers and industrial Iot solutions. The company was founded by Hans O'Sullivan and Chris Farey in 2006 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Part of UBS Group AG, UBS AG (Japan Branch) is a financial services company based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company leverages years of experience to deliver services to clients and partners with them to mobilize capital towards a more sustainable world and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. UBS has put sustainability at the heart of its own business and prioritizes climate as it transitions to a low carbon economy with a plan to achieve net zero by 2050.

Part of abrdn Plc, Ignis Asset Management Ltd. is a British company that provides investment advisory services. The company is based in Edinburgh, UK. Ignis Asset Management was acquired by Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Ltd. from PGH (Cayman) on July 01, 2014 for $643.71 million.

Firestartr LLP (Firestartr) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by by Anil Hansjee, Richard Mortimer Muirhead and Chipper Boulas. The firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Validis Holdings Ltd. provides financial data transmission software for accountancy firms, financial institutions, and commercial businesses. It offers software that presents clients? general ledger in clear and standardized reports that can be instantly downloaded to desktop ready for every review engagement. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Regulus Bidco Ltd. functions as an investment holding British company. The private company is based in Aylesbury, UK.

Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. provides life insurance and pension products services. It operates through the following segments: domestic life insurance, overseas insurance, and others segment. The company was founded on September 15, 1902 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

BlueOptima Ltd. provides objective metrics to track productivity, quality, and vulnerabilities of software development teams. BlueOptima is based in London, UK. The British company offers different pricing plans to suit organizations of different sizes and supports popular software development infrastructures. BlueOptima's developer analytics benchmarks revision data to help create efficient software engineering teams that ship high-quality code productively. The private company's performance analytics are powered by objective software development metrics that help manage resources and budgets effectively.

Sarasin & Partners LLP specializes in ethical investing for charities, private clients, and institutional investors. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Quilter Financial Planning Ltd. operates as a holding company with interests in financial advisory services. It also offers retirement, estate and trust planning, risk protection services. The company was founded by Alexander Park Leitch, George Higginson, Wallace Dobbin and Richard Freeman in 2005 and is headquartered in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

LGT Wealth Management Ltd. is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2007 and formerly known as Abrdn Capital Ltd. In 2023, they became a subsidiary of LGT UK Holdings Ltd., which is ultimately owned by LGT Group Foundation in Liechtenstein. LGT Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management services for private clients, charities and pension schemes.